Notable Design Books of 2013
Also see Notable Books: Reviews, Notable Design Books of 2012 and Notable Design Books of 2011.
| Moroccan Carpets and Modern Art | Adam, Jürgen et al. | ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers | $115.00 |
| The Invention of Craft | Adamson, Glenn | Bloomsbury | $29.95 |
| Carlo Scarpa: Venini, 1932–1947 | Barovier, Marino | Rizzoli International Publications | $95.00 |
| Henri Labrouste | Bélier, Corinne et al. | The Museum of Modern Art | $55.00 |
| Lolita—The Story of a Cover Girl: Vladimir Nabokov’s Novel in Art and Design | Bertram, John et al. | Print Publishing | $18.00 |
| 100 Years of Architectural Drawing | Bingham, Neil | Laurence King Publishing | $50.00 |
| The Sustainable Fashion Handbook | Black, Sandy | Thames & Hudson | $55.00 |
| Architectural Guide Japan | Bognar, Botond | DOM Publishers | $50.00 |
| Irma Boom: The Architecture of the Book | Boom, Irma et al. | Lecturis | $45.50 |
| Hall of Femmes: Lella Vignelli | Bouabana, Samira et al. | Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press | $19.65 |
| Hall of Femmes: Tomoko Miho | Bouabana, Samira et al. | Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press | $19.65 |
| Swiss Made | Breiding, R. James | Profile Books | |
| Out There | Brito, Maria Gabriela | Pointed Leaf Press | $60.00 |
| Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books of Ed Ruscha | Brouws, Jeff et al. | The MIT Press | $39.95 |
| Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration | Buatta, Mario et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $75.00 |
| The Library | Campbell, James W. P. et al. | The University of Chicago Press | $75.00 |
| A Country of Cities | Chakrabarti, Vishaan | Metropolis Books | $29.95 |
| The Afterlife of Emerson Tang | Champa, Paula | Houghton Mifflin | $26.00 |
| It’s Modern: The Eye and Visual Influence of Alexander Liberman | Churchward, Charles | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Graphic Icons | Clifford, John | Peachpit Press | $31.99 |
| Dekho | Codesign, et al. | Codesign | $42.00 |
| Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes | Cohen, Jean-Louis et al. | The Museum of Modern Art | $75.00 |
| Mapping Manhattan | Cooper, Becky et al. | Abrams | $19.95 |
| The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon | Dalley, Stephanie | Oxford University Press | $34.95 |
| Architecture of Santiniketan | Das, Samit | Niyogi Books | |
| Italian Liberty Style | De Guttry, Irene et al. | 24 Ore Cultura | $45.00 |
| The Most Beautiful Opera Houses in the World | de Laubier, Guillaume et al. | Abrams | $60.00 |
| Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images | Dimendberg, Edward | The University of Chicago Press | $65.00 |
| Tom Dixon: Dixonary | Dixon, Tom | Violette Editions | $49.95 |
| Eileen Gray: Objects and Furniture Design | Espegel, Carmen et al. | Ediciones Polígrafa | $30.00 |
| Design Forward | Esslinger, Hartmut | ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers | $40.00 |
| Emilio Pucci | Friedman, Vanessa et al. | TASCHEN | $69.99 |
| Experiments with Life Itself | González de Canales, Francisco | Actar | $39.95 |
| James Turrell: A Retrospective | Govan, Michael et al. | Prestel Publishing | $75.00 |
| Creative Engineering, Architecture, and Technology | Hammann, Ralph | DOM Publishers | $99.95 |
| All the Buildings in New York *That I’ve Drawn So Far | Hancock, James Gulliver | Rizzoli International Publications | $19.95 |
| Theater of Architecture | Hardy, Hugh | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| Synesthetic Design | Haverkamp, Michael | Birkhäuser | $69.95 |
| Shadow Type | Heller, Steven et al. | Princeton Architectural Press | $55.00 |
| The Design Book: 1000 New Designs for the Home and Where to Find Them | Hudson, Jennifer | Laurence King Publishing | $30.00 |
| Álvaro Siza: Complete Works 1952–2013 | Jodidio, Philip | TASCHEN | $150.00 |
| Discovering Architecture | Jodidio, Philip et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $45.00 |
| Hand-Drying in America | Katchor, Ben | Random House | $29.95 |
| The Metropolitan Revolution | Katz, Bruce et al. | Brookings Institution Press | $29.95 |
