2012 Nominations

Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide
David Bergman
PAPress

Nominator: --

Designer: Jan Haux

Submitted into 50 Books
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The Yellow World
Albert Espinosa
Particular Books / Penguin Books

Nominator: Jamie Keenan

Designer: Jon Gray
Art Director: James Stoddart
Design Firm: gray318

Submitted into 50 Covers

100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
Susan M. Weinschenk
PeachPit Press

Nominator: Scott Cowlin

Designer: Cover Design: Mimi Heft, Interior Design: Maureen Forys

Submitted into 50 Books
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100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People
Susan M. Weinschenk
PeachPit Press

Nominator: Scott Cowlin

Designer: Cover Design: Mimi Heft, Interior Design: Maureen Forys

Submitted into 50 Books
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100 SOA Questions: Asked and Answered
Kerrie Holley and Dr. Ali Arsanjani
Pearson Learning Solutions

Nominator: John Misuraca

Designer: John Misuraca
Art Director: Christopher O'Brien
Design Firm: Pearson Learning Solutions

Submitted into 50 Covers

Pearson Custom: Engineering Graphics & CAD
Christina Martin, Debbie Coniglio
Pearson Learning Solutions

Nominator: Eric Tamlin

Designer: Renée Sartell
Art Director: Renée Sartell
Design Firm: Pearson Learning Solutions

Submitted into 50 Covers

Meanwhile, Back at Cafe Du Monde...Life Stories About Food
Peggy Sweeney-McDonald
Pelican Publishing

Nominator: Peggy Sweeney-McDonald

Designer: Bridget McDowell
Art Director: Bridget McDowell
Other Credits: Photography by Troy Kleinpeter

Submitted into 50 Covers

Penguin Drop Caps Series
Various Authors
Penguin

Nominator: Catherine Casalino

Designer: Cover Design by Paul Buckley and Jessica Hische
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Submitted into 50 Covers

What Are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art
Will Gompertz
Penguin

Nominator: Katie Burns

Designer: Palimpsest Book Production Limited

Submitted into 50 Covers

Penguin Civic Classics
Edited by Richard Beeman
Penguin books

Nominator: Gregg Kulick

Designer: Gregg Kulick
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Submitted into 50 Covers

A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald
Errol Morris
Penguin Press

Nominator: Yve Ludwig

Designer: Yve Ludwig
Art Director: Michael Bierut
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
Other Credits: Illustrations by Niko Skourtis, Lee Cerre, and Matt Delbridge

Submitted into 50 Books
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NW
Zadie Smith
Penguin Press

Nominator: Tal Goretsky

Designer: Tal Goretsky and Darren Haggar
Art Director: Darren Haggar

Submitted into 50 Covers

Princeton, America's Campus
W. Barksdale Maynard
Penn State Press

Nominator:


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Spiritual Modalities: Prayer as Rhetoric and Performance
William Fitzgerald
Penn State University Press

Nominator: Chris Corneal

Designer: Chris Corneal
Art Director: Chris Corneal
Design Firm: Symbiotic Solutions

Submitted into 50 Covers

Power Chord
Thomas Scott McKenzie
Perennial

Nominator: Anthony Morais

Designer: Anthony Morais

Submitted into 50 Covers

Where are the Utopian Visionaries?: Architecture of Social Exchange
Hansy Better Barraza (Editor)
Periscope

Nominator: Margarita Osipian

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

Submitted into 50 Books
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Vitamin Green
Joshua Bolchover
Phaidon Press

Nominator:

Designer: Julie Kim

Submitted into 50 Books
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Ruby and the Stone Age Diet
Martin Millar
Piatkus

Nominator: La Boca Ltd

Designer: Scot Bendall, Jon Lyen
Art Director: Scot Bendall
Design Firm: La Boca Ltd

Submitted into 50 Covers

A Death in Summer
Benjamin Black
Picador

Nominator: Keith Hayes

Designer: Keith Hayes
Art Director: Keith Hayes

Submitted into 50 Covers

Bloodland
Alan Glynn
Picador

Nominator: Henry Sene Yee

Designer: Keith Hayes
Art Director: Henry Sene Yee
Design Firm: Picador
Other Credits: Cover photograph by Charles Nes / Getty Images

Submitted into 50 Covers

Making an Exit
Sarah Murray
Picador

Nominator: Henry Sene Yee

Designer: Lisa Marie Pompilio
Art Director: Henry Sene Yee
Design Firm: Picador

Submitted into 50 Covers

Smut: stories
Alan Bennett
Picador

Nominator: Henry Sene Yee

Designer: Henry Sene Yee
Art Director: Henry Sene Yee
Design Firm: Picador
Other Credits: Cover illustrations by Christopher Silas Neal

