2012 Nominations
Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies: Lafayette Park, Detroit
Placement (Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, Natasha Chandani)
Metropolis Books
Nominator: Danielle Aubert
Designer: Placement (Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, Natasha Chandani)
Art Director: Placement (Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, Natasha Chandani)
Submitted into 50 Books
That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone, An Anthology of Essays from Around the Globe
J.L. Powers
Nominator: Anne M. Giangiulio
Designer: Anne M. Giangiulio
Art Director: Anne M. Giangiulio
Design Firm: Anne M. Giangiulio Design
Submitted into 50 Covers
That's Not a Feeling
Dan Josefson
Soho Press
Nominator: Kapo Ng
Designer: Kapo Ng
Art Director: Kapo Ng
Design Firm: Kapo Ng
Submitted into 50 Covers
The 826 Quarterly, Volume 16
Editor: Justin Carder
826 Valencia
Nominator: María Inés Montes
Designer: Mary Lowe
Art Director: María Inés Montes
Design Firm: 826 Valencia
Other Credits: Illustrator: Wendy MacNaughton; Cover Designer: Ana-Marcela Corea & Mary Lowe
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Address Book
Sophie Calle
Siglio
Nominator: Lisa Pearson
Designer: Natalie Kraft
Submitted into 50 Books
The American Circus
Susan Weber, Kenneth L. Ames, Matthew Wittmann
Bard Graduate Center and Yale University Press
Nominator: Barbara Glauber
Designer: Barbara Glauber, Florian Brozek, Azusa Kobayashi, Greg Skiano
Art Director: Barbara Glauber
Design Firm: Heavy Meta
Submitted into 50 Books
The American Way of Eating
Tracie McMillan
Scribner
Nominator: Rex Bonomelli
Designer: Rex Bonomelli
Art Director: Rex Bonomelli
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Angry Woman Suite
Lee Fullbright
Telemachus Press
Nominator: Lee Fullbright
Designer: Laurie Fuller
Art Director: Laurie Fuller
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Appian Way
Robert A. Kaster
The University of Chicago Press
Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro
Designer: Isaac Tobin
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral
Joshua Corey and G.C. Waldrep, eds.
Ahsahta Press
Nominator: Janet Holmes
Designer: Jeff Clark
Art Director: n/a
Design Firm: Quemadura
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Architect Says: Quotes, Quips, and Words of Wisdom
Laura Dushkes
Princeton Architectural Press
Nominator: Margaret Rogalski
Designer: Jan Haux and Paul Wagner
Art Director: Paul Wagner
Submitted into 50 Books
The Architecture of the Barnes Foundation
Tod Williams, Billie Tsien and Kenneth Frampton
Skira Rizzoli
Nominator: Abbott Miller
Designer: Kim Walker
Art Director: Abbott Miller
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Arrowsmith Saga Pt. 1 & 2
Dane St. John
CreateSpace
Nominator: Sean Wolcott
Designer: Sean Wolcott
Art Director: Sean Wolcott
Design Firm: Rationale
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Art of German Stoneware, 1300-1900: From the Charles W. Nichols Collection and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Jack Hinton
Yale University Press
Nominator: --
Designer: Bessas & Ackerman, Guilford CT
Submitted into 50 Books
The Artful Recluse: Painting, Poetry and Politics in Seventeenth-Century China
Peter C. Sturman and Susan S. Tai
Santa Barbara Museum of Art and DelMonico Books, an imprint of Prestel, a member of Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH
Nominator: Sydney Hengst
Designer: Lorraine Wild, Xiaoqing Wang and Amy Fortunato
Art Director: Lorraine Wild
Design Firm: Green Dragon Office
Submitted into 50 Books
The Athiest's Bible: The Most Dangerous Book That Never Existed
Georges Minois
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
The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks
Judith F. Dolkart, Martha Lucy, Derek Gillman and The Barnes Foundation
Skira Rizzoli
Nominator: Abbott Miller
Designer: Kim Walker
Art Director: Abbott Miller
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Beard Hunter
Juliann Brown
Jbear Publishing (self published)
Nominator: Jason Carter
Designer: Juliann Brown
Art Director: Juliann Brown
Design Firm: Jbear Publishing
Other Credits: Written, photographed, and designed by Juliann Brown. Some photo contributions from Kevin Bergthold, Jessica Bergthold, Chiaki Hachisu, Jason Wilkey, Kelly Puleio, Alexandra Kirby, and Angela Vinci. Copy edited by Adam Stone.
