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Rising Currents Bergdoll, Barry The Museum of Modern Art $24.95

Best-Selling Design Books at Van Alen Books, New York

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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
Project
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Newest Designers and Commentators

Michael Maharam
Writer; Executive; United States
Fritz Frenkler
Product/Industrial Designer; Germany
Marion Fasel
Curator; Writer; Editor; Lecturer; United States
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Newly Chosen Books

A Book of Spoons
Jasper Morrison
Hidden Forms
Franco Clivio
Traditional Jewelry of India
Oppi Untracht
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20 Books on Textile Design

British Textiles: 1700 to the Present
Linda Parry
Katsuji Wakisaka: Japanese Textile Designer
Katsuji Wakisaka
Textile Arts of India
Kokyo Hatanaka
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Recent Books by Our Contributors

Diller, Scofidio + Renfro: Lincoln Center Inside Out
Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, and Charles Renfro
Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced
Stephen Burrows
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: Drawing
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
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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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