Notable Books of 2011

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

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Wirrwarr	Mayer H., Jürgen et al.	Hatje Cantz	$300.00
Alexander Girard	Oldham, Todd et al.	AMMO Books	$200
African Metropolitan Architecture	Adjaye, David	Rizzoli International Publications	$100.00
Edward Durell Stone	Stone, Hicks	Rizzoli International Publications	$85.00
Gerrit Rietveld	van Zijl, Ida	Phaidon Press	$75.00
Living in the Endless City	Burdett, Ricky et al.	Phaidon Press	$69.95
Tomorrow’s Houses	Gorlin, Alexander et al.	Rizzoli International Publications	$65.00
Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention	Ryan, Zoë	Yale University Press	$60.00
Julius Shulman, Los Angeles	Lubell, Sam et al.	Rizzoli International Publications	$60.00
California Design 1930–1965	Kaplan, Wendy	The MIT Press	$60.00
Project Japan	Koolhaas, Rem et al.	TASCHEN	$59.99
KieranTimberlake: Inquiry	Kieran, Stephen et al.	Rizzoli International Publications	$55.00
Architecture in Uniform	Cohen, Jean-Louis	Yale University Press	$50.00
A House for an Art Collector	Adjaye, David	Rizzoli International Publications	$50.00
The Houses of William Wurster: Frames for Living	Brostrom, Caitlin Lempres et al.	Princeton Architectural Press	$50.00
Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture	Balmori, Diana et al.	The Monacelli Press	$50.00
Reveal: Studio Gang Architects	Gang, Jeanne	Princeton Architectural Press	$45.00
Pamphlet Architecture 11–20	Holl, Steven	Princeton Architectural Press	$45.00
The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture	Pallasmaa, Juhani	John Wiley & Sons	$45.00
Spatial Agency	Awan, Nishat et al.	Routledge	$44.95
The Architectural Detail	Ford, Edward R.	Princeton Architectural Press	$40.00
Combinatory Urbanism	Mayne, Thom	Stray Dog Cafe	$39.95
By the City/For the City	Guiney, Anne et al.	Institute for Urban Design	$35.00
Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture	Hill, John	W. W. Norton	$29.95
Rising Currents	Bergdoll, Barry	The Museum of Modern Art	$24.95
Kissing Architecture	Lavin, Sylvia	Princeton University Press	$16.95

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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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Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People by Debbie Millman

Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People

By Debbie Millman
Publisher: Harper Design
Published: February 22, 2022

Debbie Millman—author, educator, brand consultant, and host of the widely successful and award-winning podcast “Design Matters”—showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews, bringing together insights and reflections from today’s leading creative minds from across diverse fields.

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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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