These Bookstores Are Participating in the Designers & Books “You Are What You Read” Series
By Steve Kroeter November 16, 2016The following bookstores are committed to connecting readers to copies of each of the chosen books featured in our new book series You Are What You Read: Design World Luminaries Recommend the Books That Most Inspire Them.
Annie Bloom’s Books (Portland, OR)
Book Beat (Detroit, MI)
Book Court (Brooklyn, NY)
Book Loft (Columbus, OH)
BookMamas (Indianapolis, IN)
The BookMark (Neptune Beach, FL)
Book People (Austin, TX)
Books & Books Miami Beach (Miami Beach, FL)
Brazos Bookstore (Houston, TX)
Burke’s Book Store (Memphis, TN)
Cellar Stories Bookstore (Providence, RI)
Changing Hands Bookstore (Phoenix, AZ)
Cover Books (Atlanta, GA)
Full Circle Bookstore (Oklahoma City, OK)
Greenlight Bookstore (Brooklyn, NY)
Hennessey + Ingalls Art & Architecture Bookstore (Los Angeles, CA)
Indigo Bridge Books (Lincoln, NE)
Joseph Fox Bookshop (Philadelphia, PA)
Kramer Books & Afterwords Café (Washington, DC)
Longfellow Books (Portland, ME)
Magers and Quinn Booksellers (Minneapolis, MN)
McNally Jackson Books (New York, NY)
MIT Press Bookstore (Boston, MA)
Park Road Books (Charlotte, NC)
Parnassus Books (Nashville, TN)
Peter Miller Architectural & Design Books and Supplies (Seattle, WA)
Prairie Lights Bookstore (Iowa City, IA)
Rainy Day Books (Kansas City, KS)
Rediscovered Books (Boise, ID)
Shakespeare & Co. (Missoula, MT)
Spoonbill & Sugartown (Brooklyn, NY)
Square Books (Oxford, MS)
Tattered Cover Book Store (Denver, CO)
The Twig Book Shop (San Antonio, TX)
Unabridged Bookstore (Chicago, IL)
Village House of Books (San Jose, CA)
Warwick's (La Jolla, CA)
The Wild Detectives (Dallas, TX)
William Stout Architectural Books (San Francisco, CA)
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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
Forthcoming: 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.
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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