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2012 Nominations


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Little Tales of Misogyny
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

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Blunderer / Lament for Lover
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

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Talented Mr. Ripley
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
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
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.

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Relationships
Relationships
Dr Mark R Naim
Self published, though Balboa Press

Nominator: Mark Naim

Designer: Mark Naim (self)

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Iconografia Paulistana (Iconography of São Paulo)
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

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral
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

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


The 826 Quarterly, Volume 16
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

Submitted into 50 Covers


Metaphor, Memory, and Story
Metaphor, Memory, and Story
Matthew Wizinsky
School of Art and Design, University of Chicago, Illinois

Nominator: Matthew Wizinsky

Designer: Matthew Wizinsky

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century
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
In Persuit of a Vision
FIND
American Antiquarian Society

Nominator: --

Designer: Abigal P. Hutchinson

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums
Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums
Mabel O. Wilson
University of California Press

Nominator:


Submitted into 50 Covers


The Factory of Dreams: Inside Televisa Studios, photographs by Stefan Ruiz
The Factory of Dreams: Inside Televisa Studios, photographs by Stefan Ruiz
Denise Wolff
Aperture

Nominator: Barbara Escobar

Designer: Studio Fernando Gutiérrez

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Geothermal Heat Pump Manual
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

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Typography 33
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
Submitted into 50 Covers


47th Publication Design Annual
47th Publication Design Annual
Society of Publication Designers
Rockport Publishers

Nominator: Luke Hayman

Designer: Regan Johnson
Art Director: Luke Hayman
Design Firm: Pentagram Design

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Fortuny
Fortuny
Brian Coleman and Erik Kvalsvik
Gibbs Smith

Nominator: Luke Hayman

Designer: Regan Johnson
Art Director: Luke Hayman
Design Firm: Pentagram Design

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


The Architecture of the Barnes Foundation
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

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks
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

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Renoir in the Barnes Foundation
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

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Doris Duke's Shangri-La
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

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Vitamin Green
Vitamin Green
Joshua Bolchover
Phaidon Press

Nominator:

Designer: Julie Kim

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Schiaparelli & Prada: Impossible Conversations
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

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


The Transdisciplinary Studio
The Transdisciplinary Studio
Alex Coles
Sternberg Press

Nominator:

Designer: Miram Rech, markus Weisbeck, Surface,

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers





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