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2012 Nominations


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I Burn Paris
I Burn Paris
Bruno Jasienski


Nominator: Dan Mayer

Designer: Dan Mayer
Other Credits: Translated by Soren A. Gauger and Marcin Piekoszewski

Submitted into 50 Covers


I Live in a Hut
I Live in a Hut
S.E. Smith
Cleveland State University Poetry Center

Nominator: Amy Freels

Designer: Amy Freels
Other Credits: Cover image: Painted Yellow Dress 2, 1948-2011 by Barry Stone

Submitted into 50 Covers


I Used To Be A Design Student
I Used To Be A Design Student
Frank Philippin and Billy Kiosoglou
Laurence King

Nominator:


Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


I Want To Be Metropolitan
I Want To Be Metropolitan
Rafael Luna, Dongwoo Yim
ORO editions

Nominator: Gordon Goff

Designer: Nemuel Depaula
Art Director: Nemuel Depaula
Design Firm: Praud

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Iconografia Paulistana (Iconography of São Paulo)
Iconografia Paulistana (Iconography of São Paulo)
Gustavo Piqueira
WMF Martins Fontes

Nominator: Gustavo Piqueira

Designer: Gustavo Piqueira, Samia Jacintho
Art Director: Gustavo Piqueira
Design Firm: Casa Rex
Other Credits: Assistant designer: Marianne Meni, Caroline Vapsys

Submitted into 50 Covers


Icons of Danish Modernity: Georg Brandes and Asta Nielsen
Icons of Danish Modernity: Georg Brandes and Asta Nielsen
Julie K. Allen
University of Washington Press

Nominator: Thomas Eykemans

Designer: Thomas Eykemans

Submitted into 50 Covers


If Not For The Dawn
If Not For The Dawn
Dane St. John
CreateSpace

Nominator: Sean Wolcott

Designer: Sean Wolcott
Art Director: Sean Wolcott
Design Firm: Rationale

Submitted into 50 Covers


Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal
Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal
Karen Falk, Foreword by Lisa Henson
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Michael Morris
Art Director: Michael Morris

Submitted into 50 Books


Impact: 50 Years of the Council of Fashion Designers of America
Impact: 50 Years of the Council of Fashion Designers of America
Rebecca Kaplan, Editor
Abrams

Nominator: Sarah Gifford

Designer: Sarah Gifford
Design Firm: Abrams

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Implausible Futures For Unpopular Places
Implausible Futures For Unpopular Places
The Hypothetical Development Organization
Blurb

Nominator:

Designer: Ellen Susan

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


IN EXTREMIS: Death and Life in 21st Century Haitian Art
IN EXTREMIS: Death and Life in 21st Century Haitian Art
Donald J. Cosentino
Regents of the University of California

Nominator: Joey Mann

Designer: Cover Design: Mary Smudde
Art Director: Sebastian Clough

Submitted into 50 Covers


In Persuit of a Vision
In Persuit of a Vision
FIND
American Antiquarian Society

Nominator: --

Designer: Abigal P. Hutchinson

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


In Search of the Miraculous: Or, One Thing Leads to Another
In Search of the Miraculous: Or, One Thing Leads to Another
Milton Glaser
Overlook Hardcover

Nominator: Milton Glaser

Designer: Milton Glaser

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys
In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys
Campbell McGrath
Ecco/HarperCollins

Nominator: Alison Forner

Designer: Alison Forner
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Submitted into 50 Covers


In the Life of Cities
In the Life of Cities
Mohsen Mostafavi in Cooperation with Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Lars Müller Publishers

Nominator: Lars Müller Publishers

Designer: Integral Lars Müller
Art Director: Lars Müller
Design Firm: Integral Lars Müller

Submitted into 50 Books


In the Shadow of the Banyan
In the Shadow of the Banyan
Vaddey Ratner
Simon & Schuster

Nominator: Christopher Lin

Designer: Christopher Lin
Art Director: Jackie Seow
Design Firm: Simon & Schuster

