Designers

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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178 designers

Zuzana Licko Zuzana Licko Graphic Designer United States	Geoff Shearcroft Geoff Shearcroft Architect United Kingdom	Deborah Berke Deborah Berke Architect United States	Seymour Chwast Seymour Chwast Graphic Designer United States	Glenn Pushelberg Glenn Pushelberg Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer Canada, United States	Richard Sachs Richard Sachs Bicycle Builder United States	George Lois George Lois Graphic Designer United States	Bob Gill Bob Gill Graphic Designer United States
David Easton David Easton Architect; Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Tom Geismar Tom Geismar Graphic Designer United States	Elizabeth Diller Elizabeth Diller Architect; Urban Designer United States	Michael Bierut Michael Bierut Graphic Designer United States	Jeanne Gang Jeanne Gang Architect United States	Eva Zeisel Eva Zeisel Product/Industrial Designer United States	Shigeru Ban Shigeru Ban Architect Japan	Jennifer Morla Jennifer Morla Graphic Designer United States
Matteo Thun Matteo Thun Architect; Interior Designer; Lighting Designer; Product/Industrial Designer Italy	Cino Zucchi Cino Zucchi Architect; Landscape Designer; Urban Designer Italy	Adam Tihany Adam Tihany Architect; Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Daisy Froud Daisy Froud Cultural Interpreter United Kingdom	Andrés Duany Andrés Duany Architect; Urban Designer United States	Guo Pei Guo Pei Fashion Designer China	Vincent Lacovara Vincent Lacovara Architect; Urban Designer United Kingdom	Cesar Pelli Cesar Pelli Architect United States
David Adjaye David Adjaye Architect United Kingdom	Anthony Dunne Anthony Dunne Interaction Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United Kingdom	Niels Diffrient Niels Diffrient Product/Industrial Designer United States	Stanley Tigerman Stanley Tigerman Architect United States	Michael Manfredi Michael Manfredi Architect United States	Tod Williams Tod Williams Architect United States	Paolo Deganello Paolo Deganello Architect; Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer Italy	Jeffrey Beers Jeffrey Beers Architect; Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United States
Juergen Riehm Juergen Riehm Architect United States	Jens Martin Skibsted Jens Martin Skibsted Product/Industrial Designer Denmark	Tim Brown Tim Brown Product/Industrial Designer United States	Rudy VanderLans Rudy VanderLans Graphic Designer United States	Carl Magnusson Carl Magnusson Product/Industrial Designer United States	Richard Saul Wurman Richard Saul Wurman Architect; Graphic Designer United States	Richard Meier Richard Meier Architect; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Lisa Jenks Lisa Jenks Fashion Designer; Jewelry Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United States
Sou Fujimoto Sou Fujimoto Architect Japan	Tom Kundig Tom Kundig Architect United States	Zack McKown Zack McKown Architect United States	Hugh Hardy Hugh Hardy Architect United States	Steven Heller Steven Heller Graphic Designer United States	Ed Ng Ed Ng Interior Designer Hong Kong	Coralie Bickford-Smith Coralie Bickford-Smith Graphic Designer United Kingdom	Jasper Morrison Jasper Morrison Product/Industrial Designer United Kingdom

Announcements

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.

For more information, contact: info@designersandbooks.com

Details on Designers & Books Fair 2015™

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.

Details and to RSVP: http://bit.ly/2cy6iBw