Notable Design Books of 2013
Also see Notable Books: Reviews, Notable Design Books of 2012 and Notable Design Books of 2011.
The Afterlife of Emerson Tang
Paula Champa
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Albert Speer
Léon Krier et al.
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All the Buildings in New York *That I’ve Drawn So Far
James Gulliver Hancock
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Álvaro Siza: Complete Works 1952–2013
Philip Jodidio
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Architectural Guide Japan
Botond Bognar
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Architecture of Santiniketan
Samit Das
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Architecture on the Carpet
Brenda Vale et al.
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Building Seagram
Phyllis Lambert et al.
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Carlo Scarpa: Venini, 1932–1947
Marino Barovier
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City of Ambition
Mason B. Williams
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A Country of Cities
Vishaan Chakrabarti
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Creative Confidence
Tom Kelley et al.
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Creative Engineering, Architecture, and Technology
Ralph Hammann
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The Design Book: 1000 New Designs for the Home and Where to Find Them
Jennifer Hudson
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Design Forward
Hartmut Esslinger
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images
Edward Dimendberg
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Discovering Architecture
Philip Jodidio et al.
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Eileen Gray: Objects and Furniture Design
Carmen Espegel, introduction; et al.
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Emilio Pucci
Vanessa Friedman, et al.
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Encounters 2
Juhani Pallasmaa et al.
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Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty
Pat Kirkham
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Everything Loose Will Land
Sylvia Lavin et al.
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Everything Sings: Maps for a Narrative Atlas
Denis Wood
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Experiments with Life Itself
Francisco González de Canales
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Fashion Design, Referenced
Alicia Kennedy et al.
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Formica Forever
Text by Alexandra Lange, Phil Patton, and Peter York
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Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design
Chip Kidd
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Hall of Femmes: Lella Vignelli
Samira Boubana et al.
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Hall of Femmes: Tomoko Miho
Samira Boubana et al.
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Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965
Bobbye Tigerman, ed.
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Hello World
Alice Rawsthorn
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Henri Labrouste
Barry Bergdoll et al.
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Announcements
Louis Kahn: The Importance of a Drawing
Louis Kahn: The Importance of a Drawing
Edited by Michael Merrill
Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers
Published: October 2021
The first in-depth study of drawings as primary sources of insight into architect Louis Kahn’s architecture and creative imagination. Based on unprecedented archival research, with over 900 illustrations and written contributions by Michael Benedikt, Michael Cadwell, David Leatherbarrow, Louis Kahn, Nathaniel Kahn, Sue Ann Kahn, Michael J. Lewis, Robert McCarter, Michael Merrill, Marshall Meyers, Jane Murphy, Gina Pollara, Harriet Pattison, Colin Rowe, David Van Zanten, Richard Wesley, and William Whitaker.
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
Forthcoming: 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.
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
Forthcoming May 25, 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.
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn by Harriet Pattison
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn
By Harriet Pattison
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: October 2020
An intimate glimpse into the professional and romantic relationship between Harriet Pattison and the renowned architect Louis Kahn. Harriet Pattison, FASLA, is a distinguished landscape architect. She was Louis Kahn’s romantic partner from 1959 to 1974, and his collaborator on the landscapes of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, and the F.D.R. Memorial/Four Freedoms Park, New York. She is the mother of their son, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn.
Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context by David Raizman
Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context
By David Raizman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: December 2020
An innovative approach to graphic design that uses a series of key artifacts from the history of print culture in light of their specific historical contexts. It encourages the reader to look carefully and critically at print advertising, illustration, posters, magazine art direction, and typography, often addressing issues of class, race, and gender.
David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian by Rick Poynor
David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian
By Rick Poynor
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 2020
A comprehensive overview of the work and legacy of David King (1943–2016), whose fascinating career bridged journalism, graphic design, photography, and collecting. King launched his career at Britain’s Sunday Times Magazine in the 1960s, starting as a designer and later branching out into image-led journalism, blending political activism with his design work.
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