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These books have been released prior to the last six months.

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26 books


100 Secrets of the Art World	Girst, Thomas et al.	Koenig Books
Aesthetic Theory	Gage, Mark Foster	W. W. Norton
The Artist’s Reality: Philosophies of Art	Rothko, Mark et al.	Yale University Press
Bauhaus 1919–1933	Bergdoll, Barry et al.	The Museum of Modern Art
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life	Oldham, Todd et al.	AMMO Books
A Day with Picasso	Klüver, Billy	The MIT Press
The Duchamp Dictionary	Girst, Thomas	Thames & Hudson
Exactitudes	Versluis, Ari et al.	nai010 Publishers
Girls Standing on Lawns	Kalman, Maira et al.	The Museum of Modern Art
The Indefinite Duchamp	Girst, Thomas	Hatje Cantz
Interpreting the Renaissance (Ricerca dell’Rinascimento)	Tafuri, Manfredo	Yale University Press
Irving Harper: Works in Paper	Maharam, Michael et al.	Rizzoli International Publications
It’s Modern: The Eye and Visual Influence of Alexander Liberman	Churchward, Charles	Rizzoli International Publications
James Turrell: A Retrospective	Govan, Michael et al.	Prestel Publishing
Joseph Urban	Loring, John	Abrams
Kamisaka Sekka	Trinh, Khanh et al.	Prestel Publishing
Moroccan Carpets and Modern Art	Adam, Jürgen et al.	ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers
Object to Be Destroyed: The Work of Gordon Matta-Clark	Lee, Pamela M.	The MIT Press
Quay Brothers	Magliozzi, Ron et al.	The Museum of Modern Art
Richard Prince: American Prayer	Rubin, Robert	Rizzoli International Publications
Shazam!	Kidd, Chip et al.	Abrams
Solomon’s Temple	Balfour, Alan	John Wiley & Sons
Steven Holl—Color Light Time	Holl, Steven	Lars Müller Publishers
To Make a World	Nemerov, Alexander	Yale University Press
Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books of Ed Ruscha	Brouws, Jeff et al.	The MIT Press
Wirrwarr	Mayer H., Jürgen et al.	Hatje Cantz

Announcements

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.

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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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Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People by Debbie Millman

Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People

By Debbie Millman
Publisher: Harper Design
Published: February 22, 2022

Debbie Millman—author, educator, brand consultant, and host of the widely successful and award-winning podcast “Design Matters”—showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews, bringing together insights and reflections from today’s leading creative minds from across diverse fields.

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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.”

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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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