To complement the recent publication of our “100 Designers/100 Books” list, today we bring you “17 Design Commentators/17 Books,” which celebrates the book lists that have been contributed to Designers & Books by our commentators—critics, curators, editors, educators, executives, writers, and other distinguished design community members.
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Apr 12, 2012
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Graphic designer and design writer Steven Heller
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Graphic designer and design writer Véronique Vienne
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Steven Heller talks about the new book he has written with Véronique Vienne, 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design (Laurence King Publishing, April 2012).
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Apr 10, 2012
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Product Designer and Design Educator Bruce Hannah: Hannah Design and Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY)
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The books that Bruce Hannah chose for his Designers & Books list make up an eclectic selection reflecting the curiosity and far-reaching interests of an eminent product designer and also the breadth and conceptual perspective of a lifelong teacher.
Apr 5, 2012
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To celebrate the publication of our 100th designer on Designers & Books this past Tuesday, April 3—we now have double the number of designers we started with a year ago—we bring you a new milestone list.
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Apr 3, 2012
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Architect David Adjaye: Adjaye Associates (London)
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Shortly after his largest high-profile project to date—the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture—broke ground several weeks ago on the Mall in Washington D.C., David Adjaye stopped to send along his book list to Designers & Books.
Mar 29, 2012
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Architect and Architecture blogger John Hill: Archidose (New York)
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Architect and architecture blogger John Hill, of Archidose, discusses his book Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture, published in December 2011 by W. W. Norton. The book was named a Designers & Books Notable Book of 2011 by Justin Davidson.
Mar 27, 2012
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Architecture school dean and architect Mohsen Mostafavi: Harvard Graduate School of Design (Cambridge, MA) Profile Book List
Architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff (New York)
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The venerable Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) celebrates its 75th anniversary during the 2011–2012 academic year. Earlier in the year, critic and author Nicolai Ouroussoff had the opportunity to meet GSD Dean Mohsen Mostafavi in his office to talk about books. The specific books in question were those on a list that Dean Mostafavi compiled for Designers & Books—books that have particular resonance for him not only because of their intellectual content but also through their very personal connection to him.
Mar 22, 2012
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Graphic designer Paula Scher: Pentagram (New York)
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Graphic designer Paula Scher talks about Maps (Princeton Architectural Press, October 2011), her recent book of map paintings, which was named a Designers & Books Notable Book of 2011 by Alissa Walker, who said, “As art, it’s gorgeous; as a process, it’s a lesson in obsession; and as a narrative, it’s storytelling at its best.”
Mar 20, 2012
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Product designer Cleto Munari: Cleto Munari Design Associati (Vicenza, Italy)
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Cleto Munari is a designer and design impresario whose work has an especially close connection with the words of writers. In a recent series of limited-edition tables he produced for his first furnishings collection, he incorporated the language of poets Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Mark Strand—lines of their poetry as well as their drawings are etched into glass tabletops.
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.
