Our designers, commentators, guest bloggers, and specially invited guests have chosen these as the most notable design books of 2011.
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| Helvetica and the New York City Subway System | Shaw, Paul | The MIT Press | $39.95 |
| Maps | Scher, Paula | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| Sagmeister: Another Book About Promotion and Sales Material | Sagmeister, Stefan et al. | Abrams | $40.00 |
| Cultural Connectives: Bridging the Latin and Arabic Alphabets | Rjeily, Rana Abou | Mark Batty Publisher | $34.95 |
| Star Wars: The Blueprints | Rinzler, J. W. | Epic Ink | $500.00 |
| Alexander Girard | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books | $200 |
| Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books | $29.95 |
| Ready to Print | Nickel, Kristina | Gestalten | $78.00 |
| Graphic Design: Now in Production | Lupton, Ellen et al. | Walker Art Center; distributed by D.A.P. | |
| Ootje Oxenaar: Designer + Commissioner | Kuijpers, Els | nai010 Publishers | $38.35 |
| Beauty Is in the Street | Kugelberg, Johan et al. | Four Corners Books; distributed by D.A.P. | $40.00 |
| Visual Storytelling | Klanten, Robert et al. | Gestalten | $68.00 |
| Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design | Kirkham, Pat et al. | Laurence King Publishing | $75.00 |
| California Design 1930–1965 | Kaplan, Wendy | The MIT Press | $60.00 |
| Symbol | Hyland, Angus et al. | Laurence King Publishing | $40.00 |
| Menu Design in America | Heller, Steven et al. | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Why We Broke Up | Handler, Daniel et al. | Little, Brown and Co. | $19.99 |
| Bob Gill, so far. | Gill, Bob | Laurence King Publishing | $50.00 |
| 100 Artists’ Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists | Danchev, Alex | Penguin | $20.99 |
| Identify | Chermayeff, Ivan et al. | Print Publishing | $45.00 |
| Typography for Lawyers | Butterick, Matthew | Jones McClure Publishing | $25.00 |
| Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey | Brook, Tony et al. | Unit Editions | $27.00 |
| TD 63-73: Total Design and Its Pioneering Role in Graphic Design | Bos, Ben | Unit Editions | $55.00 |
| People | Blexbolex, | Enchanted Lion Books | $19.95 |
