2012 Nominations

Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography 1945-1982
Daniell Cornell
DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing and Palm Springs Art Museum

Nominator: Prestel Publishing

Art Director: Dung Ngo

Submitted into 50 Covers

Bali: A Paradise Created
Adrian Vickers
Tuttle Publishing

Nominator: Victor Mingovits

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

Submitted into 50 Covers

Balthazar Korab: Architect of Photography
John Comazzi
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Margaret Rogalski

Designer: Jan Haux
Art Director: Paul Wagner

Submitted into 50 Books

Beautiful Trouble
Andrew Boyd
OR Books

Nominator: Cristian Fleming

Designer: Stephanie Lukito, Cristian Fleming
Art Director: Cristian Fleming
Design Firm: The Public Society

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Bedtime Tales for Sleepless Nights
Jake & Dinos Chapman
FUEL

Nominator: Stephen Sorrell

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

Submitted into 50 Covers

Believing in Reading: Our Places of Worship
Adam Sowan
Two Rivers Press

Nominator: Nadja Guggi

Designer: Sally Castle

Submitted into 50 Covers

Between Page and Screen
Amaranth Borsuk and Brad Bouse
Siglio

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Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Bibliodeath: My Archives (With Life in Footnotes)
Andrei Codrescu
ANTIBOOKCLUB

Nominator: Gabriel Levinson

Designer: Will Petty, Gabriel Levinson

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Big Butts, Fat Thighs, and Other Secrets to Success
Laura Black
Cazco Press

Nominator: Daniel Kohan

Designer: Daniel Kohan
Art Director: Daniel Kohan
Design Firm: Sensical Design & Communication

Submitted into 50 Covers

Bikes, Balls & Biscuitmen
Tim Crooks with Reading Museum
Two Rivers Press

Nominator: Nadja Guggi

Designer: Nadja Guggi

Submitted into 50 Covers

Birds
Margaret Atwood
Glenn Horowitz Bookseller

Nominator: Jerry Kelly

Designer: Jerry Kelly
Art Director: Jess Frost
Design Firm: Jerry Kelly LLC

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

Black and White Illustrations
Raymond Biesinger


Nominator:

Designer: Ray Beisinger and Marc Rimmer

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Oxford University Press

Nominator: Chris Brown

Designer: Chris Brown
Art Director: Chris Brown
Design Firm: Freelance

Submitted into 50 Covers

Black House (Reissue Edition)
Stephen King and Peter Straub
Scribner

Nominator: Rex Bonomelli

Designer: Rex Bonomelli
Art Director: Rex Bonomelli

Submitted into 50 Covers

Black Star, Crescent Moon
Sohail Daulatzai


Nominator: Brad D. Norr

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

Submitted into 50 Covers

Black White Blue
William Swanson


Nominator: Brad D. Norr

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

Submitted into 50 Covers

Bleak Expectations
Mark Evans
Corsair

Nominator: Sara Wood

Designer: Jim Tierney
Art Director: Sarah Castleton

Submitted into 50 Covers

Bleed for Me
Michael Robotham
Little, Brown & Co.

Nominator: Kapo Ng

Designer: Lindsey Andrews
Art Director: Mario Pulice

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

Bogey's Ace in the Hole
Marja McGraw
Oak Tree Press

Nominator: Jeana Thompson

Designer: Suzanne Kelly , L.W.Rigsbee
Art Director: Suzanne Kelly
Design Firm: Suzanne Kelly Designs

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Bonsai: A Patient Art
Susumu Nakamura, Ivan Watters, Terry Ann R. Neff
Chicago Botanic Garden and Yale University Press

Nominator: n/a

Designer: Claire Williams-Martinez, J. Brad Sturm
Art Director: Cheryl Towler Weese
Design Firm: Studio Blue
Other Credits: Tim Priest, photographer

Submitted into 50 Books

Book Was There
Andrew Piper
The University of Chicago Press

Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro

Designer: Andrea Guinn
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press

Submitted into 50 Covers

Boom, Bust, Boom
Bill Carter
Scribner

Nominator: Matt Tanner

Designer: Oliver Munday

Submitted into 50 Covers

Boss Rove
Craig Unger
Scribner

Nominator: Christopher Lin

Designer: Christopher Lin
Art Director: Rex Bonomelli
Design Firm: Simon & Schuster

Submitted into 50 Covers

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
Submitted into 50 Covers

Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation: Drug Trafficking and the Law in Central America
Julie Marie Bunck and Michael Ross Fowler


Nominator: theBookDesigners/Ian Shimkoviak

Designer: Ian Shimkoviak
Art Director: Jennifer Norton
Design Firm: theBookDesigners

