2012 Nominations

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

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A Cultural History of Heredity
Staffan Müller-Wille and Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
The University of Chicago Press

Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro

Designer: Natalie F. Smith
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press

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A Death in Summer
Benjamin Black
Picador

Nominator: Keith Hayes

Designer: Keith Hayes
Art Director: Keith Hayes

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A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance
Ben Hannam
John Wiley & Sons

Nominator: Ben Hannam

Designer: Drew Ellis, Ben Hannam
Art Director: Meaghan Dee
Design Firm: FourDesign

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A Greyhound of a Girl
Roddy Doyle


Nominator: Chad W. Beckerman

Designer: Chad W. Beckerman
Art Director: Chad W. Beckerman
Design Firm: ABRAMS
Other Credits: Illustrations by Karl Kwasny

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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

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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

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A Hundred Seas Rising
Suki Chan
Aspex Gallery

Nominator: Tick Tack London

Designer: Carl Stratton
Art Director: Carl Stratton
Design Firm: Tick Tack London
Other Credits: This concept coincides with the physical notion of Suki's exhibition 'A Hundred Sea's Rising' which uses multiple layers of overlaid sound to communicated ideas of revolution.

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A Kat Ran Checklist

Kat Ran Press

Nominator:

Designer: Michael Russem

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A Naked Singularity
Sergio De La Pava
The University of Chicago Press

Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro

Designer: Isaac Tobin
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press

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A Once Crowded Sky
Tom King
Touchstone

Nominator: David Ter-Avanesyan

Designer: David Ter-Avanesyan
Art Director: Cherlynne Li
Design Firm: David Ter-Avanesyan

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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

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

Nominator: Amanda Ng

Designer: Matt Tanner

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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

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A Topology of Everyday Constellatons
Georges Teyssot
MIT Press

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A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse
Author/illustrator: Frank Viva Editor: Françoise Mouly and Nadja Spiegleman
1-935179-19-5

Nominator: Frank Viva

Designer: Françoise Mouly and Frank Viva
Design Firm: Viva & Co.

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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

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A Working Theory of Love
Scott Hutchins
The Penguin Press

Nominator: Janet Hansen

Designer: Janet Hansen
Art Director: Darren Haggar

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A Young Scientists Guide to Defying Disasters with Skill & Daring
James Doyle


Nominator: Andrew Brozyna

Designer: Andrew Brozyna
Art Director: Suzanne Taylor
Design Firm: AJB Design
Other Credits: Illustrated by Andrew Brozyna.

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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think
Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Free Press

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Designer: Maura Fadden Rosenthal/Mspace

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Achieve More Together
Ray Culley, Mary-Beth Matthews
Severstal North America

Nominator: Jeff Kimble

Designer: Jeff Kimble
Art Director: Jeff Kimble
Design Firm: Communica, Inc.

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Adversarial Design
Carl Disalvo
MIT

Nominator: --


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

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Designer: KesselsKramer

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After Freud Left
John Burnham
The University of Chicago Press

Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro

Designer: Isaac Tobin
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press

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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.

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Ai Weiwei: According to What?
Mami Kataoka, Charles Merewether, Kerry Brougher
DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and Mori Art Museum

Nominator: Prestel Publishing

Designer: Hal Kugeler Ltd.
Design Firm: Hal Kugeler Ltd.

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Albert of Adelaide
Howard L. Anderson
Twelve

Nominator: Catherine Casalino

Designer: Catherine Casalino
Art Director: Catherine Casalino
Other Credits: Design and lettering by Catherine Casalino, Illustration by Marc Burckhardt

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Alif the Unseen
G. Willow Wilson
Grove Press

Nominator: Catherine Casalino

Designer: Christopher Sergio
Art Director: Charles Rue Woods
Design Firm: Christopher Sergio Design

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Alive in the Writing: Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov
Kirin Narayan
The University of Chicago Press

Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro

Designer: Matt Avery
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press

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All Men Are Liars
Alberto Manguel
Riverhead Trade

Nominator: Lauren Fagan

Designer: Jason Booher

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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.

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All There Is
Dave Isay
The Penguin Press

Nominator: Janet Hansen

Designer: Janet Hansen
Art Director: Darren Haggar

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All Things To All Men
Natalie Poland
Hocken Collections, University of Otago, New Zealand

Nominator: Duncan Munro

Designer: Duncan Munro
Design Firm: Lucky Stairs

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Alphabet Everywhere
Elliott Kaufman
Abbeville Press

Nominator: Audrey Schomer

Designer: Misha Belesky

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America Pacifica
Anna North
Little, Brown & Company

Nominator: Lindsey Andrews

Designer: Lindsey Andrews

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America The Philosophical
Carlin Romano


Nominator: Steve Attardo

Designer: Steve Attardo
Art Director: Carol Carson

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

Nominator: William Drenttel

Designer: Bree Anne Apperlery
Art Director: Deb Wood

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America, You Sexy Bitch
Michael Ian Black & Meghan McCain


Nominator: Alex Camlin

Designer: Alex Camlin
Art Director: Alex Camlin
Other Credits: Photography: Laura Hanifin

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American Caliphate
William Doonan
Oak Tree Press

Nominator: Jeana Thompson ( bookpromodept@aol.com )

Designer: Reese - Winslow Designs, L.W.Rigsbee
Art Director: Reese - Winslow Designs
Design Firm: Reese - Winslow Designs, L.W.Rigsbee

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American Ecstasy
Barbara Nitke
Pierrot Press

Nominator: Barbara Nitke

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

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

Nominator: --

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

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Amos' New Life
Author - Vivian Shih; Editors - Alex Carswell, Nancey Greystone
Designmatters at Art Center College of Design

