2012 Nominations

Curiosity and Method: Ten Years of Cabinet Magazine
Sina Najafi
Cabinet Books

Nominator: Sina Najafi

Designer: Everything Studio

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Love & Responsibility - The Dawn Davies Collection
Erica Moiah James, PhD
Callaloo Books

Nominator: Dionne Benjamin-Smith

Designer: Dionne Benjamin-Smith
Art Director: Dionne Benjamin-Smith
Design Firm: Smith & Benjamin Art & Design
Other Credits: Photography: Roland RoseSupplementary Photography: Heino SchmidForeword:      Petrine Archer-Straw, PhDCritical Essays: Erica Moiah James, PhD

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Come August, Come Freedom
Gigi Amateau
Candlewick Press

Nominator: Matt Roeser

Designer: Matt Roeser
Art Director: Kristen Nobles

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Fish In The Sky
Fridrik Erlings
Candlewick Press

Nominator: Matt Roeser

Designer: Matt Roeser
Art Director: Chris Paul

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Global Reggae
Editor Prof. Carolyn Cooper
Canoe Press

Nominator: Michael Thompson

Designer: Michael Thompson (Cover), Maria Papaefstathiou (inside layout)
Art Director: Michael Thompson, Maria Papaefstathiou
Other Credits: Michael Thompson for the book coverMaria Papaefstathiou for the inside book layout. The chapters' illustrations are details from Michael Thompson's poster designs converted in black and white. Selection and conversion by Maria Papaefstathiou. Details of the process: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Global-Reggae-Book/7627493

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To Be Kept
Lauren Simkin Berke
Captain Sears Press

Nominator: Lauren Simkin Berke

Designer: Lauren Simkin Berke
Art Director: Lauren Simkin Berke
Other Credits: Introduction by Spiky Copy edited by Dev Bondarin

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Relative Strangers
Margaret Hermes
Carolina Wren Press

Nominator: Margaret Hermes

Designer: Lesley Landis
Design Firm: Lesley Landis Designs
Other Credits: Cover image created by Lucy Hg

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Fernando Távora – Permanent Modernity
Casa da Arquitectura
Casa da Arquitectura

Nominator: Rita Marquito

Designer: Daniel Santos, Hugo Pinheiro
Art Director: João Bicker
Design Firm: FBA. – Ferrand, Bicker e Associados

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Big Butts, Fat Thighs, and Other Secrets to Success
Laura Black
Cazco Press

Nominator: Daniel Kohan

Designer: Daniel Kohan
Art Director: Daniel Kohan
Design Firm: Sensical Design & Communication

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Wide White Space: The Way Beyond Art
Edited by Jon Sueda
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Nominator: William Drenttel

Designer: Stripe / Jon Sueda with Scott Massey

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Latitudes: Architecture in the Americas
Barbara Hoidn
Center for American Architecture and Design, The University of Texas at Austin

Nominator: Shawn Harrington

Designer: Shawn Harrington, Sharon Silverberg
Art Director: Shawn Harrington
Design Firm: Asterisk Group, Inc.

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Bonsai: A Patient Art
Susumu Nakamura, Ivan Watters, Terry Ann R. Neff
Chicago Botanic Garden and Yale University Press

Nominator: n/a

Designer: Claire Williams-Martinez, J. Brad Sturm
Art Director: Cheryl Towler Weese
Design Firm: Studio Blue
Other Credits: Tim Priest, photographer

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Carpe Diem Journal
Mary Kate McDevitt
Chronicle

Nominator: --

Designer: Mary Kate McDevitt

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The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science
Matt Lamothe, Julia Rothman, Jenny Volvovski and David Macaulay
Chronicle

Nominator: Michael Carrabetta

Designer: --

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An Invisible Flower
Yoko Ono
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Michael Carabetta

Designer: Tatsumi Inuzuka
Art Director: Sean Ono Lennon
Other Credits: Editorial: ricorico

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Flower
Andrew Zuckerman
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Michael Carabetta

Designer: David Meredith
Art Director: PQ Blackwell

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Ganesha's Sweet Tooth
Sanjay Patel and Emily Haynes with Illustrations by Sanjay Patel
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Sanjay Patel
Art Director: Amy Achaibou

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Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book
Jake Goodby and Sean Vahey with Paolo Lucchesi
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Vanessa Dina
Art Director: Vanessa Dina
Other Credits: Photography by Frankie Frankeny

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Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal
Karen Falk, Foreword by Lisa Henson
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Michael Morris
Art Director: Michael Morris