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Beatles Solo
Mat Snow
Nominator: Brad D. Norr
Designer: Brad D. Norr
Art Director: Brad D. Norr, Cindy Laun
Design Firm: Brad Norr Design
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2012
C.E. Lukather
The Writing Disorder
Nominator: Paul Garson
Designer: C.E. Lukather
Art Director: C.E. Lukather
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Big Squeal
Carol Alexander
Oak Tree Press
Nominator: Jeana Thompson
Designer: KJ
Art Director: Billie Johnson
Design Firm: KALPART
Other Credits: Interior by KALPART
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Bill from My Father
Bernard Cooper
Simon & Schuster
Nominator: Jason Heuer
Designer: Jason Heuer
Art Director: Michael Accordino
Design Firm: Jason Heuer Design
Other Credits: Redesign for a reprint run in 2012
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Blood of Free Men
Michael Neiberg
Basic Books
Nominator: Nicole Caputo
Designer: Nicole Caputo
Art Director: Nicole Caputo
Design Firm: Basic Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Blunderer / Lament for Lover
Patricia Highsmith
Corriere della Sera
Nominator: The World of DOT
Designer: The World of Dot
Art Director: Francesca Leoneschi
Design Firm: The World of Dot
Other Credits: Book series of Patricia HighsmithIllustrator: Iacopo Bruno
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Book of HACK
The Facebook Analog Research Laboratory
Facebook
Nominator: Tim Belonax
Designer: Ben Barry, Tim Belonax, J. Smith
Art Director: -
Design Firm: The Facebook Analog Research Laboratory
Submitted into 50 Books
The Boy Kings of Texas
Domingo Martinez
Lyons Press is an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
Nominator: Lara Asher
Designer: Diana Nuhn
Design Firm: Globe Pequot Press Design
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Bug
Ellen Ullman
Picador
Nominator: gray318
Designer: Jamie Keenan
Art Director: Henry Sene Yee
Design Firm: Keenan
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Bully Book
Eric Kahn Gale
HarperCollins Children's Books
Nominator: Erin Fitzsimmons
Designer: Erin Fitzsimmons
Art Director: Amy Ryan
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Burn Palace
Stephen Dobyns
Blue Rider Press
Nominator: Gregg Kulick
Designer: Jason Booher
Art Director: Gregg Kulick
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Case of the General's Thumb
Andrey Kurkov
Melville House
Nominator: Claire Kelley
Designer: Christopher King
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Chosen
Arlene Hunt
Portnoy Publishing
Nominator: Arlene Hunt
Designer: David Rudnick
Art Director: Andrew Mangan
Design Firm: North Internet
Other Credits: n/a
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Chronicles of Egg. Deadweather and Sunrise.
Geoff Rodkey
The Penguin Group 2012
Nominator: Francesca Leoneschi
Designer: Iacopo Bruno
Art Director: Jeanine Henderson
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
The Cinema of Me
Alisa Lebow
Columbia University Press
Nominator:
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Colonel
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
Melville House
Nominator: Claire Kelley
Designer: Christopher King
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Color Revolution
Regina Lee Blaszczyk
MIT Press
Nominator: Collwwn Lanick
Designer: --
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Complete Engraver
Nancy Sharon Collins, Ellen Lupton and Marjorie B. Cohn
Princeton Architectural Press
Nominator:
Designer: Paul Wagner and Elana Schlenker
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Connected Company
Dave Gray with Thomas Vander Wal
O'Reilly
Nominator: Bill Keaggy
Designer: Bill Keaggy
Art Director: Bill Keaggy
Design Firm: The Tremendousness Collective
Other Credits: Illustrations by Dave Gray.
