Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview

 

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Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
June 27, 2014

This June we paid tribute to the late, great graphic designer Massimo Vignelli, and looked at the books he found most inspiring. We also featured curated book lists on a variety of subjects, ranging from art to business, and their intersection with design. Next month brings an interview with Harold Koda, Curator in Charge at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, who talks about the Met’s current exhibition on fashion designer Charles James and the book that accompanies the show. Our Online Book Fair continues to grow, and in July will expand to include rare and out-of-print book dealers. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
May 30, 2014

May’s many design events worldwide inspired our Book List of the Week posts on Dutch designers, British graphic designers, and lighting designers, plus new lists of books focusing on color, textiles, and photography. In June, watch for Designers & Books’ newly expanded Online Book Fair—including new publishers and discounts on art and photography books as well as on design and architecture titles. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
April 30, 2014

In April we featured book lists from product designers Dan Formosa (Smart Design) and Fiona Raby (Dunne & Raby), a round-up celebrating National Poetry Month in the U.S., plus books dedicated to the design of libraries, car design, the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, and more. We also had a conversation with Dan Saffer (Smart Design) about his new book, Microinteractions: Designing with Details. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
August 16, 2013

This week our interview with the founders of London-based publisher Unit Editions kicked off “Design Books to Win” in which we are giving away copies of two special graphic design books. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
August 2, 2013

Our site has a new look. We introduce Daily Features on a variety of design subjects, welcome our new collaborator, Superscript More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
August 23, 2013

This week’s highlights include a look at design and branding in popular bikeshare programs in several cities and our first installment of a series on rare antiquarian book finds. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
August 29, 2014

Summer may be winding down but Designers and Books has been ramping up. Through September 2, you can enter our current “Design Books to Win” drawing to win one of five copies of Dezeen Book of Interviews. We post new giveaways of recently published design books each week. This past month we also posted an interview with Head of Cultural Engagement at BMW, Thomas Girst, about his recent book on BMW’s artist-painted racecars, as well as an interview with Dezeen magazine founder Marcus Fairs. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
August 30, 2013

The last unofficial week of summer featured a fresh look at graphic design from many different angles as well as a book list from hospitality designer Jeffrey Beers. More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
August 9, 2013

A novel full of insider design gossip whose film rights have just been acquired, graphic designer Michael Rock in his own words, and a look at the Passive House movement in sustainable building are a few of the highlights More...

Weekly Wrap-Up & Preview
December 1, 2014

Design books make great gifts! In November we were pleased to introduce our Online Book Fair 2014 Holiday Gift Guide. Last month we also brought you the book lists of 10 prominent women in architecture, a list of books on toy design, and articles on new children’s design and architecture books and on vintage design book finds. In December our “Design Books to Win“ drawings will give you the chance to win two new photography books and we’ll be highlighting the best in new photography titles from a range of publishers. More...