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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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Elizabeth Diller Elizabeth Diller Architect; Urban Designer United States	James Biber James Biber Architect United States	Bruce Hannah Bruce Hannah Product/Industrial Designer United States	Vincent Van Duysen Vincent Van Duysen Architect; Interior Designer; Lighting Designer; Product/Industrial Designer Belgium	Shigeru Ban Shigeru Ban Architect Japan	Carin Goldberg Carin Goldberg Graphic Designer United States	Carola Zwick Carola Zwick Interaction Designer; Product/Industrial Designer Germany	Giuseppe Lignano Giuseppe Lignano Architect Italy, United States
Abbott Miller Abbott Miller Graphic Designer United States	Todd Oldham Todd Oldham Architect; Fashion Designer; Graphic Designer; Interior Designer; Lighting Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Mels Crouwel Mels Crouwel Architect The Netherlands	Peter Bohlin Peter Bohlin Architect United States	Andrés Duany Andrés Duany Architect; Urban Designer United States	Peter Mendelsund Peter Mendelsund Graphic Designer United States	Temple St. Clair Temple St. Clair Jewelry Designer United States	Louise Fili Louise Fili Graphic Designer United States
Robert Venturi Robert Venturi Architect; Product/Industrial Designer; Urban Designer United States	Juergen Riehm Juergen Riehm Architect United States	Freeman Lau Freeman Lau Graphic Designer; Product/Industrial Designer China	Steven Heller Steven Heller Graphic Designer United States	Zack McKown Zack McKown Architect United States	Jonathan Barnbrook Jonathan Barnbrook Graphic Designer United Kingdom	Stefano Giovannoni Stefano Giovannoni Product/Industrial Designer Italy	Jules Fisher Jules Fisher Lighting Designer United States
Victoria Meyers Victoria Meyers Architect United States	Anna Sui Anna Sui Fashion Designer United States	Wendell Castle Wendell Castle Product/Industrial Designer United States	Fiona Raby Fiona Raby Architect; Interaction Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United Kingdom	Sou Fujimoto Sou Fujimoto Architect Japan	Shashi Caan Shashi Caan Architect; Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United Kingdom, United States	Reed Krakoff Reed Krakoff Fashion Designer United States	Diana Balmori Diana Balmori Landscape Designer; Urban Designer United States
Stephen Burrows Stephen Burrows Fashion Designer United States	Erik Spiekermann Erik Spiekermann Graphic Designer Germany	Warren Lehrer Warren Lehrer Graphic Designer United States	Antoine Predock Antoine Predock Architect; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Tom Kundig Tom Kundig Architect United States	Ada Tolla Ada Tolla Architect Italy, United States	Steven Holl Steven Holl Architect United States	Stefan Sagmeister Stefan Sagmeister Graphic Designer United States
Jeanne Gang Jeanne Gang Architect United States	Jonathan Adler Jonathan Adler Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Margie Ruddick Margie Ruddick Landscape Designer United States	Florian Idenburg Florian Idenburg Architect United States	Rudy VanderLans Rudy VanderLans Graphic Designer United States	Ken Carbone Ken Carbone Graphic Designer United States	Milton Glaser Milton Glaser Graphic Designer United States	Michael Manfredi Michael Manfredi Architect United States

Announcements

New Book Release (U.S.), June 30, 2014: BMW Art Cars

Traces the development of the BMW Art Cars, the so-called “rolling sculptures” designed by artists including Alexander Calder, David Hockney, and Andy Warhol over the last 40 years.

Thomas Girst, editor
Texts by Carl Magnusson, Phil Patton, et al.
Published by Hatje Cantz
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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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