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Cookbook Library
Anne Willan
University of California Press
Nominator: Nola Burger
Designer: Nola Burger
Design Firm: University of California Press
Submitted into 50 Books
The Costumer's Notebook
Author Rae Stephens, Editor Adele Simmons
The Costumers Institute
Nominator: Adele Simmons
Designer: Adele Simmons
Art Director: Adele Simmons
Design Firm: Chestnut Lane Creative
Other Credits: Adele Simmons Editor
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Creative Fire
Brenda Cooper
Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books
Nominator: Melissa Shofner
Designer: John Picacio
Other Credits: Cover Illustration (C) John Picacio / Cover Design by Nicole Sommer-Lecht
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Creator
Gudrun Eva Minervudottir
Portobello
Nominator: Stephen Sorrell
Designer: Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell
Design Firm: Murray & Sorrell FUEL
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture(s)
Paul O'Neill
MIT Press
Nominator: Colleen Lanick
Designer: --
Submitted into 50 Books
The Dangerous Animals CLub
Stephen Tobolowsky
Simon and Schuster
Nominator: Jackie Seow
Designer: Jaime Keenan
Art Director: Jackie Seow
Design Firm: Keenan Design
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets
Kathleen Alcott
Other Press
Nominator: Natalie Slocum
Designer: Natalie Slocum
Art Director: Paul Kozlowski
Design Firm: Natalie Slocum Design
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Dark Winter
David Mark
Blue Rider Press
Nominator: Gregg Kulick
Designer: Keenan
Art Director: Gregg Kulick
Other Credits: Printed over metallic stock with opaque white ink
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Dawn of the Deed
John Long
The University of Chicago Press
Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro
Designer: Isaac Tobin
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Day The World Ends
Ethan Coen
Nominator: Steve Attardo
Designer: Steve Attardo
Art Director: Jim Massey
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Death of King Arthur
Sir Thomas Mallory/Peter Ackroyd
Nominator: Andrew Lau
Art Director: Paul Buckley
Other Credits: Cover art by Stuart Kolakovic
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Democratic Lecture
Craig Oldham
Unified Theory Of Everything
Nominator: Craig Oldham
Designer: Craig Oldham
Design Firm: Music
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World
Harold G. Nelson (Author), Erik Stolterman
MIT Press
Nominator: Colleen Lanick
Designer: --
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Diesel
Thani Al-Suwaidi
ANTIBOOKCLUB
Nominator: Gabriel Levinson
Designer: John Gall
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Disenchanted
by Budd Schulberg
University of Minnesota Press
Nominator: Victor Mingovits
Designer: Victor Mingovits
Art Director: Victor Mingovits
Design Firm: Mingovits Design
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Diviners
Libba Bray
Little, Brown & Company for Young Readers
Nominator: Lindsey Andrews
Designer: Gail Doobinin
Art Director: Gail Doobinin
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Doctor and the Rough Rider
Mike Resnick
Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books
Nominator: Melissa Shofner
Designer: J. Seamas Gallagher
Other Credits: Cover and interior illustrations (C) J. Seamas Gallagher / Cover design by Nicole Sommer-Lecht
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics
Clifford Brooks
Nominator: Roberta Hall
Designer: Roberta Hall
Art Director: John Gosslee
Other Credits: Cover Art by Tyler Andrews
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Dream Box
Robin Landa
Robin Landa & Modern Dog Design Co.
Nominator: Robin Landa
Design Firm: Modern Dog Design Co.
Other Credits: Illustration by Modern Dog Design Co.
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Dream of a Common Language
Adrienne Rich
W. W. Norton
Nominator: Jennifer Heuer
Designer: Jennifer Heuer
Art Director: Albert Tang
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Electric Information Age Book: McLuhan/Agel/Fiore and the Experimental Paperback
Jeffrey Schnapp (Author), Adam Michaels (Author), Steven Heller (Introduction), Andrew Blauvelt (Afterword)
Princeton Architectural Press
Nominator: Margarita Osipian
Designer: Project Projects
Art Director: Adam Michaels
Design Firm: Project Projects
Other Credits: This book is part of the Inventory Books Series.
