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2012 Nominations


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Hans Fallada series
Hans Fallada series
Hans Fallada
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King
Other Credits: Every Man Dies Alone; Little Man, What Now?; The Drinker; Wolf Among Wolves

Submitted into 50 Covers


Happiness is a Chemical in the Brain
Happiness is a Chemical in the Brain
Lucia Perillo
W. W. Norton

Nominator: Jennifer Heuer

Designer: Jennifer Heuer
Art Director: Francine Kass
Other Credits: Photography by Todd Hido

Submitted into 50 Covers


Health Care for Some: Rights and Rationing in the United States since 1930
Health Care for Some: Rights and Rationing in the United States since 1930
Beatrix Hoffman
The University of Chicago Press

Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro

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

Submitted into 50 Covers


Heart Of Dankness
Heart Of Dankness
Mark Haskell Smith


Nominator: Steve Attardo

Designer: Steve Attardo
Art Director: Jim Massey

Submitted into 50 Covers


Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad


Nominator: Andrew Lau

Designer: Paul Buckley
Art Director: Paul Buckley
Other Credits: Cover art by Mike Mignola

Submitted into 50 Covers


Hecho In Minnesota - Posters Designed By UNO Branding
Hecho In Minnesota - Posters Designed By UNO Branding
Luis Fitch (Author, Editor, Illustrator) Carolina Ornelas (Author)


Nominator: Luis Fitch

Designer: Luis Fitch and Timothée Redkitten
Art Director: Luis Fitch
Design Firm: UNO Branding - A cross-cultural design agency
Other Credits: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Carolina Ornelas COPYWRITERS Ana Luisa Fajer Doug Padilla CREATIVE DIRECTORS Luis Fitch GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Timothée Redkitten

Submitted into 50 Covers


Hell Camp
Hell Camp
Niki Smart
iMay Productions

Nominator: Niki Smart

Designer: Joni Parenti
Art Director: Joni Parenti

Submitted into 50 Books
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


Hello Nature: How to Draw, Paint, Cook, & Find Your Way
Hello Nature: How to Draw, Paint, Cook, & Find Your Way
William Wegman
DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing and the Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Nominator: Prestel Publishing

Designer: Laura Lindgren

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Hemlock Grove
Hemlock Grove
Brian McGreevy


Nominator: Jennifer Carrow

Designer: Rodrigo Corral
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Other Credits: Illustration by Matt Buck

Submitted into 50 Covers


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
Submitted into 50 Covers


Herb Ritts: L.A. Style
Herb Ritts: L.A. Style
Paul Martineau
Getty Publications

Nominator: Brian Davis

Designer: Jim Drobka
Design Firm: Getty Publications
Other Credits: Editor: Beatrice HoheneggerProduction Coordinator: Stacy Miyagawa

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


HHhH
HHhH
Laurent Binet
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Rodrigo Corral
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Jacket art by Adly Elewa

Submitted into 50 Covers


Hikaye Oksijendir (Story Is Oxygen - Significance of story, from stone age to digital age)
Hikaye Oksijendir (Story Is Oxygen - Significance of story, from stone age to digital age)
Sait Aytemur
Mediacat

Nominator: Onur Erler

Designer: Onur Erler
Art Director: Onur Erler
Design Firm: Oyku / Dialogue International

Submitted into 50 Covers


History of Butoh
History of Butoh
Khadija Anderson
Writ Large Press

Nominator: Khadija Anderson

Designer: Judeth Oden Choi
Art Director: Judeth Oden Choi
Other Credits: Cover Art: Melora Walters

Submitted into 50 Covers


Hook & Jill
Hook & Jill
Andrea Jones
Reginetta Press

Nominator: Catherine Leah Condon-Guillemette

Designer: Erik Hollander
Art Director: Erik Hollander
Design Firm: Hollander Design Lab

Submitted into 50 Covers


Hope's Road
Hope's Road
William Wells
Vantage Point Books

Nominator: Victor Mingovits

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

Submitted into 50 Covers


Hope: A Tragedy
Hope: A Tragedy
Shalom Auslander


Nominator: Helen Yentus

Designer: John Gall
Art Director: Helen Yentus
Other Credits: Jacket photograph ©Tom Tietz

Submitted into 50 Covers


Hopeless
Hopeless
Colleen Hoover
self-published

Nominator: Sarah Hansen

Designer: Okay Creations
Art Director: Sarah Hansen

Submitted into 50 Covers


Horseshoe Crab: Biography of a Survivor
Horseshoe Crab: Biography of a Survivor
Anthony D. Fredericks
Ruka Press

