2012 Nominations

Encyclopedia of Flowers – Flower Works by Makoto Azuma Photographed by Shunsuke Shiinoki
Kyoko Wada
Lars Müller Publishers

Nominator: Lars Müller Publishers

Designer: Kenya Hara, Kaoru Matsuno, and Chen Fangju
Art Director: Kenya Hara
Design Firm: Nippon Design Center

Submitted into 50 Books

In the Life of Cities
Mohsen Mostafavi in Cooperation with Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Lars Müller Publishers

Nominator: Lars Müller Publishers

Designer: Integral Lars Müller
Art Director: Lars Müller
Design Firm: Integral Lars Müller

Submitted into 50 Books

Instigations – Engaging Architecture, Landscape, and the City
Mohsen Mostafavi and Peter Christensen
Lars Müller Publishers

Nominator: Lars Müller Publishers

Designer: Integral Lars Müller
Art Director: Lars Müller
Design Firm: Integral Lars Müller

Submitted into 50 Books

Kenzō Tange – Architecture for the World
Seng Kuan and Yukio Lippit
Lars Müller Publishers

Nominator: Lars Müller Publishers

Designer: Integral Lars Müller
Art Director: Lars Müller
Design Firm: Integral Lars Müller

Submitted into 50 Books

Torre David
Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner, Urban–Think Tank Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, ETH Zürich
Lars Müller Publishers

Nominator: Lars Müller Publishers

Designer: Integral Lars Müller
Art Director: Lars Müller
Design Firm: Integral Lars Müller

Submitted into 50 Books

Wang Shu – Imagining the House
Wang Shu
Lars Müller Publishers

Nominator: Lars Müller Publishers

Designer: Integral Lars Müller
Art Director: Lars Müller
Design Firm: Integral Lars Müller

Submitted into 50 Books

Blab World No. 2
Monte Beauchamp
Last Gasp

Nominator: William Drenttel

Designer: Monte Beauchamp

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

I Used To Be A Design Student
Frank Philippin and Billy Kiosoglou
Laurence King

Nominator:


Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Advertising for People Who Don't Like Advertising
Kesselskramer
Laurence King Publishers

Nominator:

Designer: KesselsKramer

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators, and Creatives
Richard Brereton
Laurence King Publishers

Nominator: --

Designer: Studio8 Design

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

The End of Print: The Grafik Design of David Carson
Lewis Blackwell
Laurence King Publishers

Nominator: William Drenttel

Designer: David Carson

Submitted into 50 Books

Why Shrinkwrap a Cucumber?: The Complete Guide to Environmental Packaging
Steven Aldridge and Laurel Miller
Laurence King Publishers

Nominator:

Designer: Jacket Design: Kate Goodridge

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design
Steven Heller and Véronique Vienne
Laurence King Publishing

Nominator: Debra Matsumoto

Designer: Angus Hyland
Design Firm: Pentagram

Submitted into 50 Covers

Let's Make Some Great Fingerprint Art
Marion Deuchars
Laurence King Publishing

Nominator: Debra Matsumoto

Designer: Marion Deuchars

Submitted into 50 Covers

Finding Right Work: Five Steps to a Life You Love
Leni Miller
Leni Miller

Nominator: Geri Lafferty

Designer: Susan Pate
Art Director: Susan Pate
Design Firm: Susan Pate

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Love Game
Fritz Glaus with Mike Yorkey
Levita Media

Nominator: Wayne Cooper

Designer: Wayne Cooper, Jason Able
Art Director: Wayne Cooper
Design Firm: Levita Media

Submitted into 50 Covers

Life Pieces to Masterpieces: Artwork, 1996–2011
Erin Krivicky, Michael Konetzka
Life Pieces to Masterpieces

Nominator: Michael Konetzka

Designer: Michael Konetzka
Other Credits: Photography: Lise Metzger, Aikta Suri, Kristian Whipple, Liza Harbinson, Stephen Voss, LPTM staff

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Evelyn Waugh series
Evelyn Waugh
Little Brown / Back Bay

Nominator: Keith Hayes

Designer: Keith Hayes
Art Director: Keith Hayes
Other Credits: illustration and hand-lettering by Jon Contino

Submitted into 50 Covers

My First Gymnastics
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Little Simon / Simon & Schuster

Nominator: Laura Hanifin

Designer: Laura Roode
Art Director: Dan Potash
Other Credits: Photography: Laura Hanifin

Submitted into 50 Books
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Bleed for Me
Michael Robotham
Little, Brown & Co.

