Our designers, commentators, guest bloggers, and specially invited guests have chosen these as the most notable design books of 2011.
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And I Shall Have Some Peace There
Margaret Roach $25.99
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Bossypants
Tina Fey
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Collected
Malcolm Gladwell et al. $80.00
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Flying Without a Net
Thomas J. DeLong $29.95
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Food Rules
Michael Pollan et al.
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Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Howard Schultz et al. $25.99
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Building Seagram
Phyllis Lambert
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Clog 6: Brutalism
Kyle May et al., eds.
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Project Journal Issue 1
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Michael Maharam
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Contributors Who Chose...

Delirious New York
Rem Koolhaas
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Jeanne Gang
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