2012 Nominations

Protecting Wisdom: Tibetan Book Covers from the MacLean Collection
Kathryn H. Selig Brown, Ph.D., Richard A. Pegg
MacLean Collection & Prestel Publishing

Nominator: Amy Fortunato

Designer: Lorraine Wild and Xiaoqing Wang with Joe Potts
Art Director: Lorraine Wild
Design Firm: Green Dragon Office

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

O retorno da coleção tamagni [Return Of The Tamagni Collection]
Felipe Chaimovich e Fernando Oliva
MAM — Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo

Nominator: Daniel Trench

Art Director: Daniel Trench, Celso Longo
Design Firm: Celso Longo + Daniel Trench

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

No Remorse
Ian Walkley
Marq Books

Nominator: Ian Walkley

Designer: Nicole Wong
Design Firm: Graphic Design Student

Submitted into 50 Covers

MATERIAL 3
Ginny Cook, Kim Schoen (Editors)
MATERIAL Press

Nominator: Zak Jensen

Designer: Zak Jensen

Submitted into 50 Covers

Underground Maps Unravelled
Maxwell J. Roberts
Maxwell J. Roberts

Nominator:

Designer: Maxwell J. Roberts

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Andy Warhol: Fame and Misfortune
Rene Paul Barilleaux and Justin Spring (authors); Rose Glennon (editor)
McNay Art Museum

Nominator: McNay Art Museum

Designer: Jeff Wincapaw
Art Director: McNay Art Museum
Design Firm: Marquand Books

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers
McSweeney's

Nominator: Sam Riley

Designer: Jessica Hische
Art Director: Dave Eggers, Brian McMullen
Design Firm: McSweeney's

Submitted into 50 Covers

At Home on the Range
Margaret Yardley Potter; Presented by Elizabeth Gilbert
McSweeney's

Nominator: Sam Riley

Designer: Heidi Meredith
Art Director: Adam Krefman
Design Firm: McSweeney's

Submitted into 50 Covers

How Music Works
David Byrne
McSweeney's

Nominator: Sam Riley

Designer: McSweeney's
Art Director: Walter Green
Design Firm: McSweeney's

Submitted into 50 Covers

Hikaye Oksijendir (Story Is Oxygen - Significance of story, from stone age to digital age)
Sait Aytemur
Mediacat

Nominator: Onur Erler

Designer: Onur Erler
Art Director: Onur Erler
Design Firm: Oyku / Dialogue International

Submitted into 50 Covers

Guaranteed To Last
Jim Gorman
Melcher Media

Nominator:

Designer: Think Studio NYC
Art Director: John Clifford

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Debt
David Graeber
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

Dispatch from the Future
Leigh Stein
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

Hans Fallada series
Hans Fallada
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King
Other Credits: Every Man Dies Alone; Little Man, What Now?; The Drinker; Wolf Among Wolves

Submitted into 50 Covers

How to Sharpen Pencils
David Rees
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

Hush, Hush
Steven Bartheleme
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Montalbán Series
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King
Other Credits: The Angst-Ridden Executive, The Buenos Aires Quintet, Murder in the Central Committee, Southern Seas

Submitted into 50 Covers

Murder In Memoriam
Didier Daeninckx
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

Neversink Library
Rudolph Erich Raspe, Odön von Horváth, Raymond Radiguet, Ameen Rihani, Harry Houdini, Maurice DeKobra, William Gerhardie, John Reed, Cheikh Hamidou Kane
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King
Art Director: Christopher King
Other Credits: The Neversink Library champions books from around the world that have been overlooked, underappreciated, looked askance at, or foolishly ignored. They are issued in handsome, well-designed editions at reasonable prices in hopes of their passing from one reader to another—and further enriching our culture.

Submitted into 50 Covers

Shoplifting from American Apparel
Tao Lin
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

Stuffed and Starved
Raj Patel
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Case of the General's Thumb
Andrey Kurkov
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Colonel
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Fallback Plan
Leigh Stein
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Lake
Banana Yoshimoto
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America
John R. MacArthur
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Story of My Assassins
Tarun J. Tejpal
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers

A Book for Cooks: 101 Classic Cookbooks
Leslie Geddes-Brown
Merrell

Nominator: Nicola Bailey

Designer: Nicola Bailey
Art Director: Nicola Bailey
Design Firm: Merrell
Other Credits: Illustrator: Chloe Cheese

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

An Alphabet of London
Christopher Brown
Merrell

Nominator: Nicola Bailey

Designer: Nicola Bailey
Art Director: Nicola Bailey
Design Firm: Merrell
Other Credits: Illustrator: Christopher Brown

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Made in Japan
Naomi Pollock
Merrell

Nominator: Nicola Bailey

Designer: Alexandre Coco
Art Director: Nicola Bailey
Design Firm: Merrell
Other Credits: Foreword by Reiko Sudo