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Bug
Ellen Ullman
Picador

Nominator: gray318

Designer: Jamie Keenan
Art Director: Henry Sene Yee
Design Firm: Keenan

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Great Night
Chris Adrian
Picador

Nominator: Henry Sene Yee

Designer: LeeAnn Falciani
Art Director: Henry Sene Yee
Design Firm: Picador

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides
Picador

Nominator: Henry Sene Yee

Designer: Henry Sene Yee
Art Director: Henry Sene Yee
Design Firm: Picador
Other Credits: Cover illustration by Annabel Wright / Heart Agency

Submitted into 50 Covers

American Ecstasy
Barbara Nitke
Pierrot Press

Nominator: Barbara Nitke

Designer: Svenja Knoedler
Art Director: Svenja Knoedler
Design Firm: Buro Svenja

Submitted into 50 Books

An African Affair
Nina Darnton
Plume

Nominator: Sara Wood

Designer: Jim Tierney
Art Director: Paul Buckley & Jaya Miceli

Submitted into 50 Covers

Gloaming
Keaton Henson
Pocko Editions

Nominator: Robert Simons

Designer: Olga Norman
Art Director: Olga Norman
Design Firm: Pocko Lab
Other Credits: Illustrations by Keaton Henson Typography by Keaton Henson Edited by Nicola Schwartz

Submitted into 50 Books
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"Dialog": What Makes a Great Design Partnership
Res Eichenberger
Pointed Leaf Press

Nominator: --

Designer: Res Eichenberger
Design Firm: Carbone + Smolan Agency

Submitted into 50 Books
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Doggerland
Ben Branagan, Luke Pendrell and Eva Verhoeven
Ponsonby Press

Nominator: Ben Branagan

Art Director: Ben Branagan, Luke Pendrell

Submitted into 50 Books
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Messy
Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan
Poppy

Nominator: Liz Casal

Designer: Liz Casal
Art Director: David Caplan
Other Credits: Images © Shutterstock

Submitted into 50 Covers

Spoiled
Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan
Poppy

Nominator: Liz Casal

Designer: Liz Casal
Art Director: David Caplan
Other Credits: Images © Shutterstock

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
Jennifer E. Smith
Poppy

Nominator: Liz Casal

Designer: Liz Casal
Art Director: David Caplan
Other Credits: Cover image © Oleg Oprisco / Trevillion Images

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Chosen
Arlene Hunt
Portnoy Publishing

Nominator: Arlene Hunt

Designer: David Rudnick
Art Director: Andrew Mangan
Design Firm: North Internet
Other Credits: n/a

Submitted into 50 Covers

Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture
Ian Cobain
Portobello

Nominator: Stephen Sorrell

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

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Creator
Gudrun Eva Minervudottir
Portobello

Nominator: Stephen Sorrell

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

Submitted into 50 Covers

Down in the Hole: The unWired World of H.B. Ogden
Joy DeLyria and Sean Michael Robinson
powerHouse Books

Nominator: William Drenttel

Designer: Book design: Alex Martin and Emily Stage, Cover design: Sean Michael Robinson

Submitted into 50 Books
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Art Law
Ralph E. Lerner, Judith Bresler
Practising Law Institute

Nominator: Misha Beletsky

Designer: Misha Beletsky
Art Director: Misha Beletsky
Other Credits: More images here: http://bit.ly/ZnKprU

Submitted into 50 Books
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Live Learn Design
Pratt Instutute Graduate Communications Design Department
Pratt Institute

Nominator: Jeff Bellantoni

Designer: Chantal Fischzang, Nick Misani, Esteban Perez, Richard Hall
Art Director: Brenda McManus

Submitted into 50 Books
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Pratt Instsitute Undergraduate Bulletin
Pratt Institute Office of Communications
Pratt Institute

Nominator: Judith Aaron


Submitted into 50 Books

Philosophy of Design
Ove Arup
Prestel

Nominator:


Submitted into 50 Covers

Egon Schiele's Women
Jane Kallir
Prestel Publishing

Nominator: Prestel Publishing

Designer: Gina Rossi

Submitted into 50 Covers

America's Other Audubon
Joy M. Kiser
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: William Drenttel

Designer: Bree Anne Apperlery
Art Director: Deb Wood

Submitted into 50 Books

Balthazar Korab: Architect of Photography
John Comazzi
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Margaret Rogalski

Designer: Jan Haux
Art Director: Paul Wagner

Submitted into 50 Books

Break Through! Overcome Cretive Block & Spark Your Imagination
Edited by Alex Cornell
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Margaret Rogalski