Nominator: Daniel Kohan

Designer: Daniel Kohan
Art Director: Daniel Kohan
Design Firm: Sensical Design & Communication
Other Credits: Illustration by Leslie Prunty

Submitted into 50 Covers


Hotel Design, Planning, and Development, Second Edition
Hotel Design, Planning, and Development, Second Edition
Richard H. Penner, Lawrence Adams, Stephani K. A. Robson
W. W. Norton & Company

Nominator: Rebecca Shaughnessy

Designer: Alex Lazarou

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Hour 25
Hour 25
Choi Kit Wang, Yam Sai Tung Tony, Lai Wing Fung, Chan Yui Kwan, So Tze Shun
ORO editions

Nominator: Gordon Goff

Designer: So Tze Shun, Yam Sai Tung Tony, Chan Yiu Kwan, Luk Siu Kai, Yan Kit Man, Chan Kam Fung, Chu Chun Ting
Art Director: Choi Kit Wang, Lai Wing Fung
Design Firm: Hong Kong University Students
Other Credits: sponsored by Barbie Ho Architecture- Interiors LTD., David Lung, Jonathan D Soloman, Juan Du, Essay contributors: Eunice Seng, Tom Verbes, Eric Schuldenfrei, John Lin, Joshua Bolchover, Zhu Tao, Gao Yan, & Jia Beisi. Editorial thanks to Irene Kwok.

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


House
House
Diane Keaton & D.J. Waldie
Rizzoli International Publications

Nominator: Amy Fortunato

Designer: Lorraine Wild and Haruna Madono in collaboration with Diane Keaton
Art Director: Lorraine Wild
Design Firm: Green Dragon Office

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


House of Holes
House of Holes
Nicholson Baker
Simon & Schuster

Nominator: Jason Heuer

Designer: Jason Heuer
Art Director: Jackie Seow
Design Firm: Jason Heuer Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


How Everyone Became Depressed
How Everyone Became Depressed
Edward Shorter
Oxford University Press

Nominator: Thomas Ng

Designer: Thomas Ng
Art Director: Brady McNamara
Design Firm: Thomas Ng

Submitted into 50 Covers


How Music Works
How Music Works
David Byrne
McSweeney's

Nominator: Sam Riley

Designer: McSweeney's
Art Director: Walter Green
Design Firm: McSweeney's

Submitted into 50 Covers


How to Be a Person: The Stranger's Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself
How to Be a Person: The Stranger's Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself
Lindy West (Author), Dan Savage (Author), Christopher Frizzelle (Author), Bethany Jean Clement (Author), The Staff of The Stranger (Author)
1570617783

Nominator: Jesse Phillips

Designer: Corianton Hale
Art Director: Corianton Hale
Design Firm: Sleep Op

Submitted into 50 Covers


How To Be Black
How To Be Black
Baratunde Thurston
HarperCollins Publishers

Nominator: Richard Ljoenes

Designer: Richard Ljoenes
Art Director: Richard Ljoenes
Design Firm: HarperCollins Publishers

Submitted into 50 Covers


How to Cook Like a Man
How to Cook Like a Man
Daniel Duane


Nominator: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich

Designer: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Art Director: Patti Ratchford
Design Firm: de Vicq design

Submitted into 50 Covers


How to get into and survive film, advertising and TV post-production
How to get into and survive film, advertising and TV post-production
Klaudija Cermak


Nominator: rosa lykiardopoulos

Designer: Rosa lykiardopoulos

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


How to Sharpen Pencils
How to Sharpen Pencils
David Rees
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers


How to Talk About Wine
How to Talk About Wine
Bernard Klem
Sterling Epicure

Nominator: Catherine Casalino

Designer: Catherine Casalino
Art Director: Elizabeth Mihaltse
Design Firm: Catherine Casalino Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


How Your House Works
How Your House Works
Charlie Wing
John Wiley & Sons

Nominator: --

Designer: --

Submitted into 50 Books


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


Humblebrag
Humblebrag
Harris Wittels
Grand Central Publishing

Nominator: Elizabeth Connor

Designer: Elizabeth Connor
Art Director: Elizabeth Connor
Other Credits: Jacket illustration by Andrew Davidson/Under Design, Philadelphia

Submitted into 50 Covers


Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book
Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book
Jake Goodby and Sean Vahey with Paolo Lucchesi
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Vanessa Dina
Art Director: Vanessa Dina
Other Credits: Photography by Frankie Frankeny

Submitted into 50 Covers


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


Hush, Hush
Hush, Hush
Steven Bartheleme
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King






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