Notable Design Books of 2013

Our Book Board members–including designers, commentators, and specially invited guest contributors–have chosen these as the most notable design books of 2013. The recommendations are submitted throughout the calendar year.

Also see Notable Books: Reviews, Notable Design Books of 2012 and Notable Design Books of 2011.
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James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist
Amanda Reeser Lawrence
Italian Liberty Style
Irene De Guttry et al.
Discovering Architecture
Philip Jodidio et al.
Fashion Design, Referenced
Alicia Kennedy et al.
Threads of Silk and Gold
Hiroko T. McDermott et al.
Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books of Ed Ruscha
Jeff Brouws et al.
Experiments with Life Itself
Francisco González de Canales
Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965
Bobbye Tigerman, ed.
The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon
Stephanie Dalley
Everything Sings: Maps for a Narrative Atlas
Denis Wood
The Design Book: 1000 New Designs for the Home and Where to Find Them
Jennifer Hudson
Eileen Gray: Objects and Furniture Design
Carmen Espegel, introduction; et al.
The Metropolitan Revolution
Bruce Katz et al.
Architecture on the Carpet
Brenda Vale et al.
The Afterlife of Emerson Tang
Paula Champa
All the Buildings in New York *That I’ve Drawn So Far
James Gulliver Hancock
Lolita—The Story of a Cover Girl: Vladimir Nabokov’s Novel in Art and Design
John Bertram et al.