Jennifer Sigler
Jennifer Sigler is Editor in Chief of Publications and Harvard Design Magazine at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD).
Prior to joining the GSD, she lived in the Netherlands, where she worked as an editor, researcher, curator, and project manager in and around architecture and design. From 1990 to 1995 she collaborated with Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau on S,M,L,XL (The Monacelli Press). Later, she joined the Berlage Institute, an international postgraduate “laboratory” for architecture, where she started the publication Hunch, overseeing and producing its first six issues.
Sigler was Program Manager for the Fourth International Architecture Biennale of Rotterdam (2010), and co-editor of the its catalogue, Open City. In 2012, with a grant from the Dutch Fund for Art and Architecture/Mondriaan Foundation, she embarked on an independent research project about domestic labor and design.
She has also collaborated with organizations such as The Netherlands Architecture Institute, The Why Factory at TU Delft, NaI010 Publishers, the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Dutch Design Fashion Architecture (DDFA), Domus, 2x4, REX Architecture, the Rotterdamse Schouwburg, and others.
She is currently based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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What is Universal Everything? edited by Adrian Shaughnessy and Tony Brook
What is Universal Everything?
Edited by Adrian Shaughnessy and Tony Brook; designed by Spin
Publisher: Unit Editions
Published: June 2019
Matt Pyke, founder and creative director of Universal Everything, calls his studio a “digital art and design collective.” Now, after 15 years of revolutionary work in the digital realm, the studio has its first book. For anyone interested in the future of digital design, the book features a unique cover for each copy of the book (limited to 2,000)—every buyer owns a one-off.
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon by Dennis Bernstein and Warren Lehrer
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon
Poems by Dennis Bernstein
Visualizations by Warren Lehrer
Introduction by Steven Heller
Publisher: Paper Crown Press
Published: September 19, 2019
“From a kidnap note for a world held hostage by an A-bomb, to a Holocaust survivor’s tattooed arms where the numbers just don’t add up, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon re-envisions a poetry memoir via a textual kaleidoscope... Bernstein and Lehrer are the Rodgers and Hart of Visual Poetry.” — Bob Holman, poet, poetry activist and chronicler, and founder of the Bowery Poetry Club
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul Goldberger
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City
By Paul Goldberger
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: May 2019
An illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic.
Charleston Fancy by Witold Rybczynski
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
By Witold Rybczynski
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 2019
Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America’s first historic district, is known for its palmetto-lined streets and picturesque houses. The Holy City, named for its profusion of churches, exudes an irresistible charm. Award-winning author and cultural critic Witold Rybczynski unfolds a series of stories about a group of youthful architects, builders, and developers based in Charleston: a self-taught home builder, an Air Force pilot, a fledgling architect, and a bluegrass mandolin player.
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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