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| Star Wars: The Blueprints | Rinzler, J. W. | Epic Ink | $500.00 |
| Wirrwarr | Mayer H., Jürgen et al. | Hatje Cantz | $300.00 |
| Alexander Girard | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books | $200 |
| Bals | Foulkes, Nicholas | Assouline | $175.00 |
| The Ruins of Detroit | Marchand, Yves et al. | Steidl | $125.00 |
| African Metropolitan Architecture | Adjaye, David | Rizzoli International Publications | $100.00 |
| Seven Books Grey | Dean, Tacita | Steidl | $98.00 |
| Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible | Lovell, Sophie | Phaidon Press | $95.00 |
| Edward Durell Stone | Stone, Hicks | Rizzoli International Publications | $85.00 |
| Hussein Chalayan | Violette, Robert et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $85.00 |
| Collected | Gladwell, Malcolm et al. | Little, Brown and Co. | $80.00 |
| Ready to Print | Nickel, Kristina | Gestalten | $78.00 |
| Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design | Kirkham, Pat et al. | Laurence King Publishing | $75.00 |
| Gerrit Rietveld | van Zijl, Ida | Phaidon Press | $75.00 |
| Cédric Delsaux: Dark Lens | Delsaux, Cédric | Editions Xavier Barral | $75.00 |
| Living in the Endless City | Burdett, Ricky et al. | Phaidon Press | $69.95 |
| Visual Storytelling | Klanten, Robert et al. | Gestalten | $68.00 |
| Cecil Beaton | Albrecht, Donald | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Maharam Agenda | Maharam, Michael | Lars Müller Publishers | $65.00 |
| Tomorrow’s Houses | Gorlin, Alexander et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Redheaded Peckerwood | Patterson, Christian | MACK | $65.00 |
| Balenciaga and Spain | Bowles, Hamish | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Richard Prince: American Prayer | Rubin, Robert | 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 |
| Textiles, the Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, Significances | Gordon, Beverly | Thames & Hudson | $60.00 |
| California Design 1930–1965 | Kaplan, Wendy | The MIT Press | $60.00 |
| Menu Design in America | Heller, Steven et al. | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Project Japan | Koolhaas, Rem et al. | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| KieranTimberlake: Inquiry | Kieran, Stephen et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $55.00 |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Immordino Vreeland, Lisa | Abrams | $55.00 |
| TD 63-73: Total Design and Its Pioneering Role in Graphic Design | Bos, Ben | Unit Editions | $55.00 |
| The Latin American Photobook | Fernández, Horacio et al. | Aperture | $52.00 |
| Architecture in Uniform | Cohen, Jean-Louis | Yale University Press | $50.00 |
| A House for an Art Collector | Adjaye, David | Rizzoli International Publications | $50.00 |
| Maps | Scher, Paula | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| The Houses of William Wurster: Frames for Living | Brostrom, Caitlin Lempres et al. | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| Katie Ridder: Rooms | MacIsaac, Heather | Abrams | $50.00 |
| Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty | Bolton, Andrew | Yale University Press | $50.00 |
| Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture | Balmori, Diana et al. | The Monacelli Press | $50.00 |
| Bob Gill, so far. | Gill, Bob | Laurence King Publishing | $50.00 |
| Voiture Minimum | Amado Lorenzo, Antonio | The MIT Press | $49.95 |
| Roberto Burle Marx: The Modernity of Landscape | El-Dahdah, Farès et al. | Actar | $49.95 |
| To Make a World | Nemerov, Alexander | Yale University Press | $45.00 |
| Toward a New Interior | Weinthal, Lois | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| Reveal: Studio Gang Architects | Gang, Jeanne | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| Pamphlet Architecture 11–20 | Holl, Steven | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| Urban Design Since 1945 | Shane, David Grahame | John Wiley & Sons | $45.00 |
| Identify | Chermayeff, Ivan et al. | Print Publishing | $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 |
| Believing Is Seeing | Morris, Errol | Penguin | $40.00 |
| Sagmeister: Another Book About Promotion and Sales Material | Sagmeister, Stefan et al. | Abrams | $40.00 |
| The Architectural Detail | Ford, Edward R. | Princeton Architectural Press | $40.00 |
| Symbol | Hyland, Angus et al. | Laurence King Publishing | $40.00 |
| Beauty Is in the Street | Kugelberg, Johan et al. | Four Corners Books; distributed by D.A.P. | $40.00 |
| A Taxonomy of Office Chairs | Olivares, Jonathan | Phaidon Press | $39.95 |