Nominator: Kapo Ng

Designer: Lindsey Andrews
Art Director: Mario Pulice

Submitted into 50 Covers

The House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz
Little, Brown & Co.

Nominator: Sinem Erkas

Designer: Kapo Ng
Art Director: Debbie Holmes
Other Credits: Creative Director: Lucie Stericker

Submitted into 50 Covers

America Pacifica
Anna North
Little, Brown & Company

Nominator: Lindsey Andrews

Designer: Lindsey Andrews

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Rook
Daniel O'Malley
Little, Brown & Company

Nominator: Lindsey Andrews

Designer: Lindsey Andrews

Submitted into 50 Covers

This Bright River
Patrick Somerville
Little, Brown & Company

Nominator: Lindsey Andrews

Designer: Lindsey Andrews

Submitted into 50 Covers

Tigers in Red Weather
Liza Klaussmann
Little, Brown & Company

Nominator: Lindsey Andrews

Designer: Lindsey Andrews

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Diviners
Libba Bray
Little, Brown & Company for Young Readers

Nominator: Lindsey Andrews

Designer: Gail Doobinin
Art Director: Gail Doobinin

Submitted into 50 Covers

A Supposedly Fun Things I'll Never Do Again
David Foster Wallace
Little, Brown and Company

Nominator: Amanda Ng

Designer: Matt Tanner

Submitted into 50 Covers

Getting Away From Pretty Much Away From It All
David Foster Wallace
Little, Brown and Company

Nominator: Amanda Ng

Designer: Matt Tanner

Submitted into 50 Covers

Me and the Devil
Nick Tosches
Little, Brown and Company

Nominator: Matt Tanner

Designer: Keith Hayes

Submitted into 50 Covers

Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple
Little, Brown and Company

Nominator: Matt Tanner

Designer: Keith Hayes

Submitted into 50 Covers

WISE MEN
Stuart Nadler
Little, Brown and Company

Nominator: Amanda Ng

Designer: Matt Tanner
Other Credits: Custom typography by Dan Cassaro

Submitted into 50 Covers

Iron Hearted Violet
Kelly Barnhill
Little, Brown and Company 2012

Nominator: Francesca Leoneschi

Designer: Iacopo Bruno
Art Director: Sasha Illingworth
Design Firm: the World of DOT
Other Credits: Illustrator: Iacopo Bruno/The World of DOT Hand-made type: Iacopo Bruno/The World of DOT

Submitted into 50 Covers

Ask the Passengers
A.S. King
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Nominator: Liz Casal

Designer: Liz Casal
Art Director: David Caplan
Other Credits: Jacket image © Cavan Images / Getty Images

Submitted into 50 Covers

Everybody Sees the Ants
A.S. King
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Nominator: Liz Casal

Designer: Liz Casal
Art Director: David Caplan
Other Credits: Cover image © Pando Hall / Getty Images

Submitted into 50 Covers

Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective
Contributors: Stephanie Barron; Lauren Bergman; Frank O. Gehry; Dave Hickey; Fredrik Nilsen; Phyllis Tuchman; Malin Wilson-Powell
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and DelMonico Books/Prestel

Nominator: Lisa Mark

Designer: Lorraine Wild
Art Director: Lorraine Wild
Design Firm: Green Dragon
Other Credits: Tom Frick (Editor/Project Manager)Photography: Peter Brenner (Supervising Photographer)Frederick Nilsen (Principal Photographer)Remi Hisataka (Studio Manager)

Submitted into 50 Books
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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
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Curator's Curse
Scarlet Hunter
Lucky Clover Publishing

Nominator: Janet Aponte-Pagan

Designer: Janet Aponte-Pagan
Design Firm: Epic 3 Productions

Submitted into 50 Covers

Kinetics for Robotics and Biomechanics
David R. Monteverde
Lulu Press

Nominator: David Monteverde

Designer: David Monteverde
Art Director: David Monteverde

Submitted into 50 Books
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21st Century Atlas of the Moon
Charles A. Wood and Maurice J. S. Collins
Lunar Publishing, UIAI Inc. Wheeling, WV

Nominator: Cassandra Lightfritz

Designer: Cassandra Lightfritz

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Rarest Blue
Baruch Sterman
Lyons Press

Nominator: James Jayo

Designer: Bret Kerr
Design Firm: Lyons Press (in-house design team)

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

The Boy Kings of Texas
Domingo Martinez
Lyons Press is an imprint of Globe Pequot Press

Nominator: Lara Asher

Designer: Diana Nuhn
Design Firm: Globe Pequot Press Design

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers