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Invited designers (including architects, fashion designers, graphic designers, interior designers, landscape architects, product designers, urban designers, and other design professionals) have chosen books that inspire them and that have shaped their worldview or their ideas about design.

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Juhani Pallasmaa Juhani Pallasmaa Architect Finland	Sagi Haviv Sagi Haviv Graphic Designer United States	Michael Bierut Michael Bierut Graphic Designer United States	Jens Martin Skibsted Jens Martin Skibsted Product/Industrial Designer Denmark	Daniel Libeskind Daniel Libeskind Architect United States	Steven Holl Steven Holl Architect United States	Anthony Dunne Anthony Dunne Interaction Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United Kingdom	Winka Dubbeldam Winka Dubbeldam Architect United States
Jules Fisher Jules Fisher Lighting Designer United States	John Maeda John Maeda Graphic Designer United States	Victoria Meyers Victoria Meyers Architect United States	Shashi Caan Shashi Caan Architect; Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United Kingdom, United States	Gail Anderson Gail Anderson Graphic Designer United States	Peter Eisenman Peter Eisenman Architect United States	Cynthia Rowley Cynthia Rowley Fashion Designer United States	Enrique Norten Enrique Norten Architect; Urban Designer Mexico, United States
Jens Holm Jens Holm Architect; Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer; Urban Designer Denmark, United States	Peter Bohlin Peter Bohlin Architect United States	Milton Glaser Milton Glaser Graphic Designer United States	Hugh Newell Jacobsen Hugh Newell Jacobsen Architect United States	Florian Idenburg Florian Idenburg Architect United States	Geoff Shearcroft Geoff Shearcroft Architect United Kingdom	Fiona Raby Fiona Raby Architect; Interaction Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United Kingdom	Michael Rock Michael Rock Graphic Designer United States
Massimo Vignelli Massimo Vignelli Graphic Designer United States	Carl Magnusson Carl Magnusson Product/Industrial Designer United States	Michael Manfredi Michael Manfredi Architect United States	Angus Hyland Angus Hyland Graphic Designer United Kingdom	Rocco Yim Rocco Yim Architect Hong Kong	Andrés Duany Andrés Duany Architect; Urban Designer United States	Isaac Mizrahi Isaac Mizrahi Fashion Designer United States	Tom Geismar Tom Geismar Graphic Designer United States
Margaret McCurry Margaret McCurry Architect; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Seymour Chwast Seymour Chwast Graphic Designer United States	Antoine Predock Antoine Predock Architect; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Lisa Jenks Lisa Jenks Fashion Designer; Jewelry Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Eric Owen Moss Eric Owen Moss Architect United States	Jean-Marie Massaud Jean-Marie Massaud Architect; Product/Industrial Designer France	George Lois George Lois Graphic Designer United States	Abbott Miller Abbott Miller Graphic Designer United States
Craig Dykers Craig Dykers Architect Norway, United States	Diana Balmori Diana Balmori Landscape Designer; Urban Designer United States	Richard Meier Richard Meier Architect; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Stefano Giovannoni Stefano Giovannoni Product/Industrial Designer Italy	Billie Tsien Billie Tsien Architect United States	Daisy Froud Daisy Froud Cultural Interpreter United Kingdom	Jennifer Morla Jennifer Morla Graphic Designer United States	Terence Riley Terence Riley Architect United States

Announcements

Furthermore Grants in Publishing for Illustrated Books, Including Architecture and Design

Provides support for book projects to 501(c)3 organizations for writing, research, editing, design, indexing, photography, illustration, and printing and binding.

A Program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund
Deadlines for applications: March 1 and September 1
Details at www.furthermore.org

New Book Release: Platform 6, Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Platform 6 presents a sampling of the work produced at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) during the past academic year. This work is indicative of the School’s commitment, as a global leader in the field, to exploring and articulating transformative ideas through the power of design.

Rosetta S. Elkin, Editor
Published by Actar
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New Book Release, March 31, 2014: Manuals 1: Design & Identity Guidelines

The first comprehensive study of corporate identity design manuals, featuring examples from the 1960s to early 1980s—the golden era of identity design.

Texts by Adrian Shaughnessy, et al.
Published by Unit Editions
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New Book Release, April 21, 2014: Drawing and Reinventing Landscape, AD Primer

Explores notions of representation in the discipline of landscape architecture at large and across time.

Diana Balmori
Published by John Wiley & Sons
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New Book Release (U.S.), May 20, 2014: The Duchamp Dictionary

More than 200 alphabetical illustrated entries on the most interesting and important artworks, relationships, people, and ideas in influential artist Marcel Duchamp’s life, including chess puns, the fourth dimension, love, genius, ready-mades such as Bicycle Wheel and Fountain, Peggy Guggenheim, Max Ernst, Man Ray, and Arturo Schwarz.

Thomas Girst
Published by Thames & Hudson (distributed in the U.S., by W. W. Norton)
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New Book Release (U.S.), May 1, 2014: Shape of Sound

Architect Victoria Meyers analyzes the shape of sound; architecture and sound; form; materiality; windows; the urban soundscape, its politics, aesthetics and social character; reflection; virtuality; sound art; and silence.

Victoria Meyers
Published by Artifice Books on Architecture
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