Designer: Elana Schlenker

Submitted into 50 Books
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Brooklyn Makers: Food, Design, Craft, and Other Scenes from a Tactile Life
Jennifer Causey and Eric Demby
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: --

Designer: Elana Schlenker

Submitted into 50 Books
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Designing for Social Change: Strategies for Community-Based Design
Andrew Shea
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Andrew Shea

Designer: Andrew Shea
Art Director: Andrew Shea

Submitted into 50 Books
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Elegantissima: The Design and Typography of Louise Fili
Louise Fili
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Margaret Rogalski

Designer: Louise Fili, John Passafiume, Dana Tanamachi
Art Director: Louise Fili
Design Firm: Louise Fili Ltd

Submitted into 50 Books

Everything All at Once: The Software, Architecture, and Videos of MOS
Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Margaret Rogalski

Designer: Neil Donnelly

Submitted into 50 Books

Generative Design
Hartmut Bohnacker, Benedikt Gross, Julia Laub and Claudius Lazzeroni
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator:


Submitted into 50 Books
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Instant: The Story of Polaroid
Christopher Bonanos
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Katherine Meyers

Designer: Book: The Graphics Office, Jacket Design: Paul Wagner, Bree Anne Apperley

Submitted into 50 Books
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Le Corbusier Redrawn: The Houses
Steven Park
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Margaret Rogalski

Designer: Jan Haux
Art Director: Paul Wagner

Submitted into 50 Books

Sign Painters
Faythe Levine and Sam Macon
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Margaret Rogalski

Designer: Book Design: Paul Wagner, Cover Design: Ira Coyne
Art Director: Paul Wagner
Other Credits: Design Assistance: Benjamen English

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The Architect Says: Quotes, Quips, and Words of Wisdom
Laura Dushkes
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Margaret Rogalski

Designer: Jan Haux and Paul Wagner
Art Director: Paul Wagner

Submitted into 50 Books

The Complete Engraver
Nancy Sharon Collins, Ellen Lupton and Marjorie B. Cohn
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator:

Designer: Paul Wagner and Elana Schlenker

Submitted into 50 Books
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The Electric Information Age Book: McLuhan/Agel/Fiore and the Experimental Paperback
Jeffrey Schnapp (Author), Adam Michaels (Author), Steven Heller (Introduction), Andrew Blauvelt (Afterword)
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Margarita Osipian

Designer: Project Projects
Art Director: Adam Michaels
Design Firm: Project Projects
Other Credits: This book is part of the Inventory Books Series.

Submitted into 50 Books
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The Lost Christmas Gift
Andrew Beckham
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Margaret Rogalski

Designer: Paul Wagner
Art Director: Paul Wagner

Submitted into 50 Books

Up on The Roof
Alex MacLean
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator:

Designer: Pierre Bernard and Sacha Leopold

Submitted into 50 Books
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Woodcut
Bryan Nash Gill
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: William Drenttel

Designer: Deb Wood and Paul Wagner

Submitted into 50 Books

FIT: An Architect's Manifesto
Robert Geddes
Princeton University Press

Nominator: Casey LaVela

Designer: Jason Alejandro

Submitted into 50 Covers

Mirko Ilic: Fist to Face
Dejan Krsic
Print

Nominator: --

Designer: Dejan Krsic

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Totems
Peter Kayafas
Purple Martin Press

Nominator: Heather Althoff

Designer: Julie Fry
Art Director: Peter Kayafas
Other Credits: With an essay by Jed Perl

Submitted into 50 Books
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The Yard
Alex Grecian
Putnam

Nominator: Jim Tierney

Designer: Sara Wood
Art Director: Lisa Amoroso

Submitted into 50 Covers

A Guile of Dragons
James Enge
Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books

Nominator: Melissa Shofner

Designer: Steve Stone
Other Credits: Cover Illustration (C) Steve Stone / Cover Design by Jacqueline Nasso Cooke

Submitted into 50 Covers

A Red Sun Also Rises
Mark Hodder
Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books

Nominator: Melissa Shofner

Designer: Lee Moyer
Other Credits: Cover Illustration (C) Lee Moyer Cover Design by Jacqueline Nasso Cooke

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Creative Fire
Brenda Cooper
Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books

Nominator: Melissa Shofner

Designer: John Picacio
Other Credits: Cover Illustration (C) John Picacio / Cover Design by Nicole Sommer-Lecht

Submitted into 50 Covers

The Doctor and the Rough Rider
Mike Resnick
Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books

Nominator: Melissa Shofner

Designer: J. Seamas Gallagher
Other Credits: Cover and interior illustrations (C) J. Seamas Gallagher / Cover design by Nicole Sommer-Lecht

Submitted into 50 Books
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