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Inside HBO's Game of Thrones
Bryan Cogman, Preface by George R. R. Martin, and Forward by David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Paul Kepple and Ralph Geroni
Art Director: Michael Morris
Design Firm: Headcase Design

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John Robshaw Prints
John Robshaw and Elizabeth Garnsey
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Sarah Caplan
Art Director: Allison Weiner
Design Firm: MPH Design

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Open This Little Book
Jesse Klausmeier, Illustrated by Suzy Lee
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Sara Gillingham
Art Director: Sara Gillingham
Design Firm: Sara Gillingham Studio

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Pictorial Webster's: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities
John M. Carrera
Chronicle Books

Nominator:


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Skirt Steak
Charlotte Druckman
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Vanessa Dina
Art Director: Vanessa Dina

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Sky High
Germano Zullo and Albertine
Chronicle Books

Nominator: --

Designer: Albertine

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Stick Man's Really Bad Day
Steve Mockus
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Michael Carabetta

Designer: Neil Egan
Design Firm: Chronicle Books
Other Credits: Illustrations: Funnel Inc.

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The Little Book of Lettering
Emily Gregory
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Diane Levinson

Designer: Emily Portnoi
Art Director: Emily Portnoi

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The Rolling Stones 1972
Jim Marshall
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Michael Carabetta

Designer: Brooke Johnson
Art Director: Michelle Dunn Marsh
Other Credits: editor: Michelle Dunn Marsh

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The Startup Playbook
David Kidder and Reid Hoffman
Chronicle Books

Nominator:


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The Templeton Twins Have an Idea
Ellis Weiner, Illustrations by Jeremy Holmes
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Sara Gillingham
Art Director: Sara Gillingham

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Unusual Creatures
Michael Hearst with Artwork, diagrams and other visuals by Arjen Noordeman, Christie Wright, and Jelmer Noordeman
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Arjen Noordeman and Christie Wright
Art Director: Eloise Leigh

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Uncorked: My Crazy Journey Through The World Of Wine
Marco Pasanella
Clarkson Potter

Nominator: Marco Pasanella

Art Director: Stephanie Huntswork
Design Firm: Clarkson Potter In House

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I Live in a Hut
S.E. Smith
Cleveland State University Poetry Center

Nominator: Amy Freels

Designer: Amy Freels
Other Credits: Cover image: Painted Yellow Dress 2, 1948-2011 by Barry Stone

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Dekho: Conversations on Design in India. 2012
Mohor Ray, Codesign
Codesign

Nominator: Rajesh Dahiya

Designer: Abhijith KR, Rajesh Dahiya
Art Director: Rajesh Dahiya
Design Firm: Codesign
Other Credits: Interviews: Codesign TeamBook details: www.codesign.in/dekho/

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The Fun of Speaking English: Selected Poems
Dorothea Grossman
Coffeetown Press

Nominator: Benjamin Marcus

Designer: Benjamin Marcus
Art Director: Benjamin Marcus
Design Firm: Benjamin Marcus Architect LLC

The Cinema of Me
Alisa Lebow
Columbia University Press

Nominator:


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Culture & Commerce: The Royal Academy & Mayfair
Charles Landry
Comedia

Nominator: Anne Murray

Designer: David Hills
Art Director: David Hills
Design Firm: Hills Design
Other Credits: Charles Landry Sue Andrew The Royal Academy & Mayfair

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Eat London2
Peter Prescott and Terence Conran
Conran

Nominator:

Designer: David Hawkins

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Uncle Charlie
Marc Asnin
Contrasto

Nominator: Marc Asnin

Designer: Giorgio Baravalle
Art Director: Giorgio Baravalle
Design Firm: de.MO Design
Other Credits: Words by: Charles Henschke

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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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Shakespeare
Le allegre comari di Windsor, Il mercante di Venezia, La tempesta, La bisbetica domata
Corriere della Sera

Nominator: Francesca Leoneschi

Designer: Giovanna Ferraris
Art Director: Francesca Leoneschi
Design Firm: the World of DOT

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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

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Bleak Expectations
Mark Evans
Corsair

Nominator: Sara Wood

Designer: Jim Tierney
Art Director: Sarah Castleton

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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

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Elsewhere, California
Dani Johnson
Counterpoint Press

Nominator: Kelly Winton

Designer: Debbie Berne

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Mother & Child
Carole Maso
Counterpoint Press

Nominator: Kelly Winton

Designer: Natalya Bolnova

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Theft
Jason Synder
Counterpoint Press