Broad Street Chapel & the Origins of Dissent in Reading
Geoff Sawers
Two Rivers Press

Nominator: Nadja Guggi

Designer: Nadja Guggi

Submitted into 50 Covers

Broadway Musicals: From the pages of The New York Times
Ben Brantley
Abrams

Nominator: Sarah Gifford

Designer: Sarah Gifford
Design Firm: Abrams

Submitted into 50 Covers

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
Submitted into 50 Covers

Buddhaland Brooklyn
Richard C. Morais
Scribner

Nominator: Christopher Lin

Designer: Christopher Lin
Art Director: Rex Bonomelli
Design Firm: Simon & Schuster

Buffalo Bill in the Gallery of the Machines
Mark Rapacz
Burnt Bridge Press

Nominator: Mark Rapacz

Designer: Mark Rapacz
Other Credits: Photo by Thomas Hawk Installation Piece by Thom Ross

Submitted into 50 Books

Building Futures: Re-Invisioning The Hyde at Rensselaer
Andrew Saunders
The Hyde Collection

Nominator: Andrew Saunders

Designer: Andrew Saunders & Shima Miabadi
Art Director: Andrew Saunders
Design Firm: Andrew Saunders
Other Credits: Book Design & Editing Designer & Coordinator: Andrew Saunderslead; Graphic Designer & Editor: Shima Miabadigraphic; Designer & Editor: Caressa Siucopy; Editor: Lauren Thomsenphotographer: Joseph Falarensselaer; Leadership President: Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.Dean: Evan Douglishyde; Leadership Executive Director: David F. Setfordchief; Curator: Erin B. Coeregistrar: Barbara Rathburn; Associate Curator: Jayne Stokes; Curatorial Assistant: Susan Bishop; Facilities Technician: Thomas Johnson; Director’s Assistant: Kathy Reed; Director Of Marketing & Communication: Alice Grether; Book Printing: New York: Snyder Printer Inc.

Submitted into 50 Books
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Building Mobile Experiences
Frank Bentley and Edward Barrett
The MIT Press

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Submitted into 50 Covers

Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects
Jeanne Gang, Zoe Ryan, Michael Halberstam and Karen Kice
Other Distribution

Nominator: --

Designer: Margo Harrington and Chad Kouri

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers

Bull of Heaven: The Mythic Life of Eddie Buczynski and the Rise of the New York Pagan
Michael G. Lloyd
Asphodel Press

Nominator: Michael G. Lloyd

Designer: Carvin Rinehart
Art Director: Carvin Rinehart
Design Firm: www.carvinrinehart.com

Submitted into 50 Covers

Bullpit Magazine: Briefings from the Rock Underground - Fall 2012
John Dissed, Daedalus Howell, Allison Levin, Glenn Vigil, Richard Leverone, Mike Dyson, and BC Furtney
Bull Lee Media

Nominator: Joey Mann

Designer: Joey Mann
Art Director: Joey Mann
Design Firm: RAGD
Other Credits: Primary Typeface: Gustan - designed by Greg Lindy of Lux Typographic + Design

Submitted into 50 Covers

Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character
Jack Hitt
Crown

Nominator: William Drenttel

Designer: Christopher Brand

Submitted into 50 Covers

Burn the Resume, You need a professional profile
Donald Burrows, Deborah Drake
Aviva Publishing

Nominator: Jon Knight

Designer: Jon Knight
Art Director: Jon Knight
Design Firm: Sound Design Solutions

Submitted into 50 Covers

Burying the Typewriter
Carmen Bugan
Graywolf Press

Nominator: Kimberly Glyder

Designer: Kimberly Glyder
Design Firm: Kimberly Glyder Design
Other Credits: photo illustration by Kimberly Glyder, photos from the author

Submitted into 50 Covers

Butterfly in the Typewriter
Maclauchlin


Nominator: Jonathan Sainsbury

Designer: Paul Sahre
Art Director: Jonathan Sainsbury
Design Firm: O.O.P.S.

Submitted into 50 Covers

Butterfly In The Typewriter
Cory MacLauchlin
Da Capo Press

Nominator: Jonathan Sainsbury

Designer: Paul Sahre
Art Director: Jonathan Sainsbury
Design Firm: O. O. P. S.

Submitted into 50 Covers

By Blood
Ellen Ullman


Nominator: Jennifer Carrow

Designer: Rodrigo Corral

Submitted into 50 Covers

By the Iowa Sea
Joe Blair
Scribner

Nominator: Christopher Lin

Designer: Christopher Lin
Art Director: Rex Bonomelli
Design Firm: Simon & Schuster

Submitted into 50 Covers