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By Kimberlie Birks, Superscript August 6, 2013

The new approach to home energy conservation has its moment in the sun. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Nicholas Blechman November 13, 2013

Where New York Times Book Review art director Nicholas Blechman likes to buy books, the last book he bought, and 22 other answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Tony Brook November 4, 2013

The book Tony Brook could never finish, his favorite book character, and 23 more answers to Designers & Books’ special questionnaire. More...

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By John Cantwell, Superscript September 5, 2013

“It scared the hell out of me,” Kidd told John Cantwell in an interview discussing Go, among the first—if not the first—books about graphic design written expressly for kids. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Ivan Chermayeff November 29, 2013

Graphic design legend Ivan Chermayeff wishes he could have written War and Peace, names E.B. White as his favorite author from childhood, and gives many more answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Seymour Chwast December 2, 2013

Graphic designer and Push Pin Studios co-founder Seymour Chwast says his favorite book character is Joseph Heller’s John Yossarian and that he wants the last book he reads to be Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon. These and more answers from Seymour to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

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By Patrick Ciccone, Superscript September 20, 2013

A pioneering work in 1975, The Art of Design Management: Design in American Business explores whether the chief business of American business was design. More...

Archives & Libraries
By Laura Damon-Moore October 29, 2013

A design library and museum at Florida International University features rare books, posters, and ephemera from 1885 to 1945. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Peter Eisenman November 7, 2013

Gravity’s Rainbow, not reading, and others subjects get covered in Peter Eisenman's answers to Designers & Books’ questionnaire. More...

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By Chappell Ellison, Superscript August 2, 2013

Maurice Sendak’s career extends far beyond Where the Wild Things Are to include over 80 illustrated books, numerous posters, performances, and projects. More...