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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African Metropolitan Architecture David Adjaye $100.00 On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list On list of Books by David Adjaye Add to My Reading List	The Agile City James Russell $35.00 On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Alexander Girard Todd Oldham et al. $200 On Jonathan Adler’s Book List On Wendy Goodman’s Notable Books of 2011 list On list of Books by Todd Oldham Add to My Reading List	Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty Andrew Bolton et al. $50.00 On Cynthia Rowley’s Book List On Julie Lasky’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Ed Ng’s Book List Add to My Reading List	And I Shall Have Some Peace There Margaret Roach $25.99 On Debbie Millman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	The Architectural Detail Edward R. Ford $40.00 On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Architecture in Uniform Jean-Louis Cohen $50.00 On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Atlas Gerard Richter On Juergen Riehm’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
Balenciaga and Spain Hamish Bowles $65.00 On Cynthia Rowley’s Book List On Cynthia Rowley’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Bals Nicolas Foulkes $175.00 On Wendy Goodman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Beauty Is in the Street Johan Kugelberg et al. $40.00 On Rick Poynor’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Believing Is Seeing Errol Morris $40.00 On Julie Lasky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention Zoë Ryan, ed. $60.00 On list of Books by Zoë Ryan On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Bob Gill, so far. Bob Gill $50.00 On list of Books by Bob Gill On Debbie Millman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Bossypants Tina Fey On Ellen Lupton’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Todd Oldham’s Book List Add to My Reading List	By the City/For the City Anne Guiney et al. $35.00 On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
California Design 1930–1965 Wendy Kaplan. ed. $60.00 On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Cecil Beaton Donald Albrecht $65.00 On Phil Patton’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Cédric Delsaux: Dark Lens Cédric Delsaux $75.00 On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life Todd Oldham et al. $29.95 On list of Books by Todd Oldham On Debbie Millman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Chi ha paura...?-Who’s afraid...? Alba Cappellieri On Gijs Bakker’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Collected Malcolm Gladwell et al. $80.00 On Debbie Millman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Combinatory Urbanism Thom Mayne $39.95 On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Cultural Connectives: Bridging the Latin and Arabic Alphabets Rana Abou Rjeily $34.95 On Maria Popova’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
The Death and Life of Great American Cities: 50th Anniversary Edition Jane Jacobs et al. $23.00 On Alissa Walker’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Design with the Other 90%: Cities Cynthia Smith $29.95 On Julie Lasky’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Design*Sponge at Home Grace Bonney $35.00 On Debbie Millman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Designing for Emotion Aarron Walter $18.00 On Alissa Walker’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel Lisa Immordino Vreeland $55.00 On Wendy Goodman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible Sophie Lovell $95.00 On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Tiana Vasiljev’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Edward Durell Stone Hicks Stone $85.00 On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture Juhani Pallasmaa $45.00 On list of Books by Juhani Pallasmaa On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
Floating Worlds Peter F. Neumeyer $35.00 On Maria Popova’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Flying Without a Net Thomas J. DeLong $29.95 On Debbie Millman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Food Rules Michael Pollan et al. On list of Books by Maira Kalman On Louise Fili’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Gerhard Richter: Panorama Mark Godfrey et al. On Alan Balfour’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Gerrit Rietveld Ida von Ziji $75.00 On Stanley Abercrombie’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Gijs Bakker’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Graphic Design: Now in Production Ellen Lupton On list of Books by Ellen Lupton On Rudy VanderLans’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture Diana Balmori et al. $50.00 On list of Books by Diana Balmori On Julie Lasky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture John Hill $29.95 On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list On list of Books by John Hill Add to My Reading List
Helvetica and the New York City Subway System Paul Shaw $39.95 On Tiana Vasiljev’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky Joshua David et al. $29.95 On Wendy Goodman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	A House for an Art Collector David Adjaye $50.00 On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Stanley Abercrombie’s Notable Books of 2011 list On list of Books by David Adjaye Add to My Reading List	The Houses of William Wurster: Frames for Living Caitlin Lempres Brostrom et al. $50.00 On Stanley Abercrombie’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive Christopher Boucher $15.00 On Phil Patton’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Hussein Chalayan Robert Violette, ed. et al. $85.00 On Daijiro Mizuno’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Identify Ivan Chermayeff et al. $45.00 On list of Books by Ivan Chermayeff On list of Books by Tom Geismar On list of Books by Sagi Haviv On Debbie Millman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Julius Shulman, Los Angeles Sam Lubell et al. $60.00 On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
Katie Ridder: Rooms Heather MacIsaac $50.00 On Peter Pennoyer’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	KieranTimberlake: Inquiry Stephen Kieran et al. $55.00 On Phil Patton’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Kissing Architecture Sylvia Lavin $16.95 On Galia Solomonoff’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Neil Denari’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Greg Lynn’s Current Reading list Add to My Reading List	The Latin American Photobook Horacio Fernández, ed. $52.00 On Rick Poynor’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Less and More Keiko Ueki-Polet et al. On Juergen Riehm’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Living in the Endless City Ricky Burdett et al. $69.95 On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Maharam Agenda Michael Maharam $65.00 On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list On list of Books by Michael Maharam On Richard Sachs’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Maps Paula Scher $50.00 On list of Books by Paula Scher On Alissa Walker’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