Submitted into 50 Covers


In This Timeless Time: Living and Dying on Death Row in America
In This Timeless Time: Living and Dying on Death Row in America
Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian


Nominator: Bonnie Campbell

Designer: Bonnie Campbell

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States
In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States
Ilene Susan Fort, Tere Arcq, and Terri Geis
DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Nominator: Prestel Publishing

Designer: Miko McGinty and Anjali Pala
Art Director: N/A
Design Firm: Miko McGinty Design

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli's Field
Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli's Field
Jo Applin
MIT Press

Nominator:


Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Information Graphics
Information Graphics
Sandra Rendgen, Julius Wiedemann
TASCHEN

Nominator: TASCHEN

Designer: Cover design by Josh Baker
Art Director: Praline, Al Rodger and David Tanguy

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Infra, photographs by Richard Mosse
Infra, photographs by Richard Mosse
Richard Mosse, Lesley A. Martin
Aperture

Nominator: Barbara Escobar

Designer: Emily Lessard

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Ink Painting and Beyond
Ink Painting and Beyond
Qigu Jiang


Nominator: Tina Kyusun Lee

Designer: Tina Kyusun Lee
Art Director: Tina Kyusun Lee

Submitted into 50 Books


Inside Apple
Inside Apple
Adam Lashinsky
Business Plus / Grand Central Publishing

Nominator: Christopher Sergio

Designer: Christopher Sergio
Art Director: Anne Twomey
Design Firm: Christopher Sergio Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


Inside HBO's Game of Thrones
Inside HBO's Game of Thrones
Bryan Cogman, Preface by George R. R. Martin, and Forward by David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Chronicle Books

Nominator: Chronicle Books

Designer: Paul Kepple and Ralph Geroni
Art Director: Michael Morris
Design Firm: Headcase Design

Submitted into 50 Books


Instant: The Story of Polaroid
Instant: The Story of Polaroid
Christopher Bonanos
Princeton Architectural Press

Nominator: Katherine Meyers

Designer: Book: The Graphics Office, Jacket Design: Paul Wagner, Bree Anne Apperley

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Instigations – Engaging Architecture, Landscape, and the City
Instigations – Engaging Architecture, Landscape, and the City
Mohsen Mostafavi and Peter Christensen
Lars Müller Publishers

Nominator: Lars Müller Publishers

Designer: Integral Lars Müller
Art Director: Lars Müller
Design Firm: Integral Lars Müller

Submitted into 50 Books


Interactive Design: An Introduction to the Theory and Application of User-centered Design
Interactive Design: An Introduction to the Theory and Application of User-centered Design
Andy Pratt and Jason Nunes
Rockport

Nominator: --

Designer: Andy Pratt and Samantha Katz

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Inventario 06
Inventario 06
Beppe Finessi
Edizioni Corraini

Nominator:

Designer: Alberto Moreu

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Inventing Chemistry: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts
Inventing Chemistry: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts
John C. Powers
The University of Chicago Press

Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro

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

Submitted into 50 Covers


Iron Hearted Violet
Iron Hearted Violet
Kelly Barnhill
Little, Brown and Company 2012

Nominator: Francesca Leoneschi

Designer: Iacopo Bruno
Art Director: Sasha Illingworth
Design Firm: the World of DOT
Other Credits: Illustrator: Iacopo Bruno/The World of DOT Hand-made type: Iacopo Bruno/The World of DOT

Submitted into 50 Covers


Isaac Julien, Geopoetics
Isaac Julien, Geopoetics
Tete Martinho
Associação Cultural Videobrasil / SESC

Nominator: Daniel Trench

Designer: Daniel Trench
Art Director: Daniel Trench, Celso Longo
Design Firm: Celso Longo + Daniel Trench

Submitted into 50 Books


It's All About the Bike
It's All About the Bike
Robert Penn
1608195384

Nominator: Ploy Siripant

Designer: Joel Holland
Art Director: Patti Ratchford

Submitted into 50 Covers





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