Notable Design Books of 2013
Also see Notable Books: Reviews, Notable Design Books of 2012 and Notable Design Books of 2011.
Everything Sings: Maps for a Narrative Atlas
Denis Wood
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Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990
Wim de Wit et al.
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City of Ambition
Mason B. Williams
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Luxurious Minimalism
Fritz von der Schulenburg, et al.
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Architecture on the Carpet
Brenda Vale et al.
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Staircases
Oscar Tusquets Blanca
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Kamisaka Sekka
Khanh Trinh, editor et al.
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Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965
Bobbye Tigerman, ed.
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Visions of Seaside
Dhiru A. Thadani
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Formica Forever
Text by Alexandra Lange, Phil Patton, and Peter York
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Paradise Planned
Robert A.M. Stern et al.
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How Architecture Works
Witold Rybczynski
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Multiple Signatures
Michael Rock
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Hello World
Alice Rawsthorn
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Interviewing Users
Steve Portigal
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Encounters 2
Juhani Pallasmaa et al.
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The Images of Architects
Valerio Olgiati, ed.
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MVRDV Buildings
MVRDV et al.
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A New Sculpturalism
Christopher Mount, ed. et al.
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Threads of Silk and Gold
Hiroko T. McDermott et al.
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The Houses of Louis Kahn
George H. Marcus et al.
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Never Built Los Angeles
Sam Lubell
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Lina Bo Bardi
Zeuler Rocha Mello de Almeida Lima et al.
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James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist
Amanda Reeser Lawrence
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Everything Loose Will Land
Sylvia Lavin et al.
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Building Seagram
Phyllis Lambert et al.
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The Light Pavilion
Christoph a. Kumpusch, ed.
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Albert Speer
Léon Krier et al.
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Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty
Pat Kirkham
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Now is Better by Stefan Sagmeister
Now is Better
By Stefan Sagmeister
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: October 2023
Combining art, design, history, and quantitative analysis, transforms data sets into stunning artworks that underscore his positive view of human progress, inspiring us to think about the future with much-needed hope.
Design Emergency: Building a Better Future by Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Design Emergency: Building a Better Future
By Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: May 2022
Rawsthorn and Antonelli tell the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes—Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology—the authors present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from advances in science and technology.
Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People by Debbie Millman
Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People
By Debbie Millman
Publisher: Harper Design
Published: February 22, 2022
Debbie Millman—author, educator, brand consultant, and host of the widely successful and award-winning podcast “Design Matters”—showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews, bringing together insights and reflections from today’s leading creative minds from across diverse fields.
Milton Glaser: POP by Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Milton Glaser: POP
By Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: March 2023
This collection of work from graphci design legend Milton Glaser’s Pop period features hundreds of examples of the designer’s work that have not been seen since their original publication, demonstrating the graphic revolution that transformed design and popular culture.
Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange
Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
By Alexandra Lange
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: June 2022
Chronicles postwar architects’ and merchants’ invention of the shopping mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. Publishers Weekly writes, “Contending that malls answer ‘the basic human need’ of bringing people together, influential design critic Lange advocates for retrofitting abandoned shopping centers into college campuses, senior housing, and ‘ethnocentric marketplaces’ catering to immigrant communities. Lucid and well researched, this is an insightful study of an overlooked and undervalued architectural form.”
Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition) by Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition)
By Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Publisher: Letterform Archives Books
Published: October 2023
This facsimile edition of Die Fläche, recreates every page of the formative design periodical in full color and at original size, accompanied by essays that contextualize the work, highlighting contributions by pathbreaking women, innovative lettering artists, and key practitioners of the new “surface art,” including Rudolf von Larisch, Alfred Roller, and Wiener Werkstätte founders Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann.
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