Designers

Design Books to Win, April 22, 2015: Winner of The New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual Announced

The winner of The New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual designed by Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda is Joseph Swerdlin — congratulations!

Our new giveaways continue in 2015.

New Book Release, June 1, 2015: Spin: 360°

A portrait of Spin, one of London’s leading design studios, which has produced work in identity, print, moving image, retail, digital, and environmental graphics. Includes essays and interviews with Spin’s founders, Tony Brook and Patricia Finegan, and texts by Paula Scher, Stefan Sagmeister, Ben Bos, Wim Crouwel, Rick Poynor, Steven Heller, Patrick Burgoyne, and artist and author Edmund de Waal.

Tony Brook and Patricia Finegan; designed by Spin
Published by Unit Editions
Details. The first 1,000 copies come with a limited-edition pack of six silk-screened cards in a matching envelope, plus a set of six button badges — designed by Spin.

New Book Release, February 9, 2015: Reproducing Scholten & Baijings

The first book on the work of the Amsterdam-based studio Scholten & Baijings, which has become renowned for its sensitive and subtle yet functional products—from ceramics and silverware to textiles and even a concept car.

By Louise Schouwenberg
Published by Phaidon Press
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Save the Dates! Designers & Books Fair 2015: October 2, 3 & 4, 2015, FIT, New York

Save October 2, 3 & 4 for Designers & Books Fair 2015™—the only book fair anywhere for architecture and design books. Features 40 publishers and rare and out-of-print dealers, plus 9 design programs. Open to the public.

Friday, October 2–Sunday, October 4, 2015
Fahion Institute of Technology (FIT), 7th Ave. & 27th St., New York City
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New Book Release, February 10, 2015: Design to Grow: How Coca-Cola Learned to Combine Scale and Agility (and How You Can Too)

A Coca-Cola senior executive shares both the successes and failures of one of the world’s largest companies as it learns to use design to be both agile and big. In this rare and unprecedented behind-the-scenes look, David Butler and senior Fast Company editor, Linda Tischler, use plain language and easy-to-understand case studies to show how this works at Coca-Cola—and how other companies can use the same approach to grow their business.

By David Butler and Linda Tischler
Published by Simon & Schuster
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