2012 Nominations

Aggie Zed: Keeper's Keep
Mark Sloan
Halsey Institute of contemporary Art

Nominator: Lizz Biswell

Designer: Gil Shuler
Art Director: Gil Shuler
Design Firm: gil shuler graphic design, inc.

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Pulse Dome Project: Art & Design by Don ZanFagna
Mark Sloan
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art

Nominator: Lizz Biswell

Designer: Gil Shuler
Art Director: Gil Shuler
Design Firm: gil shuler graphic design, inc.

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Return to the Sea: Saltworks by Motoi Yamamoto
Mark Sloan and Mark Kurlansky
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art

Nominator: Lizz Biswell

Designer: Gil Shuler
Art Director: Gil Shuler
Design Firm: gil shuler graphic design, inc.

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation
Mark Sloan and F. Scott Hess
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art and the Long Beach Museum of Art

Nominator: Lizz Biswell

Designer: Gil Shuler
Art Director: Gil Shuler
Design Firm: gil shuler graphic design, inc.

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

NW
Zadie Smith
Hamish Hamilton UK

Nominator: Jamie Keenan

Designer: Jon Gray
Art Director: John Hamilton
Design Firm: gray318

Submitted into 50 Covers

Vampire Legends, the Collectors
Kamee Shrope, Edited by - Jami Carpenter
Hardway Press

Nominator: Julie Dickinson

Designer: Cynthia Carbajal
Art Director: Alex Raffi
Design Firm: Imagine Communications
Other Credits: Photography by Tiffannie Bond

Submitted into 50 Covers

An Uncommon Education
Elizabeth Percer
Harper

Nominator: Archie Ferguson

Designer: Archie Ferguson
Art Director: Archie Ferguson
Design Firm: Archie Ferguson Design
Other Credits: Jacket illustrations (Shakespeare and bird) Getty Images.

Submitted into 50 Covers

Triburbia
Karl Taro Greenfeld
Harper

Nominator: Archie Ferguson

Designer: Archie Ferguson
Art Director: Archie Ferguson
Design Firm: Archie Ferguson Design
Other Credits: Jacket illustration by Harry Campbell

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Spindlers
Lauren Oliver
Harper Collins Publishers 2012

Nominator: Francesca Leoneschi

Designer: Iacopo Bruno
Art Director: Cara Petrus
Design Firm: the World of DOT
Other Credits: Graphic and Illustrations: Iacopo Bruno/The World of DOT Hand-made type: Iacopo Bruno/The World of DOT

Submitted into 50 Covers

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

Never Fall Down
PATRICIA McCORMICK
HARPER TEEN

Nominator: Michelle Taormina

Designer: Michelle Taormina
Art Director: Alison Donalty
Design Firm: Harper collins Childrens Design
Other Credits: Photograph © John Vink

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Yeti Story
Stefan G. Bucher
HarperCollins

Nominator:

Designer: Stefan G. Bucher

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Don't Turn Around
Michelle Gagnon
HarperCollins Children's Books

Nominator: Erin Fitzsimmons

Designer: Erin Fitzsimmons
Art Director: Cara Petrus
Other Credits: Photograph by Tim Flach

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Bully Book
Eric Kahn Gale
HarperCollins Children's Books

Nominator: Erin Fitzsimmons

Designer: Erin Fitzsimmons
Art Director: Amy Ryan

Submitted into 50 Covers

What's Left of Me
Kat Zhang
HarperCollins Children's Books

Nominator: Erin Fitzsimmons

Designer: Erin Fitzsimmons
Art Director: Sasha Illingworth
Other Credits: Cover art by Maxime Quoilin

Submitted into 50 Covers

All That I Am
Anna Funder
HarperCollins Publishers

Nominator: Richard Ljoenes

Designer: Richard Ljoenes
Art Director: Richard Ljoenes
Design Firm: HarperCollins Publishers
Other Credits: Front jacket photograph © BPK / Max Ittenbach / Art Resource. Back jacket photograph © E.O. Hoppé / Corbis. Author photograph by Karl Schwerdtfeger.

Submitted into 50 Covers

Dirt
David Vann
HarperCollins Publishers

Nominator: Richard Ljoenes

Designer: Richard Ljoenes
Art Director: Richard Ljoenes
Design Firm: HarperCollins Publishers
Other Credits: Jacket photographs © Tim Daniels/arcangel-images.com (front jacket), Magnus Fond/Johnér Images/Corbis (back jacket). Author photograph by Diana Matar.

