2012 Nominations

Five Hundred and Forty Women
Charles Kaufman
Back Wall Art

Nominator: Charles Kaufman

Art Director: Charles Kaufman

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Marimekko: Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture
Ms. Marianne Aav
Bard Center

Nominator: Julia Haav

Designer: Minna Luoma
Design Firm: Candy Graphics

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

The Island of Benoit Mendelbrot
Nina Samuel, Jan von Brevern, Matthias Bruhn and Juliet Kos
Bard Center

Nominator: --

Designer: Catalog Design: Luara Grey, Ben Tuttle

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

The American Circus
Susan Weber, Kenneth L. Ames, Matthew Wittmann
Bard Graduate Center and Yale University Press

Nominator: Barbara Glauber

Designer: Barbara Glauber, Florian Brozek, Azusa Kobayashi, Greg Skiano
Art Director: Barbara Glauber
Design Firm: Heavy Meta

Submitted into 50 Books

Learning from the Octopus
Rafe Sagarin
Basic Books

Nominator: Nicole Caputo

Designer: Nicole Caputo
Art Director: Nicole Caputo
Design Firm: Basic Books

Submitted into 50 Covers

Regenesis
George Church
Basic Books

Nominator: Nicole Caputo

Designer: Andrea Cardenas
Art Director: Nicole Caputo

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Blood of Free Men
Michael Neiberg
Basic Books

Nominator: Nicole Caputo

Designer: Nicole Caputo
Art Director: Nicole Caputo
Design Firm: Basic Books

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Spinoza Problem
Irvin Yalom
Basic Books

Nominator: Nicole Caputo

Designer: Henry Sene Yee
Art Director: Nicole Caputo
Design Firm: Henry Sene Yee

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Tinkerers
Alec Foege
Basic Books

Nominator: Nicole Caputo

Designer: Jennifer Carrow
Art Director: Nicole Caputo

Submitted into 50 Covers

Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
Sam Leith
Basic Books

Nominator: Nicole Caputo

Designer: Henry Sene Yee
Art Director: Nicole Caputo
Design Firm: Henry Sene Yee
Other Credits: Cover illustration by Henry Sene Yee

Submitted into 50 Covers

Tormenta
Conn Iggulden
BestBolso

Nominator: Rafael Nobre

Designer: Rafael Nobre
Art Director: Rafael Nobre
Design Firm: Babilonia Cultura Editorial

Submitted into 50 Covers

Pulled From the River
Jon Chopan
Black Lawrence Press

Nominator: Christina Lutz

Designer: Greg Cunnyworth

Submitted into 50 Covers

The National Library of Medicine Hidden Treasure
Michael Sappol, Arne Svenson and Laura Lindgren
Blast Books

Nominator:

Designer: Laura Lindgren

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

UNBORED: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun
Joshua Glenn & Elizabeth Foy Larsen
Bloomsbury

Nominator: Tony Leone

Designer: Tony Leone, Colleen Venable
Art Director: Tony Leone
Design Firm: Leone Design
Other Credits: Illustrators: Mister Reusch, Heather Kasunick, and Chris PiascikComic Art: Joe Alterio

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Dead Stars
Bruce Wagner
Blue Rider Press

Nominator: Gregg Kulick

Designer: Ben Wiseman
Art Director: Gregg Kulick
Other Credits: Gritty matte with two different copper foils.

Submitted into 50 Covers

Life After Death
Damien Echols
Blue Rider Press

Nominator: Gregg Kulick

Designer: Shepard Fairey's Studio Number One
Art Director: Gregg Kulick
Other Credits: printed on uncoated with deboss type

Submitted into 50 Covers

Shape of the Final Dog
Hampton Fancher
Blue Rider Press

Nominator: Gregg Kulick

Designer: Mario Hugo
Art Director: Gregg Kulick

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Burn Palace
Stephen Dobyns
Blue Rider Press

Nominator: Gregg Kulick

Designer: Jason Booher
Art Director: Gregg Kulick

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Dark Winter
David Mark
Blue Rider Press

Nominator: Gregg Kulick

Designer: Keenan
Art Director: Gregg Kulick
Other Credits: Printed over metallic stock with opaque white ink

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Guy Under the Sheets
Chris Elliott
Blue Rider press

Nominator: Gregg Kulick

Designer: Gregg Kulick
Art Director: Gregg Kulick

Submitted into 50 Covers

Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young
Blue Rider Press

Nominator: Gregg Kulick

Designer: John Reardon
Art Director: Gregg Kulick

Submitted into 50 Covers

Implausible Futures For Unpopular Places
The Hypothetical Development Organization
Blurb

Nominator:

Designer: Ellen Susan

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

The Sardinians
Michael Dawkes
Bovine Productions / Tandem Press

Nominator: paul wolterink

Designer: paul wolterink
Art Director: paul wolterink
Design Firm: paul wolterink

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Jackson Squared
Tom Varisco
Broken Levee Books

Nominator: Erik Winkowski

Designer: Tom Varisco, Uyen Vu, Gregory Good
Art Director: Tom Varisco
Design Firm: Tom Varisco Designs
Other Credits: Photography: Will Crocker, Jackson Hill, Tom Varisco---Writers: John Biguenet, John Carr, Nicole Biguenet Pedersen, Susan Sarver

Submitted into 50 Books

Bullpit Magazine: Briefings from the Rock Underground - Fall 2012
John Dissed, Daedalus Howell, Allison Levin, Glenn Vigil, Richard Leverone, Mike Dyson, and BC Furtney
Bull Lee Media

Nominator: Joey Mann

Designer: Joey Mann
Art Director: Joey Mann
Design Firm: RAGD
Other Credits: Primary Typeface: Gustan - designed by Greg Lindy of Lux Typographic + Design

Submitted into 50 Covers

L'ultimo teorema di Fermat
Simon Singh
Bur Rizzoli

Nominator: Francesca Leoneschi

Designer: Mauro De Toffol
Art Director: Francesca Leoneschi
Design Firm: the World of DOT

Submitted into 50 Covers

Buffalo Bill in the Gallery of the Machines
Mark Rapacz
Burnt Bridge Press

Nominator: Mark Rapacz

Designer: Mark Rapacz
Other Credits: Photo by Thomas Hawk Installation Piece by Thom Ross

Submitted into 50 Books

Inside Apple
Adam Lashinsky
Business Plus / Grand Central Publishing

Nominator: Christopher Sergio

Designer: Christopher Sergio
Art Director: Anne Twomey
Design Firm: Christopher Sergio Design

Submitted into 50 Covers

Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany
Charles Portis, Edited by Jay Jennings
Butler Center Books

Nominator: Jay Jennings

Designer: Mike Reddy
Art Director: Mike Reddy
Other Credits: Book design: H.K. Stewart

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers