Notable Design Books: Reviews

Books selected by our Book Board as Notable Design Books of the Year are reviewed on an ongoing basis. We publish reviews by our Book Board members, who include designers, commentators, and specially invited guest contributors.

Also see Notable Design Books of 2013.
18 blog entries
Notable Design Books: Reviews
By Steve Kroeter December 20, 2012

To end the year in design book publishing, Designers & Books is posting its updated second annual list of Notable Design Books—now with additional titles. We invited a group of esteemed design community members—our Book Board—to select titles published in 2012 that they think are particularly worth noting. More...

Notable Design Books: Reviews
By Steve Kroeter December 6, 2012

To help celebrate the year in design book publishing, Designers & Books is posting its second annual list of Notable Design Books. We invited a group of esteemed design community members—our Book Board—to select titles published in 2012 that they think are particularly worth noting. More...

Notable Design Books: Reviews
By Phil Patton October 9, 2012

Guest blogger: Phil Patton (New York Times, New York)
Profile
Guest blogger Phil Patton—design and culture journalist, curator, and author—shares his selection of notable design titles published or about to be published during 2012. — SK More...

Notable Design Books: Reviews
By Erik Spiekermann March 15, 2012

Guest blogger: Erik Spiekermann (Edenspiekermann AG: Berlin)
Profile   Notable Books of 2011
Guest blogger and graphic designer Erik Spiekermann examines a book on the history of modern German thought from all angles, including its ingenious cover design. More...

Notable Design Books: Reviews
By Maria Popova March 8, 2012

Guest blogger: Maria Popova (Brain Pickings, New York)
Profile    Notable Books of 2011
Guest blogger Maria Popova—creator of Brain Pickings—looks at George L. Legendre’s recent book, which looks at pasta shapes as design statement. More...

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By Rick Poynor January 13, 2012

Guest blogger: Visual culture critic Rick Poynor (Design Observer, London)
Profile   Notable Books of 2011
Guest blogger Rick Poynor—also a Designers & Books commentator—discusses Christian Patterson’s Redheaded Peckerwood (MACK, 2011). — SK More...

Notable Design Books: Reviews
By Steve Kroeter December 22, 2011

Our list of Notable Design Books of 2011 didn't quite reach 100 titles, but we did make it to 90. Our newest participants—those helping us to celebrate the year in design book publishing—include Stanley AbercrombieJohn Hill, Debbie Millman, Erik Spiekermann, and Tiana Vasiljev. They join Justin Davidson, Wendy Goodman, Julie Lasky, Paul Makovsky, Maria Popova, Rick Poynor, and Alissa Walker. More...

Notable Design Books: Reviews
By Steve Kroeter November 30, 2011

To help celebrate the year in design book publishing, Designers & Books invited a group of esteemed design community members to select titles published in 2011 that they think are particularly worth noting. Among those who have participated so far in selecting titles were Justin Davidson, Wendy Goodman, Julie Lasky, Paul Makovsky, Daijiro Mizuno, Phil Patton, Maria Popova, Rick Poynor, and Alissa Walker. Below you will find the results of their deliberations: our list (to date and growing) of Notable Design Books of 2011. More...