Selected Backlist

These books have been released prior to the last six months.

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51 books


Kamisaka Sekka	Trinh, Khanh et al.	Prestel Publishing
Matteo Thun: The Index Book	Thun, Matteo	Hatje Cantz
Design Research	Thompson, Jane et al.	Chronicle Books
Shiro Kuramata	Sudjic, Deyan et al.	Phaidon Press
Hella Jongerius: Misfit	Schouwenberg, Louise et al.	Phaidon Press
Microinteractions	Saffer, Dan	O’Reilly
Now I Sit Me Down	Rybczynski, Witold	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
A Taxonomy of Office Chairs	Olivares, Jonathan	Phaidon Press
Alexander Girard	Oldham, Todd et al.	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern: All About Embroidery	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern: All About Collage	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern: All About Dye	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern: All About Fabric Printing	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Living with Complexity	Norman, Donald	The MIT Press
Bio Design	Myers, William et al.	The Museum of Modern Art
The Good Life: Perceptions of the Ordinary	Morrison, Jasper	Lars Müller Publishers
The Hard Life	Morrison, Jasper	Lars Müller Publishers
Designing Interactions	Moggridge, Bill	The MIT Press
Reinventing the Automobile	Mitchell, William J. et al.	The MIT Press
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things	McDonough, William et al.	North Point Press
Maharam Agenda	Maharam, Michael	Lars Müller Publishers
Mattia Bonetti	Krakoff, Reed et al.	Rizzoli International Publications
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec: Works	Koivu, Anniina et al.	Phaidon Press
Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty	Kirkham, Pat et al.	Chronicle Books
California Design 1930–1965	Kaplan, Wendy	The MIT Press
My Favorite Things	Kalman, Maira	Harper Design
China’s Design Revolution	Justice, Lorraine et al.	The MIT Press
The Design Book: 1000 New Designs for the Home and Where to Find Them	Hudson, Jennifer	Laurence King Publishing
Synesthetic Design	Haverkamp, Michael	Birkhäuser
BMW Art Cars	Girst, Thomas et al.	Hatje Cantz
The Infamous Chair	Friedrichs, Arnd et al.	Gestalten
Design Forward	Esslinger, Hartmut	ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers
Keep it Simple	Esslinger, Hartmut	ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers
Hertzian Tales	Dunne, Anthony	The MIT Press
Adversarial Design	DiSalvo, Carl	The MIT Press
Eames: Beautiful Details	Demetrios, Eames et al.	AMMO Books
Spacesuit	de Monchaux, Nicholas	The MIT Press
Matali Crasset: Works	Crasset, Matali et al.	Rizzoli International Publications
Usefulness in Small Things	Colin, Kim et al.	Rizzoli International Publications
Hidden Forms	Clivio, Franco et al.	Birkhäuser
The Afterlife of Emerson Tang	Champa, Paula	Houghton Mifflin
Eliot Noyes	Bruce, Gordon	Phaidon Press
Instant: The Story of Polaroid	Bonanos, Christopher	Princeton Architectural Press
KGID	Bohm, Florian	Phaidon Press
The Color Revolution	Blaszczyk, Regina Lee	The MIT Press
Bauhaus 1919–1933	Bergdoll, Barry et al.	The Museum of Modern Art
Carlo Scarpa: Venini, 1932–1947	Barovier, Marino	Rizzoli International Publications
Voiture Minimum	Amado Lorenzo, Antonio	The MIT Press
Norman Bel Geddes Designs America	Albrecht, Donald et al.	Abrams
Moroccan Carpets and Modern Art	Adam, Jürgen et al.	ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers

Announcements

Now is Better by Stefan Sagmeister

Now is Better

By Stefan Sagmeister
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: October 2023

Combining art, design, history, and quantitative analysis, transforms data sets into stunning artworks that underscore his positive view of human progress, inspiring us to think about the future with much-needed hope.

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Design Emergency: Building a Better Future by Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli

Design Emergency: Building a Better Future

By Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: May 2022

Rawsthorn and Antonelli tell the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes—Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology—the authors present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from advances in science and technology.

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Love Letter to a Garden by Debbie Millman

Love Letter to a Garden

By Debbie Millman
Contributions by Roxane Gay
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: April 15, 2025

From the award-winning artist, designer, and the host of the podcast Design Matters, Debbie Millman, this book tells the visual story of falling in love with gardening—and the philosophies that work conjures. Spread throughout are simple recipes using the garden’s ingredients from Millman’s wife, best-selling author Roxane Gay.

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Milton Glaser: POP by Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber

Milton Glaser: POP

By Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: March 2023

This collection of work from graphci design legend Milton Glaser’s Pop period features hundreds of examples of the designer’s work that have not been seen since their original publication, demonstrating the graphic revolution that transformed design and popular culture.

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Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange

Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

By Alexandra Lange
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: June 2022

Chronicles postwar architects’ and merchants’ invention of the shopping mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. Publishers Weekly writes, “Contending that malls answer ‘the basic human need’ of bringing people together, influential design critic Lange advocates for retrofitting abandoned shopping centers into college campuses, senior housing, and ‘ethnocentric marketplaces’ catering to immigrant communities. Lucid and well researched, this is an insightful study of an overlooked and undervalued architectural form.”

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Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition) by Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller

Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition)

By Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Publisher: Letterform Archives Books
Published: October 2023

This facsimile edition of Die Fläche, recreates every page of the formative design periodical in full color and at original size, accompanied by essays that contextualize the work, highlighting contributions by pathbreaking women, innovative lettering artists, and key practitioners of the new “surface art,” including Rudolf von Larisch, Alfred Roller, and Wiener Werkstätte founders Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann.

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