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The End of Print: The Grafik Design of David Carson
Lewis Blackwell
Laurence King Publishers
Nominator: William Drenttel
Designer: David Carson
Submitted into 50 Books
The English Cathedral
Peter Marlow
Merrell
Nominator: Nicola Bailey
Designer: Justine Schuster and Ana Rocha
Art Director: Nicola Bailey
Design Firm: SMITH
Other Credits: Photography by Peter MarlowTexts by Martin Barnes, John Goodall
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Factory of Dreams: Inside Televisa Studios, photographs by Stefan Ruiz
Denise Wolff
Aperture
Nominator: Barbara Escobar
Designer: Studio Fernando Gutiérrez
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Fallback Plan
Leigh Stein
Melville House
Nominator: Claire Kelley
Designer: Christopher King
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin
The Rutgers University Institute for Women and Art, New Brunswick, NJ and DAP, NY
Nominator: Isabella Duicu Palowitch
Designer: Isabella Duicu Palowitch
Art Director: Isabella Duicu Palowitch
Design Firm: ARTISA LLC
Other Credits: Production Manager: Isabella Duicu Palowitch, ARTISA LLCAssistant production manager: Leigh-Ayna PassamanoCopy editor and indexer: Jane FriedmanTypesetting: Margaret TrejoPrinting: Capital Offset, Concord NH
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Fire Starter Sessions
Danielle LaPorte
Crown Archetype
Nominator: Maria Elias
Designer: Maria Elias
Art Director: Michael Nagin (Cover) and Elizabeth Rendfleisch (Interior)
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms
Danielle LaPorte
Crown Archetype
Nominator: Maria Elias
Designer: Maria Elias
Submitted into 50 Books
The Flame Alphabet
Ben Marcus
Nominator: Astrid Stavro
Designer: Peter Mendelsund
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Frankenstein of 1790 and Other Lost Chapters from Revolutionary France
Julia V. Douthwaite
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
The Fun of Speaking English: Selected Poems
Dorothea Grossman
Coffeetown Press
Nominator: Benjamin Marcus
Designer: Benjamin Marcus
Art Director: Benjamin Marcus
Design Firm: Benjamin Marcus Architect LLC
The genesis of an unknown body
Kuniichi Uno
n-1 publications
Nominator: Isabela Sanches
Designer: Érico Peretta
Art Director: Ricardo Muniz Fernandes
Design Firm: n-1 publications
Other Credits: Editor: Peter Pál Pelbart
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Gilly Salt Sisters
Tiffany Baker
Grand Central Publishing
Nominator: Catherine Casalino
Designer: Catherine Casalino
Art Director: Catherine Casalino
Other Credits: Painting by Mary Jane Ansell
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Gods of Gotham
Lindsay Faye
Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
Nominator: Jim Tierney
Designer: Sara Wood
Art Director: Lisa Amoroso
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Great Bridge, 40th Anniversary Edition
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster
Nominator: Jason Heuer
Designer: Jason Heuer
Art Director: Jackie Seow
Design Firm: Jason Heuer Design
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Great Frustration
Seth Fried
Soft Skull press
Nominator: Sarah Sharpe
Designer: Anna Bauer
Art Director: Denise Oswald
Design Firm: Independent
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Great Night
Chris Adrian
Picador
Nominator: Henry Sene Yee
Designer: LeeAnn Falciani
Art Director: Henry Sene Yee
Design Firm: Picador
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Greek Myths
Robert Graves
Nominator: Andrew Lau
Art Director: Paul Buckley
Other Credits: Cover art by Ross MacDonald
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Guy Under the Sheets
Chris Elliott
Blue Rider press
Nominator: Gregg Kulick
Designer: Gregg Kulick
Art Director: Gregg Kulick
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Heart Broke In
James Meek
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Nominator: Nayon Cho
Designer: Jennifer Carrow
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Jacket painting of red blood cells by Michele Banks
Submitted into 50 Covers
The House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz
Little, Brown & Co.