Nominator: Mariana Amatullo

Designer: Vivian Shih
Art Director: David Tillinghast
Design Firm: Designmatters at Art Center College of Design
Other Credits: Typographic Supervisor - Vina Rostomyan

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An African Affair
Nina Darnton
Plume

Nominator: Sara Wood

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

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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

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An Artist in Venice
Adam Van Doren
David R. Godine

Nominator: Jerry Kelly

Designer: Jerry Kelly
Art Director: Adam Van Doren
Design Firm: Jerry Kelly LLC

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An End to All Things
Jared Yates Sexton
Atticus Books

Nominator: gray318

Designer: Jamie Keenan
Design Firm: Keenan

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An Intellectual's Visual Miscellany
Daniel P. Murphy, PhD
F+W Media

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An Invisible Flower
Yoko Ono
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Michael Carabetta

Designer: Tatsumi Inuzuka
Art Director: Sean Ono Lennon
Other Credits: Editorial: ricorico

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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.

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And the Land Grew Quiet: Matt Moore
Sara Cochran, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Phoenix Art Museum
The Phoenix Art Museum

Nominator: Brad Jones

Designer: Brad Jones
Art Director: Brad Jones
Design Firm: P.S. Studios Inc.

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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

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Andy's Shock
Joan Hobernicht
WriteLife Publishing

Nominator: Kristy Knapp

Designer: Kristy Stark Knapp
Art Director: Kristy Stark Knapp
Design Firm: Knapp Studios

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Angelmaker
Nick Harkaway


Nominator: Jason Booher

Designer: Jason Booher
Art Director: Carol Devine Carson
Design Firm: Alfred A. Knopf

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Anime's Media Mix
Marc Steinberg


Nominator: Brad D. Norr

Designer: Brad D. Norr
Art Director: Brad D. Norr
Design Firm: Brad Norr Design

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Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry
Srdjan Jovanoviç Weiss (Author), Ingrid Schaffner (Editor, Introduction), Anne Tyng (Author)
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania/Graham Foundation

Nominator: Margarita Osipian

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

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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

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Aperture Magazine Anthology: The Minor White Years, 1952–1976
Peter C. Bunnell, Lesley A. Martin, Diana C. Stoll
Aperture

Nominator: Barbara Escobar

Designer: Andrew Sloat

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Architectural composition
Marius Saliamoras
Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts Publishing House

Nominator: Ausra Lisauskiene

Designer: Ausra Lisauskiene
Art Director: Ausra Lisauskiene
Design Firm: Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts
Other Credits: The textbook is intended for students of architecture, landscape architecture, design and all those are interested in art and lows of composition.

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Arhitektura= pet let slovenske arhitekture / Architecture= Five Years of Slovene Architecture
Miha Dešman, Kristina Dešman, Andrej Hrausky, Uroš Lobnik (Eds.)
Drustvo arhitektov Ljubljane

Nominator: Kristina Dešman

Designer: Nena Gabrovec
Other Credits: Cover Photograph: Miran Kambič special issue of AB magazine

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Arnaud Maggs: Identification
Author: Josée Drouin Brisebois; Editors: Caroline Wetherilt, Anne Tessier
National Gallery of Canada

Nominator: Laura Dubcovsky

Designer: Clea Forkert
Art Director: Claire Dawson, Fidel Pena
Design Firm: Underline Studio

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Around the Southern Table
Rebecca Lang
Oxmoor House

Nominator: Felicity Keane

Designer: Carol Damsky
Art Director: Felicity Keane

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Art and Madness: A Memoir of Lust Without Reason
Anne Roiphe


Nominator: Alex Merto

Designer: Rachel Willey
Art Director: John Gall

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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

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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

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Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960
Contributions by Tracey Bashkoff, Megan M. Fontanella, and Joan Marter
Guggenheim Museum

Nominator: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Designer: Eileen Boxer
Design Firm: BoxerDesign

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Art without Artists
Authors: John Foster, Roger Manley; Editor: Chris Vitiello
Gregg Museum of Art & Design, North Carolina State University

Nominator: Eric Thoelke

Designer: Mary Kunnath
Art Director: Katy Fischer
Design Firm: TOKY Branding + Design
Other Credits: Eric Thoelke, Executive Creative Director

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Arts of Wonder: Enchanting Secularity—Walter De Maria, Diller + Scofidio, James Turrell, Andy Goldsworthy
Jeffrey L. Kosky
The University of Chicago Press

Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro

Designer: Matt Avery
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press

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As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
Vintage Publishing

Nominator: Matt Nieblas

Designer: Matt Nieblas
Art Director: Matt Nieblas
Design Firm: Nieblas Design

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As Texas Goes...
Gail Collins


Nominator: DJ Stout

Designer: Stu Taylor
Art Director: DJ Stout
Design Firm: Pentagram

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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

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Assorted Fire Events
David Means
Faber and Faber, Inc.

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Charlotte Strick
Art Director: Charlotte Strick
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Cover illustration by Adly Elewa

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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

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At Last
Edward St. Aubyn


Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Jennifer Carrow
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Other Credits: Jacket art: Roses by Sir Roy Calne © Getty Images

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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

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Atomic Swamp
Tracy L. Lyall
deadcat

Nominator: Debra Matthis

Designer: T.L.
Art Director: T.L.

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Attachments: Faces and Stories from America's Gates
by Bruce I. Bustard
The Foundation for the National Archives and D Giles Limited

Nominator: Evan Phifer

Designer: Brian Barth
Art Director: Brian Barth
Other Credits: Edited by Patty Reinert Mason and Benjamin Guterman

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