2012 Nominations

An Intellectual's Visual Miscellany
Daniel P. Murphy, PhD
F+W Media

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Contemporary Poets anthology series
Ted Hughes; Don Paterson; Simon Armitage; Wendy Cope; Christopher Reid
Faber and Faber

Nominator: Eleanor Crow

Designer: Eleanor Crow
Art Director: Donna Payne
Design Firm: Faber and Faber design department

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Assorted Fire Events
David Means
Faber and Faber, Inc.

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Charlotte Strick
Art Director: Charlotte Strick
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Cover illustration by Adly Elewa

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The Missing Ink
Philip Hensher
Faber and Faber, Inc.

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Jennifer Carrow
Art Director: Charlotte Strick
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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The Book of HACK
The Facebook Analog Research Laboratory
Facebook

Nominator: Tim Belonax

Designer: Ben Barry, Tim Belonax, J. Smith
Art Director: -
Design Firm: The Facebook Analog Research Laboratory

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HHhH
Laurent Binet
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Rodrigo Corral
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Jacket art by Adly Elewa

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La Folie Baudelaire
Robert Calasso
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Maureen Bishop

Designer: Nayon Cho
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Jacket art: L’Atelier du peintre, 1855, by Gustave Courbet © Masterpics / Alamy; handwritten title from “Le possédé” autograph poem (pen and ink on paper) by Charles Baudelaire (1821–67) / private collection / Archives Charmet /The Bridgeman Art Library

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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Rodrigo Corral
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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My Heart is an Idiot
Davy Rothbart
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Rodrigo Corral
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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OBLIVION
Héctor Abad
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Maureen Bishop

Designer: Nayon Cho
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Jacket photograph courtesy of the author

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Reinventing Bach
Paul Elie
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Rodrigo Corral
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Jacket art by Adly Elewa

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The Heart Broke In
James Meek
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Jennifer Carrow
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Jacket painting of red blood cells by Michele Banks

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The Towers of Trebizond
Rose Macaulay
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Charlotte Strick
Art Director: Charlotte Strick
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Cover art by Lindsey Mayer-Beug

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Thomas Ades
Thomas Ades and Tom Service
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Adly Elewa
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Jacket photograph by Brian Voce

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Walkable City
Jeff Speck
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Maureen Bishop

Designer: Nayon Cho
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Jacket photographs: Bicyclist © Purcell Team / Alamy; walking family © Peter Cavanagh / Alamy; crosswalk and other pedestrians © amana images inc. / Alamy

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Cinder
Marissa Meyer
Feiwel & Friends

Nominator: Lindsey Andrews

Designer: Rich Deas
Art Director: Rich Deas
Other Credits: Cover illustration by Michael O

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Sunset
Al Lamanda
Five Star Publishing

Nominator: Deirdre Wait

Designer: Christopher Wait
Design Firm: High Pines Creative

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Sign of the Weeping Virgin
Alana White
Five Star Publishing

Nominator: Deirdre Wait

Designer: Deirdre Wait
Design Firm: High Pines Creative

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The Last Daughter
Renée Walker
Fixin' to Press, Mason, Texas

Nominator: Julie Mader-Meersman

Designer: Julie Mader-Meersman
Art Director: Julie Mader-Meersman
Design Firm: originalia > a design studio
Other Credits: Photography: Julie Mader-Meersman

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Notes from a Revolution: Com/Co, The Diggers & The Haight
Kristine McKenna and David Hollander
Foggy Notion Books in association with Fulton Ryder, Inc.

Nominator: Amy Fortunato

Designer: Lorraine Wild and Haruna Madono
Art Director: Lorraine Wild
Design Firm: Green Dragon Office

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Genealogy Tool Kit: Getting Started on Your Family HIstory at the National Archives
by John P. Deeben
Foundation for the National Archives

Nominator: Evan Phifer

Designer: Rania Hassan
Art Director: Rania Hassan
Other Credits: Edited by Patty Reinert Mason and Benjamin Guterman

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To The Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis
by Stacey Bredhoff
Foundation for the National Archives

Nominator: Evan Phifer

Designer: Rania Hassan
Other Credits: Edited by Patty Reinert Mason and Benjamin Guterman

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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think
Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Free Press

Nominator:

Designer: Maura Fadden Rosenthal/Mspace

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Sometimes There Is A Void
Zakes Mda
FSG

Nominator: Kwasi Osei

Designer: Kwasi Osei
Art Director: Kwasi Osei
Design Firm: K/O Media

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Woes of the True Policeman
Roberto Bolano
FSG

Nominator: Thomas Ng

Designer: Charlotte Strick
Art Director: Charlotte Strick
Design Firm: FSG

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Bedtime Tales for Sleepless Nights
Jake & Dinos Chapman
FUEL

Nominator: Stephen Sorrell

Designer: Damon Murray & Stephen Sorrell
Design Firm: Murray & Sorrell FUEL

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Gyula Kosice in Conversation with Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro
Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, Gyula Kosice
Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

Nominator: Satoshi Tabuchi

Designer: Zach Hooker, Ryan Polich
Other Credits: Produced by Marquand Books

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