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 Monica Förster November 15, 2013

Swedish product designer Monica Förster will stay up all night to finish a really good book, is looking for a book “about the scientific discovery that finally explains the connection of everything in the universe,” and gives more of her answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. 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 Nicholas Blechman November 13, 2013

Where New York Times Book Review art director Nicholas Blechman likes to buy books, the last book he bought, and 22 other answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Marian Bantjes November 12, 2013

The book that graphic designer and typographer Marian Bantjes finds “abominably bad,” why she can't choose a favorite book character, and many more of her answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Steven Heller November 11, 2013

Steven Heller has a thing for Eloise, names his favorite female writer, and gives more answers to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Coralie Bickford-Smith November 8, 2013

If Penguin book cover designer Coralie-Bickford Smith could be any author, who would she be? Her answer to this and 15 more responses to The Proust Questionnaire—Book Edition. More...

The Proust Questionnaire — Book Edition
By Peter Eisenman November 7, 2013

Gravity’s Rainbow, not reading, and others subjects get covered in Peter Eisenman's answers to Designers & Books’ questionnaire. 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 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 Tony Brook November 4, 2013

The book Tony Brook could never finish, his favorite book character, and 23 more answers to Designers & Books’ special questionnaire. More...