The Designers & Books Online Book Fair 2014 Holiday Gift Guide
Over 145 titles specially selected for holiday shopping lists. Over 850 books to browse every day
November 21, 2014
Our first Online Book Fair Holiday Gift Guide is here! Featuring over 145 new and newly selected books in architecture, design, art, and photography, including many titles with discounts, the Holiday Gift Guide is designed to make this year’s holiday shopping (or shopping any time of year) for design and book lovers easy, informative—and fun.
The Holiday Gift Guide brings you books from close to 20 participating design book publishers and rare and out of printbook dealers, including: AMMO Books, Doppelhouse Press, Gestalten, Lars Müller, Laurence King, The MIT Press, ORO Editions (GOFF Books, Applied Research + Design), Paintbox Press, Phaidon, Prestel, Princeton Architectural Press, RIT Press, Rockport, Schiffer, Strelka, The Wolfsonian-FIU, and Carnegie Hill Books, F.A. Bernett, Modernism 101, and Optos Books.
Highlights include:
Holiday Bargains: special holiday discounts from 35 to 50% off, good through December 31, on new for 2014 and selected backlist books. In addition, several publishers have extended these discounts to their entire list of offerings on the Online Book Fair
— and Gifts Under $20: even easier on the wallet!
Gift Ideas for Architecture Lovers of all kinds
Gift Ideas for Graphic Design Students...and the practicing graphic designer
Gifts for Kids: books, games, and more
Ideas for Vintage Gifts: our rare and out of print book dealers offer great ideas for collectible design and photography books with a wide range of prices. Discounts from 10 to 15% off are offered through December 31 on many items.
See all Holiday Gift Guide 2014 book selections.
In addition, these publishers and book dealers have extended their special limited-time holiday discounts to all of their titles on the Online Book Fair: Lars Müller, Paintbox Press, Prestel, Modernism 101, and Optos Books.
A unique feature of the Online Book Fair and the Holiday Gift Guide is the variety of enjoyable ways you can find just what you’re looking for—whether it’s a specific subject or a recently published book. Looking for recently published books on graphic design in Europe? Graphic design books for children? Or even books for a designer-foodie? You can find it all at the Designers & Books Online Book Fair.
The Holiday Gift Guide will continue to grow, so keep checking back through December!
Announcements
Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy by John Lobell
Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy
By John Lobell
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: June 2020
Noted Louis I.Kahn expert John Lobell explores how Kahn’s focus on structure, respect for materials, clarity of program, and reverence for details come together to manifest an overall philosophy.
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn by Harriet Pattison
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn
By Harriet Pattison
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: October 2020
An intimate glimpse into the professional and romantic relationship between Harriet Pattison and the renowned architect Louis Kahn. Harriet Pattison, FASLA, is a distinguished landscape architect. She was Louis Kahn’s romantic partner from 1959 to 1974, and his collaborator on the landscapes of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, and the F.D.R. Memorial/Four Freedoms Park, New York. She is the mother of their son, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn.
Louis I. Kahn: The Nordic Latitudes
Louis I. Kahn: The Nordic Latitudes
By Per Olaf Fjeld and Emily Randall Fjeld
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: October 4, 2019
A new and personal reading of the architecture, teachings, and legacy of Louis I. Kahn from Per Olaf Fjeld’s perspective as a former student. The book explores Kahn’s life and work, offering a unique take on one of the twentieth century’s most important architects. Kahn’s Nordic and European ties are emphasized in this study that also covers his early childhood in Estonia, his travels, and his relationships with other architects, including the Norwegian architect Arne Korsmo.
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Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context by David Raizman
Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context
By David Raizman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: December 2020
An innovative approach to graphic design that uses a series of key artifacts from the history of print culture in light of their specific historical contexts. It encourages the reader to look carefully and critically at print advertising, illustration, posters, magazine art direction, and typography, often addressing issues of class, race, and gender.
David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian by Rick Poynor
David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian
By Rick Poynor
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 2020
A comprehensive overview of the work and legacy of David King (1943–2016), whose fascinating career bridged journalism, graphic design, photography, and collecting. King launched his career at Britain’s Sunday Times Magazine in the 1960s, starting as a designer and later branching out into image-led journalism, blending political activism with his design work.
Teaching Graphic Design History by Steven Heller
Teaching Graphic Design History
By Steven Heller
Publisher: Allworth Press
Published: June 2019
An examination of the concerted efforts, happy accidents, and key influences of the practice throughout the years, Teaching Graphic Design History is an illuminating resource for students, practitioners, and future teachers of the subject.
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