Submitted into 50 Covers

How To Be Black
Baratunde Thurston
HarperCollins Publishers

Nominator: Richard Ljoenes

Designer: Richard Ljoenes
Art Director: Richard Ljoenes
Design Firm: HarperCollins Publishers

Submitted into 50 Covers

Maybe the Saddest Thing
Marcus Wicker
HarperCollins Publishers

Nominator: Richard Ljoenes

Designer: Richard Ljoenes
Art Director: Richard Ljoenes
Design Firm: HarperCollins Publishers
Other Credits: Bruce Lee by Chris Achilleos; Flava Flav illustration by Hannah Buck; escalator by Exstream 3D/Pycomall; all other art by iStockPhoto. Author photograph by Donald Adiska.

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin
HarperCollins Publishers

Nominator: Richard Ljoenes

Designer: Richard Ljoenes
Art Director: Richard Ljoenes
Design Firm: HarperCollins Publishers
Other Credits: Front jacket photograph © Ocean/Corbis; back jacket: art by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues,“Apple” © V&A Images/Art Resource. Author photograph by Corina Bernstein.

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Thornton Wilder: A Life
Penelope Niven
HarperCollins Publishers

Nominator: Richard Ljoenes

Designer: Richard Ljoenes
Art Director: Richard Ljoenes
Design Firm: HarperCollins Publishers
Other Credits: Photograph of Thornton Wilder playing the stage manager in Our Town courtesy of Special Collections, The College of Wooster Libraries.Author photograph by Louis Kapeleris.

Submitted into 50 Covers

What to Look for in Winter
Candia McWilliam
HarperCollins Publishers

Nominator: Richard Ljoenes

Designer: Richard Ljoenes
Art Director: Richard Ljoenes
Design Firm: HarperCollins Publishers
Other Credits: Jacket photograph by © Frederic Cirou/ Photoalto/Corbis

Submitted into 50 Covers

Engaging New Americans: Preparing for US Citizenship with the Harvard Art Museums
Judy Murray
Harvard Art Museums

Nominator: Steven Waldron

Designer: Cristian Butcovich
Art Director: Steven Waldron
Design Firm: Harvard Art Museums In-House, Un-Design

Submitted into 50 Covers

Winning The Story Wars
Jonah Sachs
Harvard Business Review

Nominator: Drew Beam

Art Director: Drew Beam
Design Firm: Free Range

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Judgment Calls
Davenport & Manville
Harvard Business Review Press

Nominator: Catherine Casalino

Designer: Catherine Casalino
Art Director: Stephani Finks
Design Firm: Catherine Casalino Design

Submitted into 50 Covers

A Sustainable future for the Exumas
Gareth Doherty
Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Nominator: Why Not Smile

Designer: Hyo Kwon
Art Director: Hoon Kim
Design Firm: Why Not Smile

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Cat Confessions
Allia Zobel Nolan
Harvest House

Nominator: Mary pat Pino

Designer: Mary pat Pino
Art Director: Mary pat Pino
Design Firm: Mary pat Design

Submitted into 50 Covers

Sweet Treats for Mom
Harvest House
Harvest House

Nominator: Mary pat Pino

Designer: Mary pat Pino
Art Director: Mary pat Pino
Design Firm: Mary pat Design
Other Credits: Original illustrations by Lisa Kaus, compiled by Mary pat Pino

Submitted into 50 Covers

Anton Ginzburg: At the Back of the North Wind
Jeffrey Kastner (Author), Boris Groys (Author), Anton Ginzburg (Author)
Hatje Cantz

Nominator: Margarita Osipian

Designer: Project Projects
Art Director: Project Projects
Design Firm: Project Projects

Submitted into 50 Books
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Jasper Johns / In Press: The Crosshatch Works and the Logic of Print
Jennifer L. Roberts
Hatje Cantz

Nominator: Steven Waldron

Designer: Verena Gerlach
Art Director: Steven Waldron
Design Firm: Harvard Art Museums In-House

Submitted into 50 Books

Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo
Henry Holt & Co

Nominator: Lindsey Andrews

Designer: Jen Wang
Art Director: Rich Deas

Submitted into 50 Covers

Josef Sudek: The Legacy of a Deeper Vision
Maia-Mari Sutnik
Hirmer Verlag

Nominator: Gilbert Li

Designer: Marcelo Hong
Art Director: Gilbert Li
Design Firm: The Office of Gilbert Li

Submitted into 50 Books

Lumious Icons: 1999-2011
Steven Scott
Hirmer Verlag

Nominator:

Designer: Jan Gjonnes Moller

Submitted into 50 Books
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

Design Direct: How to Start Your Own Micro Brand -- NO COVER
Roger Ball with Heidi Overhill
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Nominator: Roger Ball

Designer: --

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Thing About Thugs
Tabish Khair
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nominator: Alex Camlin

Designer: Alex Camlin
Art Director: Michaela Sullivan

Submitted into 50 Covers

Deception Peak
Dianne Lynn Gardner
Hydra Publications

Nominator: Dianne Lynn Gardner

Designer: Dianne Lynn Gardner
Art Director: Frank Hall
Design Firm: Hydra Publications

Submitted into 50 Covers