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Ljerka Njerš: Stvaralačka avantura u vodi i vatri / Adventure in colour and fire
Ljerka Njerš: Stvaralačka avantura u vodi i vatri / Adventure in colour and fire
Ivanka Reberski
ULUPUH / Croatian Association of Artists of Applied Arts

Nominator: Zlatka Salopek

Designer: Zlatka Salopek and Ana Kunej
Art Director: Zlatka Salopek and Ana Kunej
Design Firm: kuna zlatica
Other Credits: Photos: Srećko Budek, Marko Čolić, Višnja Serdar

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Približen pogled / A nearer view
Približen pogled / A nearer view
Guido Quien
ULUPUH / Croatian Association of Artists of Applied Arts

Nominator: Zlatka Salopek

Designer: Zlatka Salopek and Ana Kunej
Art Director: Zlatka Salopek and Ana Kunej
Design Firm: kuna zlatica

Submitted into 50 Books
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The Democratic Lecture
The Democratic Lecture
Craig Oldham
Unified Theory Of Everything

Nominator: Craig Oldham

Designer: Craig Oldham
Design Firm: Music

Submitted into 50 Books
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Herb Lubalin
Herb Lubalin
Adrian Shaughnessy
Unit Editions

Nominator: Adrian Shaughnessy

Designer: Claudia Clat and Elena Carl
Art Director: Tony Brook
Design Firm: Spin

Submitted into 50 Books
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Ken Garland: Structure and Substance
Ken Garland: Structure and Substance
Adrian Shaughnessy
Unit Editions London

Nominator:

Designer: Elena Carl, Adrian Shaghunnesy
Art Director: Tony Brook

Submitted into 50 Books
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Hurricane Party
Hurricane Party
Alison Pelegrin
University of Akron Press

Nominator: Amy Freels

Designer: Amy Freels
Other Credits: Cover art: Water Sky, by Damara Kaminecki

Submitted into 50 Covers


Little Black Daydream
Little Black Daydream
Steve Kistulentz
University of Akron Press

Nominator: Amy Freels

Designer: Zac Bettendorf
Art Director: Amy Freels

Submitted into 50 Covers


Full Foreground
Full Foreground
Roberto Tejada
University of Arizona Press

Nominator: Leigh McDonald

Designer: Leigh McDonald
Art Director: Leigh McDonald

Submitted into 50 Covers


Hell of a Vision
Hell of a Vision
Robert L. Dorman
University of Arizona Press

Nominator: Leigh McDonald

Designer: Leigh McDonald
Art Director: Leigh McDonald

Submitted into 50 Covers


Rim Country Exodus
Rim Country Exodus
Daniel J. Herman
University of Arizona Press

Nominator: Leigh McDonald

Designer: Carrie House
Art Director: Leigh McDonald

Submitted into 50 Covers


Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums
Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums
Mabel O. Wilson
University of California Press

Nominator:


Submitted into 50 Covers


Reconstructing the View: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe
Reconstructing the View: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe
Rebecca Senf (Author), Stephen Pyne (Author), Mark Klett (Author), Byron Wolfe (Author)
University of California Press

Nominator: Caitlin O'Hara

Designer: David Skolkin

Submitted into 50 Books
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Schindler, Kings Road, and Southern California Modernism
Schindler, Kings Road, and Southern California Modernism
Robert Sweeney, Judith Sheine, Timothy Sakamoto and Mark Mack
University of California Press

Nominator:

Designer: Claudi Smesler

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Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu
Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu
René de Guzman (Author), Wu Hung (Author), Yiyun Li (Author), Karen Smith (Author), Bill Berkson (Author)
University of California Press

Nominator: Pamela Polk

Designer: Joan Sommers
Art Director: Joan Sommers
Design Firm: Glue & Paper Workshop, Chicago

Submitted into 50 Books


The Cookbook Library
The Cookbook Library
Anne Willan
University of California Press

Nominator: Nola Burger

Designer: Nola Burger
Design Firm: University of California Press

Submitted into 50 Books


To Life!
To Life!
Linda Weintraub
University of California Press

Nominator: Nicole Hayward

Designer: Nicole Hayward
Design Firm: Nicole Hayward Design

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Human Rights In Camera
Human Rights In Camera
Sharon Sliwinski
University Of Chicago Press