Menu Design in America Steven Heller et al. $59.99 On Louise Fili’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Missed Connections Sophie Blackall $13.95 On Maria Popova’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	New York Bikes Michele Castagnetti $19.99 On Phil Patton’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	New York: The Story of a Great City Sarah Henry. ed. $39.95 On Wendy Goodman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	OLIVE (A Handbook to Protect Your Life) Nosigner ¥ 1,000 ($12.88) On Daijiro Mizuno’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	100 Artists’ Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists Alex Danchev, ed. $20.99 On Rick Poynor’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul Howard Schultz et al. $25.99 On Debbie Millman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Ootje Oxenaar: Designer + Commissioner Els Kuijpers $38.35 On Rick Poynor’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Tiana Vasiljev’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
Pamphlet Architecture 11–20 Steven Holl, introduction $45.00 On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	People Blexbolex $19.95 On Maria Popova’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Project Japan Rem Koolhaas et al. $59.99 On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Neil Denari’s Current Reading list On Florian Idenburg’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Alan Balfour’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Aric Chen’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Radioactive Lauren Redniss $29.99 On Maria Popova’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Ready to Print Kristina Nickel $78.00 On Erik Spiekermann’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Rebels in Paradise Hunter Drohojowska-Philp $32,50 On Alissa Walker’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Redheaded Peckerwood Christian Patterson $65.00 On Rick Poynor’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Rethinking Design and Interiors Shashi Caan $29.95 On Julie Lasky’s Notable Books of 2011 list On list of Books by Shashi Caan Add to My Reading List
Reveal: Studio Gang Architects Jeanne Gang $45.00 On list of Books by Jeanne Gang On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Galia Solomonoff’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Richard Prince: American Prayer Robert Rubin, ed. $65.00 On Deborah Berke’s Book List On Deborah Berke’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Rising Currents Barry Bergdoll et al. $24.95 On list of Books by Barry Bergdoll On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Roberto Burle Marx: The Modernity of Landscape Fares El-Dahdah et al. $49.95 On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	The Ruins of Detroit Yves Marchand et al. $125.00 On Rick Poynor’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Sagmeister: Another Book About Promotion and Sales Material Stefan Sagmeister et al. $40.00 On Tiana Vasiljev’s Notable Books of 2011 list On list of Books by Stefan Sagmeister Add to My Reading List	Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design Pat Kirkham et al. $75.00 On Rick Poynor’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Gail Anderson’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Ken Carbone’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Seven Books Grey Tacita Dean $98.00 On Daijiro Mizuno’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
Spacesuit Nicholas de Monchaux $34.95 On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Spatial Agency Nishat Awan et al. $44.95 On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Star Wars: The Blueprints J. W. Rinzler $500.00 On Alissa Walker’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson $35.00 On Alissa Walker’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Gail Anderson’s Current Reading list On Carola Zwick’s Current Reading list On Jeffrey Beers’s Book List On Temple St. Clair’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Symbol Angus Hyland $40.00 On list of Books by Angus Hyland On Debbie Millman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	A Taxonomy of Office Chairs Jonathan Olivares $39.95 On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list On list of Books by Jonathan Olivares Add to My Reading List	TD 63-73: Total Design and Its Pioneering Role in Graphic Design Ben Bos $55.00 On Tiana Vasiljev’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Textiles, the Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, Significances Beverly Gordon $60.00 On Stanley Abercrombie’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
344 Questions Stefan Bucher $11.99 On Maria Popova’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	To Make a World Alexander Nemerov $45.00 On Phil Patton’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch Thomas Thwaites $19.95 On Julie Lasky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Tomorrow’s Houses Alexander Gorlin et al. $65.00 On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Toward a New Interior Lois Weinthal $45.00 On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Triumph of the City Edward Glaeser $29.95 On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Cino Zucchi’s Current Reading list Add to My Reading List	Typography for Lawyers Matthew Butterick $25.00 On Erik Spiekermann’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Urban Design Since 1945 David Grahame Shane $45.00 On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
Usefulness in Small Things Kim Colin et al. $29.95 On Daijiro Mizuno’s Notable Books of 2011 list On list of Books by Sam Hecht Add to My Reading List	Visual Storytelling Robert Klanten et al. $68.00 On Maria Popova’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Voiture Minimum Antonio Amado Lorenzo $49.95 On Phil Patton’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Why We Broke Up Daniel Handler et al. $19.99 On list of Books by Maira Kalman On Debbie Millman’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey Tony Brook et al. $27.00 On Tiana Vasiljev’s Notable Books of 2011 list On list of Books by Adrian Shaughnessy On list of Books by Tony Brook Add to My Reading List	Wirrwarr Jürgen Mayer H. et al. $300.00 On Phil Patton’s Notable Books of 2011 list On list of Books by Jürgen Mayer H. Add to My Reading List

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