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Made in Japan
Made in Japan
Naomi Pollock
Merrell

Nominator: Nicola Bailey

Designer: Alexandre Coco
Art Director: Nicola Bailey
Design Firm: Merrell
Other Credits: Foreword by Reiko Sudo

Submitted into 50 Books
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Magicians & Charlatans
Magicians & Charlatans
Jed Perl
Eakins Press Foundation

Nominator: Heather Althoff

Designer: Howard I. Gralla

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Majke i kćeri / Mothers and Daughters
Majke i kćeri / Mothers and Daughters
Irena Bekić
Gallery 90-60-90

Nominator: Zlatka Salopek

Designer: Zlatka Salopek and Ana Kunej
Art Director: Zlatka Salopek and Ana Kunej
Design Firm: kuna zlatica
Other Credits: Photos: Ana Opalić, Tihana Mandušić, Josip Ostojić

Submitted into 50 Books


MAKE SPACE: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration
MAKE SPACE: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration
Scott Doorley , Scott Witthoft , Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University , David Kelley
John Wiley & Sons

Nominator: Penny Makras

Designer: Yoshie Hozumi, Adam Katz, Catherine Kirk, Naz Sahin, Jules Tardy, Ryan Thacker and Amit Werber
Art Director: Scott Stowell
Design Firm: Open

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Making an Exit
Making an Exit
Sarah Murray
Picador

Nominator: Henry Sene Yee

Designer: Lisa Marie Pompilio
Art Director: Henry Sene Yee
Design Firm: Picador

Submitted into 50 Covers


Making WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing
Making WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing
Leonard Koren
Imperfect Publishing

Nominator: --

Designer: Emilia Burchiellaro and Leonard Koren

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Mann Land
Mann Land
Joey Mann
Joey Mann

Nominator: Joey Mann

Designer: Joey Mann
Other Credits: Ana Llorente and Davey Whitcraft

Submitted into 50 Covers


Marimekko: Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture
Marimekko: Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture
Ms. Marianne Aav
Bard Center

Nominator: Julia Haav

Designer: Minna Luoma
Design Firm: Candy Graphics

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Mark & the Jellybeen Monster
Mark & the Jellybeen Monster
Author - Ariel Lee; Editors - Alex Carswell, Nancey Greystone
Designmatters at Art Center College of Design

Nominator: Mariana Amatullo

Designer: Ariel Lee
Art Director: David Tillinghast
Design Firm: Designmatters at Art Center College of Design
Other Credits: Typographic Supervisor - Vina Rostomyan

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Mark Hearld's Work Book
Mark Hearld's Work Book
Mark Hearld
Merrell

Nominator: Nicola Bailey

Designer: Nicola Bailey
Art Director: Nicola Bailey
Design Firm: Merrell
Other Credits: Artist: Mark HearldText: Simon Martin

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Mastering the Iron
Mastering the Iron
Anne Kelly Knowles
The University of Chicago Press

Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro

Designer: Ryan Li
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press

Submitted into 50 Books


MATERIAL 3
MATERIAL 3
Ginny Cook, Kim Schoen (Editors)
MATERIAL Press

Nominator: Zak Jensen

Designer: Zak Jensen

Submitted into 50 Covers


Material Manifestations: Cultural Affects of Shaker Artifacts
Material Manifestations: Cultural Affects of Shaker Artifacts
Andrew Saunders / Rensselaer Architecture
Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon

Nominator: Andrew Saunders

Designer: Andrew Saunders, Michael Villardi, Caressa Siu, Shima Miabadi & Lauren Thomson
Art Director: Andrew Saunders
Design Firm: Andrew Saunders
Other Credits: BOOK DESIGN AND EDITINGDESIGNER & COORDINATOR ��— ANDREW SAUNDERSLEAD GRAPHIC DESIGNER & EDITOR ��— MICHAEL VILLARDILEAD GRAPHIC DESIGNER & EDITOR ��— CARESSA SIUCOPY EDITOR ��— LAUREN THOMSENGRAPHIC DESIGNER ��— SHIMA MIABADIANDREW VAN MEERBEKEPAUL CHANRENSSELAER LEADERSHIPPRESIDENT ��— SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON, PH.D.DEAN ��— EVAN DOUGLISSHAKER MUSEUM | MOUNT LEBANONPRESIDENT ��— DAVID STOCKSDIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH ��— JERRY GRANTBOOK PRINTINGNEW YORK ��— SNYDER PRINTER INC.

Submitted into 50 Books
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Materializing Six Years
Materializing Six Years
Catherine Morris and Vincent Bonin
The MIT Press and The Brooklyn Museum

Nominator: Yasuyo Iguchi

Designer: Margarita Encomienda
Art Director: -
Other Credits: Roger Conover, acquisitions editor.James Leggio, project editor, Brooklyn Museum.Janet Rossi, production manager.

