2012 Nominations
Little Tales of Misogyny
Patricia Highsmith
Corriere della Sera
Nominator: The World of DOT
Designer: The World of Dot
Art Director: Francesca Leoneschi
Design Firm: The World of Dot
Other Credits: Book series of Patricia HighsmithIllustrator: Iacopo Bruno
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The Blunderer / Lament for Lover
Patricia Highsmith
Corriere della Sera
Nominator: The World of DOT
Designer: The World of Dot
Art Director: Francesca Leoneschi
Design Firm: The World of Dot
Other Credits: Book series of Patricia HighsmithIllustrator: Iacopo Bruno
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
Corriere della Sera
Nominator: The World of DOT
Designer: The World of Dot
Art Director: Francesca Leoneschi
Design Firm: The World of Dot
Other Credits: Book series of Patricia HighsmithIllustrator: Iacopo Bruno
Submitted into 50 Covers
All Things To All Men
Natalie Poland
Hocken Collections, University of Otago, New Zealand
Nominator: Duncan Munro
Designer: Duncan Munro
Design Firm: Lucky Stairs
Submitted into 50 Covers

Caravaggio and His Legacy
Edited by J. Patrice Marandel with contributions by J. Patrice Marandel, Gianni Papi and Benjamin Couilleaux, Axel Hemery, Michel Hilaire,Dominique Jacquot, Judith Mann,Lynn Orr, Amy Walsh, Eric Zafran,Olivier Zeder
Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel
Nominator: Lisa Mark
Designer: Barbara Glauber
Other Credits: Project Manager: Nola ButlerEditor: Julia HenshawProduction Manager: Karen FarquharSupervising Photographer: Peter BrennerThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy, which was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Musee Fabre de Montpellier Agglomeration, the Musee des Augustins, Toulouse, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, under the auspices of FRAME (French Regional American Museum Exchange). It was made possible in part by the Annenberg Foundation, the Robert Lehman Foundation, Sotheby's, and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. It was supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
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Relationships
Dr Mark R Naim
Self published, though Balboa Press
Nominator: Mark Naim
Designer: Mark Naim (self)
Submitted into 50 Books
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Iconografia Paulistana (Iconography of São Paulo)
Gustavo Piqueira
WMF Martins Fontes
Nominator: Gustavo Piqueira
Designer: Gustavo Piqueira, Samia Jacintho
Art Director: Gustavo Piqueira
Design Firm: Casa Rex
Other Credits: Assistant designer: Marianne Meni, Caroline Vapsys
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The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral
Joshua Corey and G.C. Waldrep, eds.
Ahsahta Press
Nominator: Janet Holmes
Designer: Jeff Clark
Art Director: n/a
Design Firm: Quemadura
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The 826 Quarterly, Volume 16
Editor: Justin Carder
826 Valencia
Nominator: María Inés Montes
Designer: Mary Lowe
Art Director: María Inés Montes
Design Firm: 826 Valencia
Other Credits: Illustrator: Wendy MacNaughton; Cover Designer: Ana-Marcela Corea & Mary Lowe
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Metaphor, Memory, and Story
Matthew Wizinsky
School of Art and Design, University of Chicago, Illinois
Nominator: Matthew Wizinsky
Designer: Matthew Wizinsky
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Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century
Cotsen Institute of Archeology Press
Nominator: --
Designer: Eric Gardner and Jeanna E. Arnold
Submitted into 50 Books
In Persuit of a Vision
FIND
American Antiquarian Society
Nominator: --
Designer: Abigal P. Hutchinson
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Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums
Mabel O. Wilson
University of California Press
Nominator:
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The Factory of Dreams: Inside Televisa Studios, photographs by Stefan Ruiz
Denise Wolff
Aperture
Nominator: Barbara Escobar
Designer: Studio Fernando Gutiérrez
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Geothermal Heat Pump Manual
The New York City Department of Design and Construction
Nominator: Eddie Opara
Designer: Ken Deegan
Art Director: Eddie Opara
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
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Typography 33
Type Directors Club
Harper Design
Nominator: Paula Scher
Designer: Kayla Jang, Ludwig Janoff
Art Director: Paula Scher
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
Submitted into 50 Books
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47th Publication Design Annual
Society of Publication Designers
Rockport Publishers
Nominator: Luke Hayman
Designer: Regan Johnson
Art Director: Luke Hayman
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
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Fortuny
Brian Coleman and Erik Kvalsvik
Gibbs Smith
Nominator: Luke Hayman
Designer: Regan Johnson
Art Director: Luke Hayman
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
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The Architecture of the Barnes Foundation
Tod Williams, Billie Tsien and Kenneth Frampton
Skira Rizzoli
Nominator: Abbott Miller
Designer: Kim Walker
Art Director: Abbott Miller
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
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The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks
Judith F. Dolkart, Martha Lucy, Derek Gillman and The Barnes Foundation
Skira Rizzoli
Nominator: Abbott Miller
Designer: Kim Walker
Art Director: Abbott Miller
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
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Renoir in the Barnes Foundation
John House and Martha Lucy
Yale University Press
Nominator: Abbott Miller
Designer: Kim Walker
Art Director: Abbott Miller
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
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Doris Duke's Shangri-La
Donald Albrecht, Thomas Mellins, Tim Street-Porter and Deborah Pope
Skira Rizzoli
Nominator: Abbott Miller
Designer: Kim Walker
Art Director: Abbott Miller
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
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Vitamin Green
Joshua Bolchover
Phaidon Press
Nominator:
Designer: Julie Kim
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Schiaparelli & Prada: Impossible Conversations
Andrew Bolton and Harold Koda
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nominator: Abott Miller
Designer: Kim Walker, Kristen Spilman and Krista Reeder
Art Director: Abott Miller
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
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The Transdisciplinary Studio
Alex Coles
Sternberg Press
Nominator:
Designer: Miram Rech, markus Weisbeck, Surface,
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