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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Rudy VanderLans Rudy VanderLans Graphic Designer United States	Cesar Pelli Cesar Pelli Architect United States	Lisa Jenks Lisa Jenks Fashion Designer; Jewelry Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Jasper Morrison Jasper Morrison Product/Industrial Designer United Kingdom	Pierre Bernard Pierre Bernard Graphic Designer France	Neil Denari Neil Denari Architect United States	Adam Tihany Adam Tihany Architect; Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Juhani Pallasmaa Juhani Pallasmaa Architect Finland
Cleto Munari Cleto Munari Product/Industrial Designer Italy	Carola Zwick Carola Zwick Interaction Designer; Product/Industrial Designer Germany	Tim Brown Tim Brown Product/Industrial Designer United States	Calvin Tsao Calvin Tsao Architect United States	Erik Spiekermann Erik Spiekermann Graphic Designer Germany	Fritz Frenkler Fritz Frenkler Product/Industrial Designer Germany	John Maeda John Maeda Graphic Designer United States	Sou Fujimoto Sou Fujimoto Architect Japan
Terence Riley Terence Riley Architect United States	Sheila Levrant de Bretteville Sheila Levrant de Bretteville Graphic Designer United States	Jeffrey Beers Jeffrey Beers Architect; Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Emilio Ambasz Emilio Ambasz Architect; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Margaret McCurry Margaret McCurry Architect; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Richard Saul Wurman Richard Saul Wurman Architect; Graphic Designer United States	Karim Rashid Karim Rashid Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Jessica Helfand Jessica Helfand Graphic Designer United States
Peter Pennoyer Peter Pennoyer Architect United States	David Weeks David Weeks Product/Industrial Designer United States	Jorge Silvetti Jorge Silvetti Architect; Urban Designer United States	Peter Mendelsund Peter Mendelsund Graphic Designer United States	Tod Williams Tod Williams Architect United States	William Georgis William Georgis Architect; Interior Designer United States	Massimo Vignelli Massimo Vignelli Graphic Designer United States	Norman Foster Norman Foster Architect; Product/Industrial Designer United Kingdom
Stefano Giovannoni Stefano Giovannoni Product/Industrial Designer Italy	Wim Crouwel Wim Crouwel Graphic Designer The Netherlands	Jeanne Gang Jeanne Gang Architect United States	Galia Solomonoff Galia Solomonoff Architect United States	Robert Venturi Robert Venturi Architect; Product/Industrial Designer; Urban Designer United States	Sagi Haviv Sagi Haviv Graphic Designer United States	Jens Martin Skibsted Jens Martin Skibsted Product/Industrial Designer Denmark	Massimo Pitis Massimo Pitis Graphic Designer Italy
Eric Owen Moss Eric Owen Moss Architect United States	Giuseppe Lignano Giuseppe Lignano Architect Italy, United States	Bob Gill Bob Gill Graphic Designer United States	Milton Glaser Milton Glaser Graphic Designer United States	Antoine Predock Antoine Predock Architect; Product/Industrial Designer United States	Seymour Chwast Seymour Chwast Graphic Designer United States	Paul Marantz Paul Marantz Lighting Designer United States	Jens Holm Jens Holm Architect; Interior Designer; Product/Industrial Designer; Urban Designer Denmark, United States

Announcements

New Title Release:
December 10, 2013

Jørn Utzon: Drawings and Buildings
by Michael Asgaard Anderson
from Princeton Architectural Press

New Title Release:
December 10, 2013

Wunderkammer
by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien
from Yale University Press

New Title Release:
December 10, 2013

Matisse: The Chapel at Vence
by Marie-Thérèse Pulvenis de Seligny
from Royal Academy Publications/Abrams

New Title Release:
December 3, 2013

Modern Modular
by Joseph Tanney and Robert Luntz
from Princeton Architectural Press

New Title Release:
December 3, 2013

Paradise Planned: The Garden Suburb and the Modern City
by Robert A.M. Stern, David Fishman, and Jacob Tilove
from The Monacelli Press

New Title Release:
December 10, 2013

History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400-2000
by Pat Kirkham and Susan Weber, eds.
from The Bard Graduate Center; distributed by Yale University Press

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