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2012 Nominations


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Early American
Early American
Sharon Core
Radius Books

Nominator: Jenni Higginbotham

Designer: David Chickey
Art Director: David Chickey
Design Firm: Skolkin & Chickey
Other Credits: Text by Brian Sholis.

Submitted into 50 Books


Earth As Art
Earth As Art
Lawrence Friedl, Karen Yuen, Rosemary Sullivant, George Gonzalez, Lisa Jirousek, Kathy Carroll
NASA

Nominator: Stephen Schaeberle

Designer: Stephen Schaeberle
Art Director: Stephen Schaeberle
Design Firm: Media Fusion
Other Credits: NASA acknowledges those who worked to produce thesewonderful images. All of the people in the public and private sectors who designed the remarkable sensors, operated the robust satellites, and processed the stunning images deservespecial recognition and praise.Several individuals supported the development of the book and the selection of images, particularly Karen Yuen, Rosemary Sullivant, Kathy Carroll, Stephen Schaeberle, George Gonzalez, Lisa Jirousek, Tun Hla, Jennifer Friedl, and Andrew Noh.

Submitted into 50 Books
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EARTHWORKS
EARTHWORKS
JACQUELINE GABBITAS
STONEWOODPRESS

Nominator: PREETHA LEELA CHOCKALINGAM

Art Director: MARTIN PARKER
Design Firm: STONEWOOD PRESS

Submitted into 50 Covers


Eastgate Keeps on Singing
Eastgate Keeps on Singing
K.D. McCrite


Nominator: Tracey Mitchell

Designer: Tracey Mitchell
Design Firm: Mitchell Morris Publishing

Submitted into 50 Covers


Eat London2
Eat London2
Peter Prescott and Terence Conran
Conran

Nominator:

Designer: David Hawkins

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Eating the Enlightenment
Eating the Enlightenment
E. C. Spary
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


Edible Selby
Edible Selby
Todd Selby, Chad Robertson (Introduction), Sally Singer (Foreword)
Abrams

Nominator: Mother Design

Designer: Damien Saatdjian
Art Director: Creative Director: Michael Kaye // Design Director: Paulina Reyes
Design Firm: Mother Design

Submitted into 50 Books


Edward Durell Stone: Modernism's Populist Architect
Edward Durell Stone: Modernism's Populist Architect
Mary Anne Hunting
W. W. Norton & Company

Nominator: Rebecca Shaughnessy

Designer: Abigail Sturges

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Egon Schiele's Women
Egon Schiele's Women
Jane Kallir
Prestel Publishing

Nominator: Prestel Publishing

Designer: Gina Rossi

Submitted into 50 Covers


Eight Girls Taking Pictures
Eight Girls Taking Pictures
Whitney Otto
Scribner

Nominator: Rex Bonomelli

Designer: Rex Bonomelli
Art Director: Rex Bonomelli

Submitted into 50 Covers


Elegantissima: The Design and Typography of Louise Fili
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


Elsewhere, California
Elsewhere, California
Dani Johnson
Counterpoint Press

Nominator: Kelly Winton

Designer: Debbie Berne

Submitted into 50 Covers


Encyclopedia of Flowers – Flower Works by Makoto Azuma Photographed by Shunsuke Shiinoki
Encyclopedia of Flowers – Flower Works by Makoto Azuma Photographed by Shunsuke Shiinoki
Kyoko Wada
Lars Müller Publishers

Nominator: Lars Müller Publishers

Designer: Kenya Hara, Kaoru Matsuno, and Chen Fangju
Art Director: Kenya Hara
Design Firm: Nippon Design Center

Submitted into 50 Books


Encyclopedia Paranoiaca
Encyclopedia Paranoiaca
Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf
Simon and Schuster

Nominator: David Ter-Avanesyan

Designer: David Ter-Avanesyan
Art Director: Michael Accordino
Design Firm: David Ter-Avanesyan

Submitted into 50 Covers


Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974
Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974
Phillip Kaiser & Miwon Kwon
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles / Haus der Kunst, Munich / Prestel

Nominator: Amy Fortunato

Designer: Lorraine Wild & Xiaoqing Wang
Art Director: Lorraine Wild
Design Firm: Green Dragon Office

Submitted into 50 Books
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Enemy of the Truth: Myths, Forensics and the Kennedy Assassination
Enemy of the Truth: Myths, Forensics and the Kennedy Assassination
Sherry Fiester
JFK Lancer Publications

Nominator: Debra Conway

Designer: Sherry Fiester

Submitted into 50 Covers


Engaging New Americans: Preparing for US Citizenship with the Harvard Art Museums
Engaging New Americans: Preparing for US Citizenship with the Harvard Art Museums
Judy Murray
Harvard Art Museums

Nominator: Steven Waldron

Designer: Cristian Butcovich
Art Director: Steven Waldron
Design Firm: Harvard Art Museums In-House, Un-Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


Enviroment and Object: Recent African Art
Enviroment and Object: Recent African Art
Lisa Aronson & John S. Weber


Nominator: Barbara Glauber

Designer: Barbara Glauber, Azusa Kobayashi, Gregory Skiano
Art Director: Barbara Glauber
Design Firm: Heavy Meta

Submitted into 50 Books


Equal of the Sun
Equal of the Sun
Anita Amirrezvani
Scribner

Nominator: Rex Bonomelli

Designer: Rex Bonomelli
Art Director: Rex Bonomelli

Submitted into 50 Covers


Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany
Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany
Charles Portis, Edited by Jay Jennings
Butler Center Books

Nominator: Jay Jennings

Designer: Mike Reddy
Art Director: Mike Reddy
Other Credits: Book design: H.K. Stewart

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Evelyn Waugh series
Evelyn Waugh series
Evelyn Waugh
Little Brown / Back Bay

Nominator: Keith Hayes

Designer: Keith Hayes
Art Director: Keith Hayes
Other Credits: illustration and hand-lettering by Jon Contino

Submitted into 50 Covers


Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story: A Life Of David Foster Wallace
Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story: A Life Of David Foster Wallace
D.T. Max
Granta

Nominator: Stephen Sorrell

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

Submitted into 50 Covers


Everybody Sees the Ants
Everybody Sees the Ants
A.S. King
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Nominator: Liz Casal

Designer: Liz Casal
Art Director: David Caplan
Other Credits: Cover image © Pando Hall / Getty Images

Submitted into 50 Covers


Everything All at Once: The Software, Architecture, and Videos of MOS
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


Executive Severance
Executive Severance
Robert K. Blechman
Neopoiesis Press

Nominator: Robert K. Blechman


Submitted into 50 Covers


Eye On A Century
Eye On A Century
Various
Yale University Press

Nominator:

Designer: Christopher Sleboda

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Ezra Stoller: Photographer
Ezra Stoller: Photographer
Nina Rappaport and Erica Stoller
Yale University Press

Nominator: Jessica Helfand

Designer: Yve Ludwig
Art Director: Yve Ludwig, Pentagram
Design Firm: Pentagram

Submitted into 50 Books
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