Design scholar Katarina V. Posch (New York)
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Product/industrial designer Eva Zeisel (New York)
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For this guest post, the daughter of the late Eva Zeisel, Jean Richards, asked design scholar and family friend Katarina V. Posch to write an appreciation of Zeisel, on the occasion of the release of the e-book Eva Zeisel: A Soviet Prison Memoir (2012). Compiled by Richards and Brent C. Brolin, the book presents details of the life of the remarkable designer, from whom Designers & Books had the pleasure of receiving a book list (a single book) in 2011. — SK
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Nov 20, 2012
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Nov 6, 2012
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Guest blogger: Alissa Walker (Los Angeles)
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Guest blogger Alissa Walker—design and urbanism journalist, critic, and author—sent three notable design titles published this fall. These titles will be included later this month among the Notable Design Books of 2012 recommended by the newly launched Designers & Books Book Board. — SK
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Jul 24, 2012
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Guest blogger: Maria Popova: Brain Pickings (New York)
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Guest blogger Maria Popova—creator of Brain Pickings, shares for summer reading pleasure her selection of five notable design titles published during 2012. — SK
Jul 10, 2012
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Jun 28, 2012
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Jun 14, 2012
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Guest blogger Erinn Batykefer: Library as Incubator Project (Madison, WI) Profile
Guest blogger Laura Damon-Moore: Library as Incubator Project (Madison, WI) Profile
Guest blogger Christina Endres: Library as Incubator Project (Madison, WI) Profile
10 Books from the Paul Rand Library
We welcome as guest bloggers the creators of Library as Incubator Project, an advocacy organization founded by Erinn Batykefer, Laura Damon-Moore, and Christina Endres—all recent graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies. The mission of their organization is to encourage artists and designers of all types to work with libraries to work in ways that inspire increased creativity. In this post Library as Incubator Project explores graphic designer Paul Rand’s (1914–96) personal library, now held by Yale University, where Rand taught design for 35 years. — SK
May 31, 2012
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Guest blogger Randall Ross: Modernism 101 (Shreveport, LA)
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Guest blogger Randall Ross, of Modernism 101, specializing in mid-century modern design antiquarian books, presents highlights from his 2012 catalogue, which focuses on books that helped to set the stage for and define America's "Good Design" movement of the postwar period. — SK
Mar 15, 2012
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Guest blogger: Erik Spiekermann (Edenspiekermann AG: Berlin)
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Guest blogger and graphic designer Erik Spiekermann examines a book on the history of modern German thought from all angles, including its ingenious cover design.
Mar 8, 2012
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Guest blogger: Maria Popova (Brain Pickings, New York)
Profile Notable Books of 2011
Guest blogger Maria Popova—creator of Brain Pickings—looks at George L. Legendre’s recent book, which looks at pasta shapes as design statement.
