Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview

 

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Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
November 21, 2013

This week we asked the founder of the Architecture & Design Film Festival to pick his top 10 all-time favorite films and stopped in at five of our favorite most out-of-the ordinary U.S. bookstores. This coming week remember that our Online Design Book Fair is a great place to shop for holiday gifts for those who are interested in design and love books! More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
November 15, 2013

This week we launched new collaborations two distinguished partners: Tina Roth Eisenberg’s lecture series CreativeMornings, and the furnishings company Design Within Reach. We also report on our five favorite cafés to read (design books) in and getting in bed with Marcel Proust. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
November 8, 2013

Highlights of this week include November reviews of Notable Design Books of 2013, a Bauhaus reading list, and a “hotel” that’s just the place to do that reading. We talked with the designer of the new book on filmmaker Wes Anderson and also with rare book dealer Randall Ross of Modernism 101 about logo designer Clarence Hornung. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
November 1, 2013

Modern glass work by architect Carlo Scarpa, a design library in Miami, a book list from Jorge Silvetti, and a look at five designers who made Apple the company it is today are just a few of this week’s highlights. We also introduce “The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition,” in honor of the 100th anniversary of the first volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
October 25, 2013

Book lists of all kinds—from selections by digital architecture's most prominent practitioner, Greg Lynn, to banned books, to a list of titles honoring 20th-century graphic design’s enfant terrible, Bruno Munari—dominated the past week. Other highlights included an article on the newest chair you can sit in to read all those books. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
October 18, 2013

Interviews with graphic design’s Stefan Sagmeister and Donald Norman were highlights of this week. We also showcased the work of some “designing women,” including Eva Zeisel, Charlotte Perriand, and Bonnie Maclean, in a recently opened MoMA exhibition and overheard some great quotes at the AGI Open 2013 in London. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
October 11, 2013

This week we introduced the Designers & Books Online Book Fair, featuring design books from 13 publishers (and we'll be adding new publishers), with many titles at significant discounts, some up to 50% off. A perfect way to start your holiday gift-shopping—and it’s ongoing so you can always come back. Among our other highlights: More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
October 4, 2013

This week: our monthly round-up of reviews of some of this year’s most notable design books of year; an an interview with architecture critic and author Witold Rybczynski on his 18th book. Next week we introduce the Designers & Books Online Book Fair! More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
September 27, 2013

We spotlighted architecture this past week—from Hong Kong-based architect Rocco Yim, who discussed his new book with us, to a visit with ARO, the firm that recently restored artist Donald Judd’s SoHo home. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
September 20, 2013

This week we time-traveled to both the ancient and recent past. Beginning the week was an interview with the design director of Harvard University Press on the look of the Loeb Classical Library. More...