| New York: The Story of a Great City | Henry, Sarah | André Deutsch | $39.95 |
| Helvetica and the New York City Subway System | Shaw, Paul | The MIT Press | $39.95 |
| Combinatory Urbanism | Mayne, Thom | Stray Dog Cafe | $39.95 |
| Ootje Oxenaar: Designer + Commissioner | Kuijpers, Els | nai010 Publishers | $38.35 |
| Floating Worlds | Neumeyer, Peter F. | Pomegranate Press | $35.00 |
| The Agile City | Russell, James | Island Press | $35.00 |
| Steve Jobs | Isaacson, Walter | Simon & Schuster | $35.00 |
| By the City/For the City | Guiney, Anne et al. | Institute for Urban Design | $35.00 |
| Design*Sponge at Home | Bonney, Grace | Artisan | $35.00 |
| Cultural Connectives: Bridging the Latin and Arabic Alphabets | Rjeily, Rana Abou | Mark Batty Publisher | $34.95 |
| Spacesuit | de Monchaux, Nicholas | The MIT Press | $34.95 |
| Rebels in Paradise | Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter | Henry Holt and Company | $32,50 |
| Radioactive | Redniss, Lauren | HarperCollins | $29.99 |
| Design with the Other 90%: Cities | Smith, Cynthia | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum | $29.95 |
| Rethinking Design and Interiors | Caan, Shashi | Laurence King Publishing | $29.95 |
| Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture | Hill, John | W. W. Norton | $29.95 |
| Triumph of the City | Glaeser, Edward | Penguin | $29.95 |
| High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky | David, Joshua et al. | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $29.95 |
| Usefulness in Small Things | Colin, Kim et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $29.95 |
| Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books | $29.95 |
| Flying Without a Net | DeLong, Thomas J. | Harvard Business Review Press | $29.95 |
| Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey | Brook, Tony et al. | Unit Editions | $27.00 |
| And I Shall Have Some Peace There | Roach, Margaret | Grand Central Publishing | $25.99 |
| Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul | Schultz, Howard et al. | Rodale | $25.99 |
| Typography for Lawyers | Butterick, Matthew | Jones McClure Publishing | $25.00 |
| Rising Currents | Bergdoll, Barry | The Museum of Modern Art | $24.95 |
| The Death and Life of Great American Cities: 50th Anniversary Edition | Jacobs, Jane | Random House/Modern Library | $23.00 |
| 100 Artists’ Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists | Danchev, Alex | Penguin | $20.99 |
| New York Bikes | Castagnetti, Michele | Self Published | $19.99 |
| Why We Broke Up | Handler, Daniel et al. | Little, Brown and Co. | $19.99 |
| People | Blexbolex, | Enchanted Lion Books | $19.95 |
| The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch | Thwaites, Thomas | Princeton Architectural Press | $19.95 |
| Designing for Emotion | Walter, Aarron | A Book Apart | $18.00 |
| Kissing Architecture | Lavin, Sylvia | Princeton University Press | $16.95 |
| How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive | Boucher, Christopher | Melville House | $15.00 |
| Missed Connections | Blackall, Sophie | Workman | $13.95 |
| 344 Questions | Bucher, Stefan | New Riders Press | $11.99 |
| OLIVE (A Handbook to Protect Your Life) | Nosigner, | Media Factory | ¥ 1,000 ($12.88) |
| Bossypants | Fey, Tina | Little, Brown and Co. | |
| Less and More | Ueki-Polet, Keiko et al. | Gestalten | |
| Atlas | Richter, Gerhard | Walther König Verlag | |
| Graphic Design: Now in Production | Lupton, Ellen et al. | Walker Art Center; distributed by D.A.P. | |
| Chi ha paura...?-Who’s afraid...? | Cappellieri, Alba | Electa | |
| Food Rules | Pollan, Michael et al. | Penguin | |
| Gerhard Richter: Panorama | Godfrey, Mark et al. | Tate Gallery Publishing |
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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.
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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Love Letter to a Garden by Debbie Millman
Love Letter to a Garden
By Debbie Millman
Contributions by Roxane Gay
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: April 15, 2025
From the award-winning artist, designer, and the host of the podcast Design Matters, Debbie Millman, this book tells the visual story of falling in love with gardening—and the philosophies that work conjures. Spread throughout are simple recipes using the garden’s ingredients from Millman’s wife, best-selling author Roxane Gay.
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.”
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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