Notable Design Books of 2013
Also see Notable Books: Reviews, Notable Design Books of 2012 and Notable Design Books of 2011.
| James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist | Lawrence, Amanda Reeser | Yale University Press | $45.00 |
| Building Seagram | Lambert, Phyllis et al. | Yale University Press | $65.00 |
| The Houses of Louis Kahn | Marcus, George H. et al. | Yale University Press | $65.00 |
| Lina Bo Bardi | Lima, Zeuler Rocha Mello de Almeida et al. | Yale University Press | $65.00 |
| Wunderkammer | Williams, Tod et al. | Yale University Press | $29.00 |
| Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design | Kidd, Chip | Workman | $17.95 |
| City of Ambition | Williams, Mason B. | W. W. Norton | $29.95 |
| Tom Dixon: Dixonary | Dixon, Tom | Violette Editions | $49.95 |
| Staircases | Tusquets Blanca, Oscar | The Vendome Press | $75.00 |
| Type Only | Sinclair, Mark et al. | Unit Editions | $68.00 |
| The Sustainable Fashion Handbook | Black, Sandy | Thames & Hudson | $55.00 |
| Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images | Dimendberg, Edward | The University of Chicago Press | $65.00 |
| The Library | Campbell, James W. P. et al. | The University of Chicago Press | $75.00 |
| Henri Labrouste | Bélier, Corinne et al. | The Museum of Modern Art | $55.00 |
| Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes | Cohen, Jean-Louis et al. | The Museum of Modern Art | $75.00 |
| Albert Speer | Krier, Léon et al. | The Monacelli Press | $75.00 |
| Paradise Planned | Stern, Robert A. M. et al. | The Monacelli Press | $95.00 |
| Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books of Ed Ruscha | Brouws, Jeff et al. | The MIT Press | $39.95 |
| Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965 | Tigerman, Bobbye | The MIT Press | $34.95 |
| Architecture on the Carpet | Vale, Brenda et al. | Thames & Hudson | $27.95 |
| D&AD: 50 | Stanley, Ron | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Emilio Pucci | Friedman, Vanessa et al. | TASCHEN | $69.99 |
| Álvaro Siza: Complete Works 1952–2013 | Jodidio, Philip | TASCHEN | $150.00 |
| Carlo Scarpa: Venini, 1932–1947 | Barovier, Marino | Rizzoli International Publications | $95.00 |
| Everything Sings: Maps for a Narrative Atlas | Wood, Denis | Siglio | $32.00 |
| Interviewing Users | Portigal, Steve | Rosenfeld Media | $39.00 |
| Fashion Design, Referenced | Kennedy, Alicia et al. | Rockport Publishers | $41.25 |
| Luxurious Minimalism | von der Schulenburg, Fritz | Rizzoli International Publications | $60.00 |
| All the Buildings in New York *That I’ve Drawn So Far | Hancock, James Gulliver | Rizzoli International Publications | $19.95 |
| A New Sculpturalism | Mount, Christopher et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Multiple Signatures | Rock, Michael | Rizzoli International Publications | $35.00 |
| Visions of Seaside | Thadani, Dhiru A. et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $75.00 |
| Discovering Architecture | Jodidio, Philip et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $45.00 |
| Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration | Buatta, Mario et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $75.00 |
| It’s Modern: The Eye and Visual Influence of Alexander Liberman | Churchward, Charles | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Hand-Drying in America | Katchor, Ben | Random House | $29.95 |
| Encounters 2 | Pallasmaa, Juhani et al. | Rakennustieto | |
| The Images of Architects | Olgiati, Valerio | Quart Architektur | |
| Swiss Made | Breiding, R. James | Profile Books | |
| Lolita—The Story of a Cover Girl: Vladimir Nabokov’s Novel in Art and Design | Bertram, John et al. | Print Publishing | $18.00 |
| Theater of Architecture | Hardy, Hugh | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| Shadow Type | Heller, Steven et al. | Princeton Architectural Press | $55.00 |
| Kamisaka Sekka | Trinh, Khanh et al. | Prestel Publishing | $50.00 |
| PIN-UP Interviews | PIN-UP, et al. | powerHouse Books | $29.95 |
