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Designers & Books Fair 2015 Comes to NYC This Weekend, Oct. 2–4

Meet your favorite design authors who will be signing books. Your book purchase gives you a chance to win lunch with an author, private studio tours, and more!

By Steve Kroeter September 30, 2015

Meet over 25 of your favorite design authors, who will be signing their newest books, at Designers & Books Fair 2015™ this weekend—Friday evening, October 2 through Sunday, October 4—at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

And that’s not all: designated book purchases you make at the Fair automatically enter your name in more than 20 drawings to win unique Experiences with Authors.™ Would you like a private visit to graphic designer Louise Fili’s studio plus gelato with the designer? Your portrait drawn by the fashion illustrator for Bloomingdale’s? A tour of jazz legend Louis Armstrong’s house by the Wall Street Journal’s architecture critic? Lunch at MoMA with Charles Eames’s grandson and noted author? Designers & Books Fair 2015 is your chance!

For a complete schedule of Book Signings and a list of all of the Experiences with Authors, visit our interactive website: www.designbookfair.com

The Fair, which features more than 75 design book and magazine publishers and sellers from around the world, will be open:
Friday, October 2, from 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 3, 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 4, 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), 27th Street and 7th Avenue
FREE

Additional Highlights:

Many books discounted up to 60% off. Get a headstart on holiday gift shopping for everyone on your list, including kids.
In-demand design titles not yet available elsewhere, including the NYCTA Graphics Standards Manual (plus a new compact edition, which will debut at the Fair) and Ladislav Sutnar: Visual Design in Action, previously available only to Kickstarter backers.
Books to Win: drawings to win free design books
7 design programs: topics range from what makes a succesful indie magazine to the role that freehand drawing still plays in architecture to how to Kickstart your own design book. Speakers include Milton Glaser, Irma Boom, Peter Bohlin, and Daniel Liebeskind. All programs, which are held at FIT’s Katie Murphy Amphithetre, are FREE and seating is on a first come, first served basis. You can guarantee a seat and receive priority seating for $10. See the complete list of Programs.

We look forward to seeing you at Designers & Books Fair 2015!

Designers & Books Fair 2015™ is presented in collaboration with FIT. Our media partners include Archtober, The Architect’s Newspaper, and NYCxDesign.

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