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Adversarial Design | DiSalvo, Carl | The MIT Press |
The Afterlife of Emerson Tang | Champa, Paula | Houghton Mifflin |
Alexander Girard | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books |
Bauhaus 1919–1933 | Bergdoll, Barry et al. | The Museum of Modern Art |
Bio Design | Myers, William et al. | The Museum of Modern Art |
BMW Art Cars | Girst, Thomas et al. | Hatje Cantz |
California Design 1930–1965 | Kaplan, Wendy | The MIT Press |
Carlo Scarpa: Venini, 1932–1947 | Barovier, Marino | Rizzoli International Publications |
China’s Design Revolution | Justice, Lorraine et al. | The MIT Press |
The Color Revolution | Blaszczyk, Regina Lee | The MIT Press |
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things | McDonough, William et al. | North Point Press |
The Design Book: 1000 New Designs for the Home and Where to Find Them | Hudson, Jennifer | Laurence King Publishing |
Design Forward | Esslinger, Hartmut | ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers |
Design Research | Thompson, Jane et al. | Chronicle Books |
Designing Interactions | Moggridge, Bill | The MIT Press |
Eames: Beautiful Details | Demetrios, Eames et al. | AMMO Books |
Eliot Noyes | Bruce, Gordon | Phaidon Press |
Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty | Kirkham, Pat et al. | Chronicle Books |
The Good Life: Perceptions of the Ordinary | Morrison, Jasper | Lars Müller Publishers |
The Hard Life | Morrison, Jasper | Lars Müller Publishers |
Hella Jongerius: Misfit | Schouwenberg, Louise et al. | Phaidon Press |
Hertzian Tales | Dunne, Anthony | The MIT Press |
Hidden Forms | Clivio, Franco et al. | Birkhäuser |
The Infamous Chair | Friedrichs, Arnd et al. | Gestalten |
Instant: The Story of Polaroid | Bonanos, Christopher | Princeton Architectural Press |
Kamisaka Sekka | Trinh, Khanh et al. | Prestel Publishing |
Keep it Simple | Esslinger, Hartmut | ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers |
KGID | Bohm, Florian | Phaidon Press |
Kid Made Modern | Oldham, Todd | AMMO Books |
Kid Made Modern: All About Collage | Oldham, Todd | AMMO Books |
Kid Made Modern: All About Dye | Oldham, Todd | AMMO Books |
Kid Made Modern: All About Embroidery | Oldham, Todd | AMMO Books |
Kid Made Modern: All About Fabric Printing | Oldham, Todd | AMMO Books |
Living with Complexity | Norman, Donald | The MIT Press |
Maharam Agenda | Maharam, Michael | Lars Müller Publishers |
Matali Crasset: Works | Crasset, Matali et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Matteo Thun: The Index Book | Thun, Matteo | Hatje Cantz |
Mattia Bonetti | Krakoff, Reed et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Microinteractions | Saffer, Dan | O’Reilly |
Moroccan Carpets and Modern Art | Adam, Jürgen et al. | ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers |
My Favorite Things | Kalman, Maira | Harper Design |
Norman Bel Geddes Designs America | Albrecht, Donald et al. | Abrams |
Now I Sit Me Down | Rybczynski, Witold | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Reinventing the Automobile | Mitchell, William J. et al. | The MIT Press |
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec: Works | Koivu, Anniina et al. | Phaidon Press |
Shiro Kuramata | Sudjic, Deyan et al. | Phaidon Press |
Spacesuit | de Monchaux, Nicholas | The MIT Press |
Synesthetic Design | Haverkamp, Michael | Birkhäuser |
A Taxonomy of Office Chairs | Olivares, Jonathan | Phaidon Press |
Usefulness in Small Things | Colin, Kim et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Voiture Minimum | Amado Lorenzo, Antonio | The MIT Press |
Announcements
Now is Better by Stefan Sagmeister
Now is Better
By Stefan Sagmeister
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: October 2023
Combining art, design, history, and quantitative analysis, transforms data sets into stunning artworks that underscore his positive view of human progress, inspiring us to think about the future with much-needed hope.
Design Emergency: Building a Better Future by Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Design Emergency: Building a Better Future
By Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: May 2022
Rawsthorn and Antonelli tell the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes—Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology—the authors present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from advances in science and technology.
Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People by Debbie Millman
Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People
By Debbie Millman
Publisher: Harper Design
Published: February 22, 2022
Debbie Millman—author, educator, brand consultant, and host of the widely successful and award-winning podcast “Design Matters”—showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews, bringing together insights and reflections from today’s leading creative minds from across diverse fields.
Milton Glaser: POP by Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Milton Glaser: POP
By Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: March 2023
This collection of work from graphci design legend Milton Glaser’s Pop period features hundreds of examples of the designer’s work that have not been seen since their original publication, demonstrating the graphic revolution that transformed design and popular culture.
Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange
Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
By Alexandra Lange
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: June 2022
Chronicles postwar architects’ and merchants’ invention of the shopping mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. Publishers Weekly writes, “Contending that malls answer ‘the basic human need’ of bringing people together, influential design critic Lange advocates for retrofitting abandoned shopping centers into college campuses, senior housing, and ‘ethnocentric marketplaces’ catering to immigrant communities. Lucid and well researched, this is an insightful study of an overlooked and undervalued architectural form.”
Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition) by Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition)
By Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Publisher: Letterform Archives Books
Published: October 2023
This facsimile edition of Die Fläche, recreates every page of the formative design periodical in full color and at original size, accompanied by essays that contextualize the work, highlighting contributions by pathbreaking women, innovative lettering artists, and key practitioners of the new “surface art,” including Rudolf von Larisch, Alfred Roller, and Wiener Werkstätte founders Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann.
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