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The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Rick Poynor November 6, 2013

Rick Poynor names the book titles he likes because of the the way they sound, and the last book he'll read (if he has a chance to plan it), and gives more answers to Designers & Books’ questionnaire. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Harry Pearce November 21, 2013

Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections, a “bright orange sketchbook,” and the book he can’t stand are among Harry Pearce’s answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Todd Oldham December 10, 2013

Todd Oldham reads for hours in the bathtub (Flannery O’Connor, Dorothy Parker), owns a book about living in a station wagon, and thinks he hates Ayn Rand. These and more answers from Todd to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Debbie Millman November 19, 2013

Design Matters host and branding expert Debbie Millman next wants to read all about “the power of glamour,” and (if she has a chance to plan it), the last thing she’ll read will be a poem by Charles Olson. These and other answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

Archives & Libraries
By Elizabeth Meggs May 30, 2017

Designer and design history educator Elizabeth Meggs selects 16 books from the library of her father—the pioneering graphic design historian Philip B. Meggs (d. 2002) who authored the landmark Meggs’ History of Graphic Design, recently updated in a sixth edition—and her mother, art director and writer/illustrator Libby Phillips Meggs. More...

One Book and Why
By Thom Mayne April 6, 2023

This month on “One Book and Why,” architect Thom Mayne recommends Italo Calvino’s reflection on what makes great writing, Six Memos for the Next Millennium. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Julie Lasky November 5, 2013

Julie Lasky reveals her most idiosyncratic reading habit, the author she’d most like to be and more answers to Designers & Books’ questionnaire.  More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Alexandra Lange November 25, 2013

Critic and author Alexandra Lange is a fan of Jane Austen: “In my dreams I wake up one day and write the Pride and Prejudice of the contemporary design world,” she says in one of her answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Mark Lamster December 13, 2013

The book that best says who Dallas Morning News architecture critic is just might be Woody Allen’s Without Feathers. More of Mark’s answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

Daily Features
By Steve Kroeter February 17, 2021

Originally published in 1962 and out of print for almost 50 years, The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn was the first book on influential 20th-century American architect Louis I. Kahn (1901–74) to feature his own images and words. We’re reissuing it in a beautiful new facsimile edition, along with an all-new companion Reader’s Guide, thanks to our successfully funded Kickstarter. You can now order a copy on www.louisikahn.com/shop. More...