| Out There | Brito, Maria Gabriela | Pointed Leaf Press | $60.00 |
| Shiro Kuramata | Sudjic, Deyan et al. | Phaidon Press | $150.00 |
| Graphic Icons | Clifford, John | Peachpit Press | $31.99 |
| The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon | Dalley, Stephanie | Oxford University Press | $34.95 |
| Architecture of Santiniketan | Das, Samit | Niyogi Books | |
| Deventer | Stadler, Matthew et al. | nai010 Publishers | |
| MVRDV Buildings | MVRDV, et al. | nai010 Publishers | $95.00 |
| Hippie Chic | Whitley, Lauren | MFA Publications | $35.00 |
| Formica Forever | Lange, Alexandra et al. | Metropolis Books | $39.95 |
| A Country of Cities | Chakrabarti, Vishaan | Metropolis Books | $29.95 |
| Never Built Los Angeles | Lubell, Sam et al. | Metropolis Books | $55.00 |
| Everything Loose Will Land | Lavin, Sylvia et al. | Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg | |
| Irma Boom: The Architecture of the Book | Boom, Irma et al. | Lecturis | $45.50 |
| The Design Book: 1000 New Designs for the Home and Where to Find Them | Hudson, Jennifer | Laurence King Publishing | $30.00 |
| 100 Years of Architectural Drawing | Bingham, Neil | Laurence King Publishing | $50.00 |
| The Light Pavilion | Kumpusch, Christoph a. | Lars Müller Publishers | $15.00 |
| Culture:City | Wang, Wilfried | Lars Müller Publishers | $55.00 |
| James Turrell: A Retrospective | Govan, Michael et al. | Prestel Publishing | $75.00 |
| Cosmos of Light | Plummer, Henry | Indiana University Press | $39.00 |
| The Afterlife of Emerson Tang | Champa, Paula | Houghton Mifflin | $26.00 |
| Hello World | Rawsthorn, Alice | Hamish Hamilton | $30.00 |
| 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 |
| Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990 | Wit, Wim de et al. | Getty Research Institute | $59.95 |
| The Pinecone | Uglow, Jenny | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $28.00 |
| How Architecture Works | Rybczynski, Witold | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $27.00 |
| Eileen Gray: Objects and Furniture Design | Espegel, Carmen et al. | Ediciones Polígrafa | $30.00 |
| Architectural Guide Japan | Bognar, Botond | DOM Publishers | $50.00 |
| Creative Engineering, Architecture, and Technology | Hammann, Ralph | DOM Publishers | $99.95 |
| Printer’s Devil | Loxley, Simon et al. | David R. Godine | $45.00 |
| Creative Confidence | Kelley, Tom et al. | Crown | $29.00 |
| Dekho | Codesign, et al. | Codesign | $42.00 |
| Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty | Kirkham, Pat et al. | Chronicle Books | $50.00 |
| The Metropolitan Revolution | Katz, Bruce et al. | Brookings Institution Press | $29.95 |
| The Invention of Craft | Adamson, Glenn | Bloomsbury | $29.95 |
| Synesthetic Design | Haverkamp, Michael | Birkhäuser | $69.95 |
| Threads of Silk and Gold | McDermott, Hiroko T. et al. | Ashmolean Museum | $40.00 |
| Design Forward | Esslinger, Hartmut | ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers | $40.00 |
| Moroccan Carpets and Modern Art | Adam, Jürgen et al. | ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers | $115.00 |
| Experiments with Life Itself | González de Canales, Francisco | Actar | $39.95 |
| Mapping Manhattan | Cooper, Becky et al. | Abrams | $19.95 |
| The Most Beautiful Opera Houses in the World | de Laubier, Guillaume et al. | Abrams | $60.00 |
| Italian Liberty Style | De Guttry, Irene et al. | 24 Ore Cultura | $45.00 |
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Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: May 2022
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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
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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.
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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.”
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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
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