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Mark Hearld's Work Book
Mark Hearld
Merrell

Nominator: Nicola Bailey

Designer: Nicola Bailey
Art Director: Nicola Bailey
Design Firm: Merrell
Other Credits: Artist: Mark HearldText: Simon Martin

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

The English Cathedral
Peter Marlow
Merrell

Nominator: Nicola Bailey

Designer: Justine Schuster and Ana Rocha
Art Director: Nicola Bailey
Design Firm: SMITH
Other Credits: Photography by Peter MarlowTexts by Martin Barnes, John Goodall

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Type Matters!
Jim Williams
Merrell

Nominator: Nicola Bailey

Designer: Jim Williams
Art Director: Nicola Bailey
Design Firm: Jim Williams

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies: Lafayette Park, Detroit
Placement (Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, Natasha Chandani)
Metropolis Books

Nominator: Danielle Aubert

Designer: Placement (Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, Natasha Chandani)
Art Director: Placement (Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, Natasha Chandani)

Submitted into 50 Books

Schiaparelli & Prada: Impossible Conversations
Andrew Bolton and Harold Koda
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nominator: Abott Miller

Designer: Kim Walker, Kristen Spilman and Krista Reeder
Art Director: Abott Miller
Design Firm: Pentagram Design

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Ori Gersht: History Repeating
contributors: Al Miner, Yoav Rinon, Ori Gersht, Ronni Baer
MFA Boston

Nominator: Lucinda Hitchcock

Designer: Lucinda hitchcock
Art Director: Lucinda Hitchcock, Ori Gersht
Design Firm: Lucinda Hitchcock Design
Other Credits: Production Manager: Terry McAweeneyEditors: Emiko Usui, Lucy Flint

Submitted into 50 Books

China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy
Liu Yang (Author) and Elisabeth Sövik and Laura Silver (Editors)
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Nominator: Jessica Zubrzycki

Designer: Jill Blumer
Design Firm: In-house, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Other Credits: Contributing authors: Edmund Capon, Albert E. Dien, Jeffrey Riegel, Eugene Wang, Yuan ZhongyiDigital image production: Joshua LynnIndexer: Enid L. ZafranPublishing and production management: Jim Bindas

Submitted into 50 Books

Adversarial Design
Carl Disalvo
MIT

Nominator: --


Submitted into 50 Covers

A Topology of Everyday Constellatons
Georges Teyssot
MIT Press

Nominator:


Submitted into 50 Covers

American Urban Form
Sam Bass Warner and Andrew H. Whittemore
MIT Press

Nominator: --

Designer: --
Other Credits: Drawings by Andrew H. Whittemore

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Characteristics of Games
George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, K. Robert Gutschera and Peter Whitley
MIT Press

Nominator: Colleen Lanick

Designer: --

Submitted into 50 Covers

Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli's Field
Jo Applin
MIT Press

Nominator:


Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Perspecta 45: Agency
Kurt Evans, Iben haffner and Ian Mills
MIT Press

Nominator: --

Designer: Zak Jensen, Mylinh Trieu Nguyen

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

The Color Revolution
Regina Lee Blaszczyk
MIT Press

Nominator: Collwwn Lanick

Designer: --

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture(s)
Paul O'Neill
MIT Press

Nominator: Colleen Lanick

Designer: --

Submitted into 50 Books

The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World
Harold G. Nelson (Author), Erik Stolterman
MIT Press

Nominator: Colleen Lanick

Designer: --

Submitted into 50 Covers

Toward A Minor Architecture
Jill Stoner
MIT Press

Nominator: --

Designer: --

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

trans/FORM
MOCCA
MOCCA

Nominator: Emma

Art Director: Emma Wright
Design Firm: emmawright.com
Other Credits: David Liss, Dory Smith

Submitted into 50 Books

Mindshare: Igniting Creativity and Innovation Through Design Intelligence
Nikos Acuna
Motion Publishing

Nominator: Nikos Acuna

Designer: Luke Fletcher
Art Director: Nikos Acuna

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Palace of colours. The magic of makeup.
Dorota Kosciukiewicz-Markowska
MOVART

Nominator: Pawel Markowski

Designer: Ewa Kaziszko
Art Director: Dorota Kosciukiewicz-Markowska

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Daniel Brush
Oliver Sacks, David Revere McFadden, Amy Wilkins
Museum of Arts and Design

Nominator: Robin Brunelle

Designer: Takaaki Matsumoto, Robin Brunelle
Art Director: Takaaki Matsumoto
Design Firm: Matsumoto Incorporated

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity
Michael Darling (Author), Joanna Szupinska (Author), Owen Hatherley (Author)
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Nominator: --

Designer: Scott Rinhard
Art Director: James Goggin

Submitted into 50 Books

Rashid Johnson: Message To Our Folks

Museum of Contemporary Art Monographs

Nominator:

Designer: James Goggin and Alfredo Ruiz

Submitted into 50 Books