Nominator: --

Designer: Cover design by Natalie F. Smith

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Open Door: One Hundred Poems, One Hundred Years of
The Open Door: One Hundred Poems, One Hundred Years of "Poetry" Magazine
Don Share and Christian Wiman
University Of Chicago Press

Nominator: --

Designer: Issac Tobin

Submitted into 50 Books
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Tresspasses
Tresspasses
Lacy Johnson
University of Iowa Press

Nominator: Kimberly Glyder

Designer: Kimberly Glyder
Art Director: Karen Copp
Design Firm: Kimberly Glyder Design
Other Credits: Photo by Josh Okun

Submitted into 50 Covers


Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Donaldson
University of Minnesota Press

Nominator: Victor Mingovits

Designer: Victor Mingovits
Art Director: Victor Mingovits
Design Firm: Mingovits Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


On the Run in Siberia
On the Run in Siberia
by Rane Willerslev, translated by Coilin OhAiseadha
University of Minnesota Press

Nominator: Victor Mingovits

Designer: Victor Mingovits
Art Director: Victor Mingovits
Design Firm: Mingovits Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr
Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr
by Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Bernard Frechtman
University of Minnesota Press

Nominator: Victor Mingovits

Designer: Victor Mingovits
Art Director: Victor Mingovits
Design Firm: Mingovits Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Disenchanted
The Disenchanted
by Budd Schulberg
University of Minnesota Press

Nominator: Victor Mingovits

Designer: Victor Mingovits
Art Director: Victor Mingovits
Design Firm: Mingovits Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


Atomic Comics: Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World
Atomic Comics: Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World
Ferenc Morton Szasz
University of Nevada Press

Nominator: Kathleen Szawiola

Designer: Kathleen Szawiola; Cover Design by Kimberly Glyder
Art Director: Kathleen Szawiola
Design Firm: University of Nevada Press

Submitted into 50 Books
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Cries of Crisis: Rethinking the Health Care Debate
Cries of Crisis: Rethinking the Health Care Debate
Robert B. Hackey
University of Nevada Press

Nominator: Kathleen Szawiola

Designer: Jason Harvey
Art Director: Kathleen Szawiola
Design Firm: Jason Harvey
Other Credits: Jason Harvey created the illustration on the front cover

Submitted into 50 Covers


Art by the Book: Painting Manuals and the Leisure Life in Late Ming China
Art by the Book: Painting Manuals and the Leisure Life in Late Ming China
J. P. Park
University of Washington Press

Nominator: Thomas Eykemans

Designer: Thomas Eykemans

Submitted into 50 Covers


Icons of Danish Modernity: Georg Brandes and Asta Nielsen
Icons of Danish Modernity: Georg Brandes and Asta Nielsen
Julie K. Allen
University of Washington Press

Nominator: Thomas Eykemans

Designer: Thomas Eykemans

Submitted into 50 Covers


Narrative of the Sufferings of Lewis Clarke, During a Captivity of More Than Twenty-Five Years, among the Algerines of Kentucky, One of the So Called Christian States of North America
Narrative of the Sufferings of Lewis Clarke, During a Captivity of More Than Twenty-Five Years, among the Algerines of Kentucky, One of the So Called Christian States of North America
Lewis Clarke
University of Washington Press

Nominator: Thomas Eykemans

Designer: Thomas Eykemans

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Nature of Borders: Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea
The Nature of Borders: Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea
Lissa K. Wadewitz
University of Washington Press

Nominator: Thomas Eykemans

Designer: Thomas Eykemans

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States
The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States
Mark Fiege
University of Washington Press

Nominator: Thomas Eykemans

Designer: Thomas Eykemans

Submitted into 50 Covers


Unending Crisis: National Security Policy after 9/11
Unending Crisis: National Security Policy after 9/11
Thomas Graham, Jr.
University of Washington Press

Nominator: Thomas Eykemans

Designer: Thomas Eykemans

Submitted into 50 Covers





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