Notable Design Books of 2012
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15 Years of Media Arts
Kurando Furuya, ed.
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Architecture Concepts: Red is Not a Color
Bernard Tschumi
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The Art of Punk
Russ Bestley et al.
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Asia-Pacific Design No. 8
Sandu Publishing Co. Limited
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The Avant-Garde Applied (1890–1950)
Manuel Fontán del Junco, et al.
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The Book of Books
Mathieu Lommen, ed.
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Building Stories
Chris Ware
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China’s Design Revolution
Lorraine Justice
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Cinesi (The Chinese)
Giampaolo Visetti
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City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age
P.D. Smith
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The Color Revolution
Regina Lee Blaszczyk
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Confessions of a Generalist
Niels Diffrient
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Designing Information
Joel Katz
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The Dutch Photobook
Fritz Gierstberg and Rik Suermondt, eds.
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Elegantissima
Louise Fili
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FUSE 1-20
Neville Brody et al.
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The Future Will Be…China
Hans Ulrich Obrist et al.
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Girls’ Fashion in Japanese Manga
Mana Takemura
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Graphic Design: A History, 2nd Edition
Stephen J. Eskilson
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The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City
Alan Ehrenhalt
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Herb Lubalin
Adrian Shaughnessy
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How to Make a Japanese House
Cathelijne Nuijsink
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I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail
Ramsingh Urveti
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Ikko Tanaka and the Future/Past/East/West of Design
Kazuko Koike
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Imperfect Health
Giovanna Borasi et al.
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Information Graphics
Sandra Rendgen et al.
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Instant: The Story of Polaroid
Christopher Bonanos
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Announcements
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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