Submitted into 50 Books


May B.
May B.
Caroline Starr Rose
Schwartz & Wade

Nominator:

Designer: Rachel Cole and Christopher Silas Neal

Submitted into 50 Covers


May We Be Forgiven
May We Be Forgiven
A. M. Homes
Granta

Nominator: Jamie Keenan

Designer: Jon Gray
Design Firm: gray318

Submitted into 50 Covers


May We Be Forgiven
May We Be Forgiven
A. M. Homes
Viking/Penguin

Nominator: Alison Forner

Designer: Alison Forner
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Submitted into 50 Covers


Maybe the Saddest Thing
Maybe the Saddest Thing
Marcus Wicker
HarperCollins Publishers

Nominator: Richard Ljoenes

Designer: Richard Ljoenes
Art Director: Richard Ljoenes
Design Firm: HarperCollins Publishers
Other Credits: Bruce Lee by Chris Achilleos; Flava Flav illustration by Hannah Buck; escalator by Exstream 3D/Pycomall; all other art by iStockPhoto. Author photograph by Donald Adiska.

Submitted into 50 Covers


Maynard L. Parker: Modern Photography and the American Dream
Maynard L. Parker: Modern Photography and the American Dream
Jennifer A. Watts
Yale University press

Nominator: --

Designer: Rita Jules and Miko McGinty

Submitted into 50 Books
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Me and the Devil
Me and the Devil
Nick Tosches
Little, Brown and Company

Nominator: Matt Tanner

Designer: Keith Hayes

Submitted into 50 Covers


Me Before You
Me Before You
Jojo Moyes


Nominator: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich

Designer: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Art Director: Roseanne Serra
Design Firm: de Vicq design

Submitted into 50 Covers


Me Earl and the Dying Girl
Me Earl and the Dying Girl
Jesse Andrews


Nominator: Chad W. Beckerman

Designer: Ben Wiseman
Art Director: Chad W. Beckerman
Design Firm: ABRAMS
Other Credits: character illustrations by Brian Levy

Submitted into 50 Covers


Meant to Be
Meant to Be
Lauren Morrill
Random House Children's Books

Nominator: Heather Daugherty

Designer: Heather Daugherty
Art Director: Isabel Warren-Lynch

Submitted into 50 Covers


Meanwhile, Back at Cafe Du Monde...Life Stories About Food
Meanwhile, Back at Cafe Du Monde...Life Stories About Food
Peggy Sweeney-McDonald
Pelican Publishing

Nominator: Peggy Sweeney-McDonald

Designer: Bridget McDowell
Art Director: Bridget McDowell
Other Credits: Photography by Troy Kleinpeter

Submitted into 50 Covers


Megg's History of Graphic Design
Megg's History of Graphic Design
Philip B. Meggs and Alston W. Purvis
Weily

Nominator:

Designer: Cees W. de Jong, VK Projects, Naarden, Netherlands

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Melu
Melu
Kyle Mewburn
Scholastic

Nominator: John O'Reilly

Designer: John O'Reilly and Ali Teo
Art Director: John O'Reilly and Ali Teo
Design Firm: Flightless

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Meme Wars
Meme Wars
Kalle Lasn and Adbusters
Seven Stories Press

Nominator: Andrea Bennett

Designer: AdBusters
Art Director: Will Brown

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Memoir of a Porcupine
Memoir of a Porcupine
Alain Mabanckou
Soft Skull Press

Nominator: Kimberly Glyder

Designer: Kimberly Glyder
Design Firm: Kimberly Glyder Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


Messy
Messy
Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan
Poppy

Nominator: Liz Casal

Designer: Liz Casal
Art Director: David Caplan
Other Credits: Images © Shutterstock

Submitted into 50 Covers


Metaphor, Memory, and Story
Metaphor, Memory, and Story
Matthew Wizinsky
School of Art and Design, University of Chicago, Illinois

Nominator: Matthew Wizinsky

Designer: Matthew Wizinsky

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Middle Men
Middle Men
Jim Gavin
Simon and Schuster

Nominator: Jackie Seow

Designer: Joel Holland
Art Director: Jackie Seow
Design Firm: Joel Holland

Submitted into 50 Covers


Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography, New and Revised Edition
Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography, New and Revised Edition
Franz Schulze and Edward Windhorst
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 Books


Milwaukee Deep
Milwaukee Deep
G. Michael
Creative Print Publishing Limited

Nominator: Phillip Grizzell

Designer: PHillip Grizzell
Art Director: Phillip Grizzell
Design Firm: Creative Print Publishing Limited

