Below you will find links to a variety of special materials, including our Author Q&As, interviews with designers and commentators, and essays, that we would like to call to
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Essays
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December 13, 2011
Susan S. Szenasy talks about books that have, or should have, influenced our culture and the design community from her perspective as editor in chief of Metropolis, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2011.
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June 7, 2011
Juhani Pallasmaa, former dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Helsinki University, lists 40 books that during his tenure he asked every new architecture student to read over the summer.
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May 3, 2011
Paul Goldberger reflects on books that deepen our encounters with architecture.
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February 1, 2011
Margaret McCurry writes about authors, subject matter, and literary styles that have influenced her—and how a client once referred to her as “the Jane Austen of architects.”
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February 1, 2011
Steven Heller is the author, co-author, and/or editor of more than 100 books. In this essay he writes about why he writes—and why he writes mostly about design.
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February 1, 2011
Maryanne Wolf writes about how the design dynamics of the human brain enable books to have an impact on us far beyond what we might imagine.
