Our designers, commentators, guest bloggers, and specially invited guests have chosen these as the most notable design books of 2011.

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Alexander Girard Oldham, Todd et al. AMMO Books $200
Textiles, the Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, Significances Gordon, Beverly Thames & Hudson $60.00

Best-Selling Design Books at Swipe Design, Toronto

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D&AD: 50
Ron Stanley, ed.
2
Mapping Manhattan
Becky Cooper
3
Taken by Surprise
Robert Klanten
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Newest Designers and Commentators

Inga Sempé
Product/Industrial Designer, Lighting Designer; France
Vincent Van Duysen
Architect, Interior Designer, Product/Industrial Designer, Lighting Designer; Belgium
Julie Iovine
Critic; Writer; Editor; United States
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Newly Chosen Books

Kitsch
Gillo Dorfles
Donald Judd Furniture: Retrospective
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen
The Edifice Complex
Deyan Sudjic
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15 Books about Charles and Ray Eames

Charles and Ray Eames
Pat Kirkham
Eames
Charles and Ray Eames
Eames Design
John Neuhart
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Recent Books by Our Contributors

Theater of Architecture
Hugh Hardy
Matteo Thun: The Index Book
Matteo Thun
MVRDV Buildings
MVRDV
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Contributors Who Chose...

Delirious New York
Rem Koolhaas
On 8 lists
Jeanne Gang
Architect; United States
Mohsen Mostafavi
Designer; Educator; United States
Galia Solomonoff
Architect; United States
Adam Tihany
Architect, Interior Designer, Product/Industrial Designer; United States
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