Notable Books of 2011
Toward a New Interior
Lois Weinthal
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Designing for Emotion
Aarron Walter
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Gerrit Rietveld
Ida von Ziji
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Hussein Chalayan
Robert Violette, ed. et al.
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Less and More
Keiko Ueki-Polet et al.
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The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch
Thomas Thwaites
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Edward Durell Stone
Hicks Stone
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Design with the Other 90%: Cities
Cynthia Smith
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Helvetica and the New York City Subway System
Paul Shaw
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Urban Design Since 1945
David Grahame Shane
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Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Howard Schultz et al.
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Sagmeister: Another Book About Promotion and Sales Material
Stefan Sagmeister et al.
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Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention
Zoë Ryan, ed.
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Richard Prince: American Prayer
Robert Rubin, ed.
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And I Shall Have Some Peace There
Margaret Roach
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Cultural Connectives: Bridging the Latin and Arabic Alphabets
Rana Abou Rjeily
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Star Wars: The Blueprints
J. W. Rinzler
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Food Rules
Michael Pollan et al.
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Redheaded Peckerwood
Christian Patterson
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The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture
Juhani Pallasmaa
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A Taxonomy of Office Chairs
Jonathan Olivares
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Alexander Girard
Todd Oldham et al.
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Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life
Todd Oldham et al.
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OLIVE (A Handbook to Protect Your Life)
Nosigner
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Ready to Print
Kristina Nickel
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Floating Worlds
Peter F. Neumeyer
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To Make a World
Alexander Nemerov
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Wirrwarr
Jürgen Mayer H. et al.
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The Ruins of Detroit
Yves Marchand et al.
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Katie Ridder: Rooms
Heather MacIsaac
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Graphic Design: Now in Production
Ellen Lupton
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Julius Shulman, Los Angeles
Sam Lubell et al.
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Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible
Sophie Lovell
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The Houses of William Wurster: Frames for Living
Caitlin Lempres Brostrom et al.
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Ootje Oxenaar: Designer + Commissioner
Els Kuijpers
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Beauty Is in the Street
Johan Kugelberg et al.
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Visual Storytelling
Robert Klanten et al.
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Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design
Pat Kirkham et al.
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KieranTimberlake: Inquiry
Stephen Kieran et al.
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California Design 1930–1965
Wendy Kaplan. ed.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities: 50th Anniversary Edition
Jane Jacobs et al.
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Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
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Pamphlet Architecture 11–20
Steven Holl, introduction
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Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture
John Hill
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New York: The Story of a Great City
Sarah Henry. ed.
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Menu Design in America
Steven Heller et al.
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Why We Broke Up
Daniel Handler et al.
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By the City/For the City
Anne Guiney et al.
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Tomorrow’s Houses
Alexander Gorlin et al.
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Textiles, the Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, Significances
Beverly Gordon
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Gerhard Richter: Panorama
Mark Godfrey et al.
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Triumph of the City
Edward Glaeser
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Collected
Malcolm Gladwell et al.
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Bob Gill, so far.
Bob Gill
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The Architectural Detail
Edward R. Ford
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The Latin American Photobook
Horacio Fernández, ed.
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Roberto Burle Marx: The Modernity of Landscape
Fares El-Dahdah et al.
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Rebels in Paradise
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
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Cédric Delsaux: Dark Lens
Cédric Delsaux
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Flying Without a Net
Thomas J. DeLong
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High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky
Joshua David et al.
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100 Artists’ Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists
Alex Danchev, ed.
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Usefulness in Small Things
Kim Colin et al.
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Architecture in Uniform
Jean-Louis Cohen
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New York Bikes
Michele Castagnetti
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Chi ha paura...?-Who’s afraid...?
Alba Cappellieri
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Rethinking Design and Interiors
Shashi Caan
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Typography for Lawyers
Matthew Butterick
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Living in the Endless City
Ricky Burdett et al.
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Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey
Tony Brook et al.
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Balenciaga and Spain
Hamish Bowles
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How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive
Christopher Boucher
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TD 63-73: Total Design and Its Pioneering Role in Graphic Design
Ben Bos
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Design*Sponge at Home
Grace Bonney
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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Andrew Bolton et al.
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Missed Connections
Sophie Blackall
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Rising Currents
Barry Bergdoll et al.
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Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture
Diana Balmori et al.
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Voiture Minimum
Antonio Amado Lorenzo
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African Metropolitan Architecture
David Adjaye
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A House for an Art Collector
David Adjaye
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Announcements
Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy by John Lobell
Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy
By John Lobell
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: June 2020
Noted Louis I.Kahn expert John Lobell explores how Kahn’s focus on structure, respect for materials, clarity of program, and reverence for details come together to manifest an overall philosophy.
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn by Harriet Pattison
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn
By Harriet Pattison
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: October 2020
An intimate glimpse into the professional and romantic relationship between Harriet Pattison and the renowned architect Louis Kahn. Harriet Pattison, FASLA, is a distinguished landscape architect. She was Louis Kahn’s romantic partner from 1959 to 1974, and his collaborator on the landscapes of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, and the F.D.R. Memorial/Four Freedoms Park, New York. She is the mother of their son, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn.
Louis I. Kahn: The Nordic Latitudes
Louis I. Kahn: The Nordic Latitudes
By Per Olaf Fjeld and Emily Randall Fjeld
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: October 4, 2019
A new and personal reading of the architecture, teachings, and legacy of Louis I. Kahn from Per Olaf Fjeld’s perspective as a former student. The book explores Kahn’s life and work, offering a unique take on one of the twentieth century’s most important architects. Kahn’s Nordic and European ties are emphasized in this study that also covers his early childhood in Estonia, his travels, and his relationships with other architects, including the Norwegian architect Arne Korsmo.
Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context by David Raizman
Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context
By David Raizman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: December 2020
An innovative approach to graphic design that uses a series of key artifacts from the history of print culture in light of their specific historical contexts. It encourages the reader to look carefully and critically at print advertising, illustration, posters, magazine art direction, and typography, often addressing issues of class, race, and gender.
David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian by Rick Poynor
David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian
By Rick Poynor
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 2020
A comprehensive overview of the work and legacy of David King (1943–2016), whose fascinating career bridged journalism, graphic design, photography, and collecting. King launched his career at Britain’s Sunday Times Magazine in the 1960s, starting as a designer and later branching out into image-led journalism, blending political activism with his design work.
Teaching Graphic Design History by Steven Heller
Teaching Graphic Design History
By Steven Heller
Publisher: Allworth Press
Published: June 2019
An examination of the concerted efforts, happy accidents, and key influences of the practice throughout the years, Teaching Graphic Design History is an illuminating resource for students, practitioners, and future teachers of the subject.
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