Nominator: Kelly Winton

Designer: Jason Synder

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Uno Kudo Vol 2 Naked
Janice Bevilacqua, Christine Conte, Owen Cooney, Megan Correy, Aaron Dietz, Heather Dorn, Shelley Hirsch, Chuck Howe, Raven Kane, Christy King, Lydia McDonald, Erin Parker, Lisa MitchelParker, Trista Payte, Joseph Saldibar, Gus Sanchez, Bud Smith, Christopher Luke Trevilla, Michele Vazquez, Marvin Waldman
Create Space

Nominator: Erin McParland

Designer: Erin McParland
Art Director: Erin McParland
Design Firm: erinmcp
Other Credits: Contributing Artists: Mia Araujo, Glenn Arthur, Leland Bobbe, Craww,Nicoletta Ceccoli, Xiaoqing Ding, Timothy Dolph, Costa Dvorezky, Serge Gay Jr , Vivienne Gucwa, Photographer Hal, Mercedes Helnwein, Andy Hixon, Li Hui, Florian Imgrund, Maciek Jasik, Jarek Kubicki, RUSS MILLS, Natalya NOVA, Alice Pasquini, Mark Powell, Janet Rogerson, Brooke Shaden, michael taylor, Nadia Wicker, Kent Williams, Guim Tio Zarraluki Katerina Bodrunova, Alberto Bruno, Myra Brooklyn, Emily Kaplan, Nom Kinnearking, Shawna Mouser, Steven Novak, Bianca Rose Neill, Joseph T. Peñaloza, Cathy Pilkin, Tamara Starr, Vahge Young

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If Not For The Dawn
Dane St. John
CreateSpace

Nominator: Sean Wolcott

Designer: Sean Wolcott
Art Director: Sean Wolcott
Design Firm: Rationale

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The Arrowsmith Saga Pt. 1 & 2
Dane St. John
CreateSpace

Nominator: Sean Wolcott

Designer: Sean Wolcott
Art Director: Sean Wolcott
Design Firm: Rationale

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Open Set (2012)
Vlad R. Butucariu (Author), Irina Shapiro (Author), Max Bruinsma (Introduction), Thomas Castro (Contributor), Petr van Blokland (Contributor), Liza Enebeis (Contributor)
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Nominator: Studio Squash

Designer: Vlad R. Butucariu, Irina Shapiro
Art Director: Irina Shapiro
Design Firm: Studio Squash

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SCARECROWS: A DANDY World
Jonathan Emrys
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Nominator: Wendilyn Emrys

Designer: Jonathan Emrys
Art Director: Jonathan Emrys
Design Firm: HengeHouse Studios

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The Man In The Red Suit
Jonathan Emrys
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Nominator: Wendilyn Emrys

Designer: Jonathan Emrys
Art Director: Jonathan Emrys
Design Firm: HengeHouse Studios

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Zombie City
Thomas Katz
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Nominator: Adam Lewin

Designer: Adam Lewin
Art Director: Adam Lewin
Design Firm: Adam Lewin Projects A.L.P.

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Dying To Live
Katie L. Thompson
Creative Print Publishing Limited

Nominator: Phillip Grizzell

Designer: Phillip Grizzell
Art Director: Phillip Grizzell
Design Firm: Creative Print Publishing Ltd

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Milwaukee Deep
G. Michael
Creative Print Publishing Limited

Nominator: Phillip Grizzell

Designer: PHillip Grizzell
Art Director: Phillip Grizzell
Design Firm: Creative Print Publishing Limited

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PANDORA
Marcus Woolcott
Creative Print Publishing Limited

Nominator: Phillip Grizzell

Designer: Phillip Grizzell
Art Director: Phillip Grizzell
Design Firm: Creative Print Publishing Limited

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SHADOWSCAPE The Stevie Vegas Chronicles
M. R. Weston
Creative Print Publishing Limited

Nominator: Phillip Grizzell

Designer: Phillip Grizzell
Art Director: Phillip Grizzell
Design Firm: Creative Print Publishing Limited

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Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character
Jack Hitt
Crown

Nominator: William Drenttel

Designer: Christopher Brand

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Calling Invisible Women
Jeanne Ray
Crown

Nominator: Maria Elias

Designer: Maria Elias
Art Director: Christopher Brand
Other Credits: Illustration and Lettering: Maria Elias

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The Fire Starter Sessions
Danielle LaPorte
Crown Archetype

Nominator: Maria Elias

Designer: Maria Elias
Art Director: Michael Nagin (Cover) and Elizabeth Rendfleisch (Interior)

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The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms
Danielle LaPorte
Crown Archetype

Nominator: Maria Elias

Designer: Maria Elias

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