| Creative Confidence | Kelley, Tom et al. | Crown | $29.00 |
| Fashion Design, Referenced | Kennedy, Alicia et al. | Rockport Publishers | $41.25 |
| Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design | Kidd, Chip | Workman | $17.95 |
| Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty | Kirkham, Pat et al. | Chronicle Books | $50.00 |
| Albert Speer | Krier, Léon et al. | The Monacelli Press | $75.00 |
| The Light Pavilion | Kumpusch, Christoph a. | Lars Müller Publishers | $15.00 |
| Building Seagram | Lambert, Phyllis et al. | Yale University Press | $65.00 |
| Everything Loose Will Land | Lavin, Sylvia et al. | Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg | |
| James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist | Lawrence, Amanda Reeser | Yale University Press | $45.00 |
| Lina Bo Bardi | Lima, Zeuler Rocha Mello de Almeida et al. | Yale University Press | $65.00 |
| Printer’s Devil | Loxley, Simon et al. | David R. Godine | $45.00 |
| Never Built Los Angeles | Lubell, Sam et al. | Metropolis Books | $55.00 |
| The Houses of Louis Kahn | Marcus, George H. et al. | Yale University Press | $65.00 |
| Threads of Silk and Gold | McDermott, Hiroko T. et al. | Ashmolean Museum | $40.00 |
| A New Sculpturalism | Mount, Christopher et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| MVRDV Buildings | MVRDV, et al. | nai010 Publishers | $95.00 |
| The Images of Architects | Olgiati, Valerio | Quart Architektur | |
| Encounters 2 | Pallasmaa, Juhani et al. | Rakennustieto | |
| PIN-UP Interviews | PIN-UP, et al. | powerHouse Books | $29.95 |
| Cosmos of Light | Plummer, Henry | Indiana University Press | $39.00 |
| Interviewing Users | Portigal, Steve | Rosenfeld Media | $39.00 |
| Hello World | Rawsthorn, Alice | Hamish Hamilton | $30.00 |
| Multiple Signatures | Rock, Michael | Rizzoli International Publications | $35.00 |
| How Architecture Works | Rybczynski, Witold | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $27.00 |
| Type Only | Sinclair, Mark et al. | Unit Editions | $68.00 |
| Deventer | Stadler, Matthew et al. | nai010 Publishers | |
| D&AD: 50 | Stanley, Ron | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Paradise Planned | Stern, Robert A. M. et al. | The Monacelli Press | $95.00 |
| Shiro Kuramata | Sudjic, Deyan et al. | Phaidon Press | $150.00 |
| Formica Forever | Lange, Alexandra et al. | Metropolis Books | $39.95 |
| Visions of Seaside | Thadani, Dhiru A. et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $75.00 |
| Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965 | Tigerman, Bobbye | The MIT Press | $34.95 |
| Kamisaka Sekka | Trinh, Khanh et al. | Prestel Publishing | $50.00 |
| Staircases | Tusquets Blanca, Oscar | The Vendome Press | $75.00 |
| The Pinecone | Uglow, Jenny | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $28.00 |
| Architecture on the Carpet | Vale, Brenda et al. | Thames & Hudson | $27.95 |
| Luxurious Minimalism | von der Schulenburg, Fritz | Rizzoli International Publications | $60.00 |
| Culture:City | Wang, Wilfried | Lars Müller Publishers | $55.00 |
| Hippie Chic | Whitley, Lauren | MFA Publications | $35.00 |
| City of Ambition | Williams, Mason B. | W. W. Norton | $29.95 |
| Wunderkammer | Williams, Tod et al. | Yale University Press | $29.00 |
| Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990 | Wit, Wim de et al. | Getty Research Institute | $59.95 |
| Everything Sings: Maps for a Narrative Atlas | Wood, Denis | Siglio | $32.00 |
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
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.
Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy by John Lobell
Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy
By John Lobell
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: June 2020
Noted Louis I.Kahn expert John Lobell explores how Kahn’s focus on structure, respect for materials, clarity of program, and reverence for details come together to manifest an overall philosophy.
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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