The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition

To mark the centennial in November 2013 of the publication of the first volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, Designers & Books posed its own version of the Proust Questionnaire, Book Edition, to contributors and friends in the design community. We posted a new set of answers daily in November and December 2013.
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The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Julius Wiedemann November 27, 2013

TASCHEN editor Julius Wiedemann likes books by Haruki Murakami, and on politics, philosophy, and poetry. He also likes to eat when he reads. These and other answers from Julius to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Rudy VanderLans December 6, 2013

Emigre co-founder Rudy VanderLans is partial to Joan Didion and his copy of Ed Ruscha’s Every Building on the Sunset Strip. He buys his books at Moe’s Bookstore in Berkeley. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By The Editors, Designers & Books December 30, 2013

We showcase highlights from among the many memorable answers in the 29 Proust Questionnaires we published during November and December. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Adrian Shaughnessy November 14, 2013

As November 14 is the actual 100th anniversary date of the first publication of Swann’s Way—the almost 500-page first book in Proust’s lengthy and leisurely journey into his thoughts—we thought it fitting to post Adrian Shaughnessy’s answers today, the longest and most detailed we’ve received, and as Adrian says about a book in one of his answers, “fatally compelling.” More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Inga Sempé November 22, 2013

Harriet the Spy, I Spy: Mystery, why she doesn’t take notes when she reads (she doesn’t feel like “having a discussion with the writer”), and more answers from Inga Sempé to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Tina Roth Eisenberg November 20, 2013

Tina Roth Eisenberg (“swissmiss”) highlights obsessively on her Kindle, has a slew of favorite children’s books, and just might be writing her own book soon. These and more of Tina’s answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Michael Rock December 11, 2013

Michael Rock, of the graphic design studio 2x4, is a Haruki Murakami fan and plans to have In Search of Lost Time (A la recherche du temps perdu) be the last book he reads—“because it would take so long to finish.” More answers from Michael Rock to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Alice Rawsthorn November 26, 2013

Alice Rawsthorn’s favorite place to buy books (it’s in Cambridge), the best “book as object” she owns (it’s very small), and more answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

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...