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![]() Stanley Abercrombie Stanley Abercrombie (Commentator)
Architecture; Interior Design
United States
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![]() Alberto Alessi Alberto Alessi (Commentator)
Product Design
Italy
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![]() Alan Balfour Alan Balfour (Commentator)
Architecture
United States
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![]() Barry Bergdoll Barry Bergdoll (Commentator)
Architecture
United States
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![]() Dominique Browning Dominique Browning (Commentator)
Interior Design
United States
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![]() Aric Chen Aric Chen (Commentator)
Architecture; Graphic Design; Product Design
China
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![]() Amanda Dameron Amanda Dameron (Commentator)
Architecture; Interior Design; Product Design
United States
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![]() Marion Fasel Marion Fasel (Commentator)
Jewelry Design
United States
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![]() Akiko Fukai Akiko Fukai (Commentator)
Fashion Design
Japan
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![]() Thomas Girst Thomas Girst (Commentator)
Product Design
Germany
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![]() Paul Goldberger Paul Goldberger (Commentator)
Architecture
United States
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![]() Alexander Haldemann Alexander Haldemann (Commentator)
Brand Design
United States
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![]() Julie Iovine Julie Iovine (Commentator)
Architecture
United States
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![]() David Kelley David Kelley (Commentator)
Product Design
United States
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![]() Tom Kelley Tom Kelley (Commentator)
Product Design
United States
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![]() Kent Kleinman Kent Kleinman (Commentator)
Architecture
United States
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![]() Phyllis Lambert Phyllis Lambert (Commentator)
Architecture; Urban Design/Urban Planning
Canada
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![]() Ellen Lupton Ellen Lupton (Commentator)
Graphic Design
United States
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![]() Michael Maharam Michael Maharam (Commentator)
Product Design
United States
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![]() R. Craig Miller R. Craig Miller (Commentator)
Architecture; Product Design
United States
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![]() Debbie Millman Debbie Millman (Commentator)
Brand Design; Graphic Design
United States
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![]() Mohsen Mostafavi Mohsen Mostafavi (Commentator)
Architecture
United States
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![]() Donald Norman Donald Norman (Commentator)
Product Design
United States
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![]() Rick Poynor Rick Poynor (Commentator)
Graphic Design
United Kingdom
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![]() Alice Rawsthorn Alice Rawsthorn (Commentator)
Architecture; Fashion Design; Graphic Design; Interior Design; Product Design
United Kingdom
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![]() Marco Romanelli Marco Romanelli (Commentator)
Architecture; Product Design
Italy
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![]() Zoë Ryan Zoë Ryan (Commentator)
Architecture; Product Design
United States
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![]() Witold Rybczynski Witold Rybczynski (Commentator)
Architecture
United States
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![]() Valerie Steele Valerie Steele (Commentator)
Fashion Design
United States
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![]() Susan S. Szenasy Susan S. Szenasy (Commentator)
Architecture; Interior Design; Product Design
United States
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![]() André Leon Talley André Leon Talley (Commentator)
Fashion Design
United States
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![]() Véronique Vienne Véronique Vienne (Commentator)
Graphic Design
France
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![]() Susan Weber Susan Weber (Commentator)
Interior Design
United States
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![]() Claire Wilcox Claire Wilcox (Commentator)
Fashion Design
United Kingdom
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Announcements
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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