2012 Nominations

Cai Guo-Qiang: Ladder to the Sky
Jeffrey Deitch and Rebecca Morse
DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Nominator: Prestel Publishing

Designer: Miko McGinty
Design Firm: Miko McGinty Design

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call it art / The New York Art Quartet
Benjamin Young / Joe Lizzi
Triple Point Records

Nominator: Tom Greenwood

Designer: Svenja Knoedler
Design Firm: büro svenja

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Calling Invisible Women
Jeanne Ray
Crown

Nominator: Maria Elias

Designer: Maria Elias
Art Director: Christopher Brand
Other Credits: Illustration and Lettering: Maria Elias

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Caravaggio and His Legacy
Edited by J. Patrice Marandel with contributions by J. Patrice Marandel, Gianni Papi and Benjamin Couilleaux, Axel Hemery, Michel Hilaire,Dominique Jacquot, Judith Mann,Lynn Orr, Amy Walsh, Eric Zafran,Olivier Zeder
Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel

Nominator: Lisa Mark

Designer: Barbara Glauber
Other Credits: Project Manager: Nola ButlerEditor: Julia HenshawProduction Manager: Karen FarquharSupervising Photographer: Peter BrennerThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy, which was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Musee Fabre de Montpellier Agglomeration, the Musee des Augustins, Toulouse, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, under the auspices of FRAME (French Regional American Museum Exchange). It was made possible in part by the Annenberg Foundation, the Robert Lehman Foundation, Sotheby's, and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. It was supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

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Carpe Diem Journal
Mary Kate McDevitt
Chronicle

Nominator: --

Designer: Mary Kate McDevitt

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Cascade
Maryanne O'Hara


Nominator: Andrew Lau

Designer: Emily Mahon
Art Director: Paul Buckley

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Casino Royale
Ian Fleming
Thomas & Mercer

Nominator: Archie Ferguson

Designer: Archie Ferguson
Art Director: Archie Ferguson
Design Firm: Archie Ferguson Design
Other Credits: Part of a 16 book series

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Cat Confessions
Allia Zobel Nolan
Harvest House

Nominator: Mary pat Pino

Designer: Mary pat Pino
Art Director: Mary pat Pino
Design Firm: Mary pat Design

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Champions of Design 2
Andy Knowles, Silas Amos and James Joice


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Designer: Mina Jee

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

Nominator: Colleen Lanick

Designer: --

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China's Design Revolution
Lorraine Justice
The MIT Press

Nominator: William Drenttel


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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

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Chinoiserie
Karen Rigby
Ahsahta Press

Nominator: K. Rigby

Designer: Jeff Clark
Design Firm: Quemadura

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Cinder
Marissa Meyer
Feiwel & Friends

Nominator: Lindsey Andrews

Designer: Rich Deas
Art Director: Rich Deas
Other Credits: Cover illustration by Michael O

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City of the Snakes
Darren Shan
Grand Central Publishing

Nominator: Sarah Stevens

Designer: Catherine Casalino
Art Director: Catherine Casalino

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Civic Action
Julie V. Lovine, Alyson Baker, Laurie Beckelman, Amelia Black, Jenny Dixon, Hugh Hardy, John Hatfield, Natalie Jeremijenko, Molly Nesbit, Nina Rappaport, Amy Smith-Stewart, Robert Sullivan, Claire Weisz
The Noguchi Museum and Socrates Sculpture Park

Nominator: Claire Weisz

Designer: Yeju Choi
Art Director: Yeju Choi
Design Firm: Nowhere Office
Other Credits: Published as a compendium to the two-part exhibition Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City, organized by The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in collaboration with Socrates Sculpture ParkUrban Strategist: Claire WeiszProject Managers: Elissa Goldstone and Amy HauCopy Editor: Stephanie Salomon

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Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties
Achim Hochdorfer, Barbara Schroder
DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing and Museum Moderner Kunst Stifftung Ludwig Wien

Nominator: Prestel Publishing

Designer: Joseph Logan
Art Director: none

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Claire Falkenstein
Susan M. Anderson, Michael Duncan, and Maren Henderson
The Falkenstein Foundation

Nominator: Amy Fortunato

Designer: Lorraine Wild with Haruna Madono and Jennifer Rider
Art Director: Lorraine Wild
Design Firm: Green Dragon Office

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Cloud Camera
Lesley Saunders
Two Rivers Press

Nominator: Nadja Guggi

Designer: Sally Castle

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College Algebra: A Concise Approach
Paul Sisson


Nominator: Tee Jay Zajac

Designer: Tee Jay Zajac
Art Director: Tee Jay Zajac
Other Credits: Editor: Barry Wright, III

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Come August, Come Freedom
Gigi Amateau
Candlewick Press

Nominator: Matt Roeser

Designer: Matt Roeser
Art Director: Kristen Nobles

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Coming Flu
J.L. Greger
Oak Tree Press

Nominator: Jeana Thompson

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

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Components Of Murder
Robert M.Cawley
Oak Tree Press

Nominator: Jeana Thompson

Designer: Karen Phillips Designs, Caroline Kingsley
Art Director: Karen Phillips Designs
Design Firm: Oak Tree Press

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Computing
Paul E. Ceruzzi
The MIT Press

Nominator: The MIT Press

Designer: Emily Gutheinz

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Consider the Fork
Bee Wilson


Nominator: Nicole Caputo

Designer: Nicole Caputo
Art Director: Nicole Caputo
Design Firm: Basic Books

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Contemporary Poets anthology series
Ted Hughes; Don Paterson; Simon Armitage; Wendy Cope; Christopher Reid
Faber and Faber

Nominator: Eleanor Crow

Designer: Eleanor Crow
Art Director: Donna Payne
Design Firm: Faber and Faber design department

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Content Everywhere
Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Rosenfeld Media

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Designer: Cover Design: Heads of State

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Conversations from the Print Studio: A Master Printer in Collaboration with Ten Artists
Craig Zammiello and Elisabeth Hodermarsky
Yale University Press

Nominator: William Drenttel

Designer: Christopher Sleboda

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Counting Backwards
Laura Lascaro
Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster

Nominator: Laura Hanifin

Designer: Michael McCartney
Art Director: Michael McCartney
Other Credits: Photography: Laura Hanifin

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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

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Crime Square
Robert J Randisi
Vantage Point Books

Nominator: Victor Mingovits

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

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Critical Documents of 20th Century Latin American and Latino Art: Vol 1
Héctor Olea, Mari Carmen Ramírez, Tomás Ybarra-Frausto


Nominator: Henk van Assen

Designer: Henk van Assen, Loide Marwanga
Art Director: Henk van Assen
Design Firm: HvADesign

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Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture
Ian Cobain
Portobello

Nominator: Stephen Sorrell

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

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Cubop City Blues
Pablo Medina


Nominator: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich

Designer: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Art Director: Charles Woods
Design Firm: de Vicq design

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Culture & Commerce: The Royal Academy & Mayfair
Charles Landry
Comedia

Nominator: Anne Murray

Designer: David Hills
Art Director: David Hills
Design Firm: Hills Design
Other Credits: Charles Landry Sue Andrew The Royal Academy & Mayfair

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Curator's Curse
Scarlet Hunter
Lucky Clover Publishing

Nominator: Janet Aponte-Pagan

Designer: Janet Aponte-Pagan
Design Firm: Epic 3 Productions

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Curiosity and Method: Ten Years of Cabinet Magazine
Sina Najafi
Cabinet Books

Nominator: Sina Najafi

Designer: Everything Studio

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