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An account of playwriting, creativity, and collaboration by a master (along with Adventures in the Screen Trade—also on my list).
An account of screenwriting, creativity, and collaboration, by a master (along with Act One—also on my list).
The book in my high school library that launched me on my career at the age of 15, by the man who designed the Columbia Records logo and the book cover for Mario Puzo’s 1968 novel The Godfather.
My favorite book as a kid, not so much about baseball as about the loneliness and absurdity of practicing a skill under pressure and in front of an audience—themes that are common to many of the books in my list.
Real-time account of the advertising world of the “Mad Men” years (along with George, Be Careful and Where the Suckers Moon—also on my list).
Real-time account of the advertising world of the “Mad Men” years (along with From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor and Where the Suckers Moon—also on my list).
One of two books I owned when I graduated from high school that have almost identical titles but couldn't be more different. (See also Milton Glaser: Graphic Design.)
In what other book does a billboard get to be a main character?
This is how to write about pop culture.
The designer as anti-hero. (See also The Fountainhead.)
One of two books I owned when I graduated from high school that have almost identical titles but couldn't be more different. (See also Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice.)
The most elegantly structured, perfectly resolved book ever written. Endlessly mystifying.
Real-time account of the advertising world of the ironic 1990s (along with From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor and Where the Suckers Moon—also on my list).
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Save the Date for This Year’s Designers & Books Festival: November 12, 2016, NYC
Designers & Books Festival: Onstage & Backstage 2016™
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Fashion Institute of Technology
Katie Murphy Amphitheater
7th Avenue and 27th Street
New York, New York
A full day of programming that celebrates the special relationship between the deisgn commuinty and books.
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See the Work of Illustrators Revolutionizing Italian Publishing: September 29–October 26, 2016, NYC
Cover Revolution! Illustrators and the New Face of Italian Publishing
Opening, Thursday, September 29, 2016
Italian Cultural Institute
686 Park Avenue
New York, New York
“Cover Revolution!” is an exhibition and book (published by Corraini Editions) featuring work by the most popular and beloved Italian illustrators active in book design, including Lorenzo Mattotti, Franco Matticchio, Guido Scarabottolo, Gianluigi Toccafondo, Emiliano Ponzi, and Olimpia Zagnoli. Curated by Melania Gazzotti.
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