Steve Kroeter
Blog Posts
5 Notable Design Books of 2011: Rick Poynor – Nov 1, 2011
Day 275: New and Next for Designers and Books – Nov 1, 2011
Fleeting Notions Into Concrete Things: Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read—Ellen Lupton – Oct 25, 2011
Touchstones: Tom Kundig’s Book List – Oct 18, 2011
Libraries Could Be Beyond Architecture: Sou Fujimoto’s Book List – Oct 4, 2011
Unquestionably Addicted to Paris: Penny Drue Baird’s Book List – Sep 27, 2011
Objects Are Words: Jean-Marie Massaud’s Book List – Sep 20, 2011
Every Carefully Selected Word and Each Elegantly Constructed Sentence: Deborah Berke’s Book List – Sep 13, 2011
True Companions After Others Have Faded into Oblivion: Diana Balmori’s Book List – Sep 6, 2011
A Tool for Understanding Our Relationship with the World Around Us: Books Every Product Designer Should Read—Zoë Ryan – Aug 23, 2011
Right from the Beginning—and Still True Today: Wim Crouwel’s Book List – Aug 16, 2011
Imagining, Understanding, and Interpreting: Philip Freelon's Book List – Aug 9, 2011
Amazing Ideas into the Future: Winka Dubbeldam’s Book List – Aug 2, 2011
Books With Less Transient Values: Books Every Interior Designer Should Read—Stanley Abercrombie – Jul 26, 2011
A Journey Into the Human Mind Like No Other: Harry Pearce’s Book List – Jul 19, 2011
Designers as Poets First: Books Every Product Designer Should Read—Alberto Alessi – Jul 12, 2011
The Nuances of How I Feel: Christian Lacroix’s Book List – Jul 5, 2011
Pictures Are More Direct: Chip Kidd’s Book List – Jun 28, 2011
Three Architects, Three Countries, Six Languages: The Book Lists of Mikko Heikkinen, Maya Lin, and Enrique Norten – Jun 21, 2011
Typomania: Erik Spiekermann’s Book List – Jun 14, 2011
The Library as Paradise: Books Every Architect Should Read—Barry Bergdoll – Jun 7, 2011
A Candid Search for Meaning: Pierre Bernard’s Book List – May 31, 2011
Memoirs, Magic, and Murder Mysteries: Stephen Burrows’s Book List – May 24, 2011
Take Out the Word “Nude” and Insert the Word “Car”: Chris Bangle’s Book List – May 17, 2011
Of Covers and Bindings, Pictures and Texts: Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read—Rick Poynor’s Book List – May 10, 2011
The Needs of Work and Pleasure—Angus Hyland’s Book List – May 10, 2011
Seeing Things as You Have Never Seen Them Before: Books Every Architect Should Read—Paul Goldberger – May 3, 2011
Interiors as Main Characters and Houses as Important Players: Books Every Interior Designer Should Read—Dominique Browning – Apr 26, 2011
Tables Made of Books: Isaac Mizrahi’s Book List – Apr 19, 2011
At the Armory: Designers & Books Visits the 51st New York Antiquarian Book Fair – Apr 12, 2011
Anything About Madness: Jessica Helfand’s Book List – Apr 5, 2011
The Right Intensity of Light: The Book Lists of Jules Fisher and Paul Marantz – Mar 29, 2011
Of Printed Matter, Picture Postcards, and People in Woodcuts: Seymour Chwast’s Book List – Mar 22, 2011
East Meets West: Books Every Fashion Designer Should Read—Akiko Fukai and Claire Wilcox – Mar 15, 2011
More Than by Any Other One Thing: A Diana Vreeland Homage to Books – Mar 8, 2011
In the Realm of Ideas: The Book Lists of Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar – Mar 1, 2011
Of Philosophy and Reading: The Book Lists of Steven Holl and Juhani Pallasmaa – Feb 22, 2011
At the Intersection of Art, Fashion, and Literature: Cynthia Rowley's Book List – Feb 15, 2011
Knowledge in Support of Creativity: Massimo Vignelli’s Book List – Feb 8, 2011
Designers & Books: Day 1 – Feb 1, 2011
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.
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Love Letter to a Garden by Debbie Millman
Love Letter to a Garden
By Debbie Millman
Contributions by Roxane Gay
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: April 15, 2025
From the award-winning artist, designer, and the host of the podcast Design Matters, Debbie Millman, this book tells the visual story of falling in love with gardening—and the philosophies that work conjures. Spread throughout are simple recipes using the garden’s ingredients from Millman’s wife, best-selling author Roxane Gay.
The Picture Book Book: The Art of Seymour Chwast by Seymour Chwast; curated by Steven Heller
The Picture Book Book: The Art of Seymour Chwast
By Seymour Chwast, curated by Steven Heller
Publisher: Gestalten
Published: June 2026
Seymour Chwast, legendary co-founder of Push Pin Studios, reinvented how we see and read picture books. The Picture Book Book gathers over 40 of his works, curated by Steven Heller, and offers a rare look at his playful, incisive approach to visual storytelling. From bold graphics to sly wit, Chwast’s books expanded the boundaries of design and children’s literature alike.
Seymour Chwast: The Works, edited by Steven Heller
Seymour Chwast: The Works
Edited by Steven Heller
Publisher: Prestel
Published: October 2026
Seymour Chwast’s work has shaped the look and language of American graphic design for more than seven decades. This expansive and visually rich volume — created in close collaboration with Chwast — presents the most comprehensive account of his life, ideas, and prolific creative output. Features a wealth of previously unpublished images and ephemera and a fold-out dust jacket with a collectible poster printed on the reverse. The book includes an afterword by Paula Scher.
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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