Submitted into 50 Covers


Mindshare: Igniting Creativity and Innovation Through Design Intelligence
Mindshare: Igniting Creativity and Innovation Through Design Intelligence
Nikos Acuna
Motion Publishing

Nominator: Nikos Acuna

Designer: Luke Fletcher
Art Director: Nikos Acuna

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Mint a Szép Híves Patak (Like the Ornamental Stream)
Mint a Szép Híves Patak (Like the Ornamental Stream)
Lenke Dencs
Self Publishing

Nominator: Attila Sandor

Designer: Attila Sandor
Art Director: Attila Sandor
Design Firm: www.attilasandor.hu

Submitted into 50 Covers


Mirko Ilic: Fist to Face
Mirko Ilic: Fist to Face
Dejan Krsic
Print

Nominator: --

Designer: Dejan Krsic

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Modern Library Classics Series
Modern Library Classics Series
Various
Random House

Nominator: Robbin Schiff

Designer: Emily Mahon
Art Director: Robbin Schiff

Submitted into 50 Covers


Modernist Art from India
Modernist Art from India
Beth Citron
Rubin Museum of Art

Nominator: Rubin Museum of Art

Designer: Andrea Pemberton

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Moebius - Metalne godine (Moebius - Heavy Metal Years)
Moebius - Metalne godine (Moebius - Heavy Metal Years)
Author: Jean Giraud - Moebius, Editor: Marko Sunjic
Naklada Fibra d.o.o.

Nominator: Melina Mikulic

Designer: Melina Mikulic
Art Director: Melina Mikulic
Design Firm: Plavi dabar

Submitted into 50 Covers


Monstress
Monstress
Lysley Tenorio
Ecco/HarperCollins

Nominator: Alison Forner

Designer: Alison Forner
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Submitted into 50 Covers


Montalbán Series
Montalbán Series
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King
Other Credits: The Angst-Ridden Executive, The Buenos Aires Quintet, Murder in the Central Committee, Southern Seas

Submitted into 50 Covers


Moonraker
Moonraker
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

Submitted into 50 Covers


More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness
More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness
Elizabeth Armstrong
DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Nominator: Prestel Publishing

Designer: Michael Worthington
Art Director: N/A

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


More Votes that Count: a case study in voter mobilization
More Votes that Count: a case study in voter mobilization
Robert Benedetti


Nominator: Brett DeBoer

Designer: Brett DeBoer
Art Director: Brett DeBoer
Design Firm: DeBoerDesign
Other Credits: Photography: Brett DeBoer

Submitted into 50 Books


Mortality
Mortality
Christopher Hitchens
Twelve

Nominator: Catherine Casalino

Designer: Catherine Casalino
Art Director: Catherine Casalino

Submitted into 50 Covers


Motel-Hotel
Motel-Hotel
Kevin McDermott
Ten Avenues Printing

Nominator: Gary Lacinski-MERIDIAN PRINTING

Designer: Kevin McDermott
Art Director: Kevin McDermott
Design Firm: Kevin McDermott

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Mother & Child
Mother & Child
Carole Maso
Counterpoint Press

Nominator: Kelly Winton

Designer: Natalya Bolnova

Submitted into 50 Covers


Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Rodrigo Corral
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Submitted into 50 Covers


Murder In Memoriam
Murder In Memoriam
Didier Daeninckx
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers


My Dakota
My Dakota
Rebecca Norris Webb
Radius Books

Nominator: Jenni Higginbotham

Designer: David Chickey
Art Director: David Chickey
Design Firm: Skolkin & Chickey
Other Credits: Edited with Alex Webb

Submitted into 50 Books


My Father's Name: A Black Virginia Family after the Civil War
My Father's Name: A Black Virginia Family after the Civil War
Lawrence P. Jackson
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


My First Gymnastics
My First Gymnastics
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Little Simon / Simon & Schuster

Nominator: Laura Hanifin

Designer: Laura Roode
Art Director: Dan Potash
Other Credits: Photography: Laura Hanifin

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


My Heart is an Idiot
My Heart is an Idiot
Davy Rothbart
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Rodrigo Corral
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Submitted into 50 Covers


My Imagination Book
My Imagination Book
Author - Juan Marco; Editors - Alex Carswell, Nancey Greystone
Designmatters at Art Center College of Design

Nominator: Mariana Amatullo

Designer: Juan Marco
Art Director: David Tillinghast
Design Firm: Designmatters at Art Center College of Design
Other Credits: Typographic Supervisor - Vina Rostomyan

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


My Name is Huber
My Name is Huber
Jane Aumann and Cindy Ladage
Oak Tree Press

Nominator: Jeana Thompson

Designer: KJ
Art Director: Billie Johnson
Design Firm: KALPART
Other Credits: Interior by KALPART

Submitted into 50 Books
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