80% Off Sale at the Designers & Books Online Book Fair
For two weeks only, November 1–14, 2014, buy design and architecture books at 80% off their original prices, including many under $10
By Steve Kroeter November 4, 2014Through November 14 only, you can buy selected design and architecture books from 8 different publishers at 80% off their original prices at our Online Book Fair special sale.
Over 40 architecture, graphic design, product design, and interior, landscape, and urban design titles are available at this limited-time discount from publishers including Laurence King, Princeton Architectural Press, Gestalten (offer good in the U.S. only), ORO Editions and Applied Research + Design and GOFF Books, Interior Design Books, and RIT Press.
Among the highlights:
Graphic Design Books for $10 and Under, including David Carson’s second edition of his groundbreaking book The End of Print (Laurence King), Warren Lehrer’s illuminated novel A Life in Books (GOFF Books), and George Tscherny’s delightful Where Would the Button Be Without the Buttonhole? (RIT Press).
Architecture Books for $10 and Under, including Paul Sahre’s look at a piece of vacation home history, Leisurama Now (Princeton Architectural Press), Revolving Architecture, a history of buildings that move and swivel (Princeton Architectural Press), Reveal, Filter, Evolve, Effect (CORE), on the noted firm FXFOWLE (ORO), and Zen Spaces and Neon Places, a study of the Japanese built environment (Applied Research + Design)
Interior Design Books for $10 and Under, including must-have staples from Interior Design magazine’s books division, Cindy Allen’s The Best of Hospitality Architecture & Design, Vol. 1 and The Best of Office Architecture & Design.
In addition, crossing several areas of design, are five books of photography at 80% off, including Black Magic, White Noise (Gestalten) and Paul Chesley (GOFF Books).
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