Nominator: Sinem Erkas
Designer: Kapo Ng
Art Director: Debbie Holmes
Other Credits: Creative Director: Lucie Stericker
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Hugo Boss Prize 2012
Contributions by Katherine Brinson, Suzanne Cotter, Dominic Eichler, Kate Fowle, Beatrix Ruf, Adam Szymczyk, and Julie Rodrigues Widholm
Guggenheim Museum
Nominator: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Designer: Sara De Bondt
Design Firm: Sara De Bondt studio
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Invention of Religion in Japan
Jason Ānanda Josephson
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
The Investigation
Philippe Claudel
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Nominator: Emily Mahon
Designer: Emily Mahon
Art Director: John Fontana
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Island of Benoit Mendelbrot
Nina Samuel, Jan von Brevern, Matthias Bruhn and Juliet Kos
Bard Center
Nominator: --
Designer: Catalog Design: Luara Grey, Ben Tuttle
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Journal of Best Practices
David Finch
Scribner
Nominator: Rex Bonomelli
Designer: Rex Bonomelli
Art Director: Rex Bonomelli
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Lake
Banana Yoshimoto
Melville House
Nominator: Claire Kelley
Designer: Christopher King
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978
Garry Neill Kennedy
Nominator: Yasuyo Iguchi
Designer: Molly Seamans
Art Director: Molly Seamans
Design Firm: The MIT Press
Other Credits: Production facilitated by Janet Rossi. Printed by Friesens.
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Last Bad Job
Colin Dodds
Royal Pulp
Nominator: Adam Lewin
Designer: Adam Lewin
Art Director: Adam Lewin
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Last Bad Job
Colin Dodds
Royal Pulp
Nominator: Adam Lewin
Designer: Adam Lewin
Art Director: Adam Lewin
Design Firm: Adam Lewin Projects A.L.P.
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Last Daughter
Renée Walker
Fixin' to Press, Mason, Texas
Nominator: Julie Mader-Meersman
Designer: Julie Mader-Meersman
Art Director: Julie Mader-Meersman
Design Firm: originalia > a design studio
Other Credits: Photography: Julie Mader-Meersman
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Last Viking
Stephem Bown
Da Capo Press
Nominator: Jonathan Sainsbury
Designer: Jonathan Sainsbury
Art Director: Jonathan Sainsbury
Design Firm: Da Capo
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Lawgiver
Herman Wouk
Simon & Schuster
Nominator: Christopher Lin
Designer: Christopher Lin
Art Director: Jackie Seow
Design Firm: Simon & Schuster
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan
Reagan Arthur / Back Bay Books
Nominator: Thomas Ng
Designer: Jennifer Heuer
Design Firm: Jennifer Heuer
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Little Book of Lettering
Emily Gregory
Chronicle Books
Nominator: Diane Levinson
Designer: Emily Portnoi
Art Director: Emily Portnoi
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Loss Library and Other Unfinished Stories
Ivan Vladislavic
Seagull Books
Nominator: --
Designer: Jacket design by Sunandini Banerjee
Art Director: Seagull Books
Submitted into 50 Books
The Lost Christmas Gift
Andrew Beckham
Princeton Architectural Press
Nominator: Margaret Rogalski
Designer: Paul Wagner
Art Director: Paul Wagner
Submitted into 50 Books
The Man In The Red Suit
Jonathan Emrys
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Nominator: Wendilyn Emrys
Designer: Jonathan Emrys
Art Director: Jonathan Emrys
Design Firm: HengeHouse Studios
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides
Picador
Nominator: Henry Sene Yee
Designer: Henry Sene Yee
Art Director: Henry Sene Yee
Design Firm: Picador
Other Credits: Cover illustration by Annabel Wright / Heart Agency
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Master Key System
Charles F. Haanel
True Power Books
Nominator: Danny Morgan
Designer: Danny Morgan
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Meaning of Language
Irina Shapiro
self-publishing
Nominator: Irina Shapiro
Designer: Irina Shapiro
Art Director: Irina Shapiro
Design Firm: Studio Squash
Other Credits: Research support for the history of Cyrillic alphabet by John Lane and Tagir Safaev.
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Middlesteins
Jami Attenberg
Grand Central Publishing
Nominator: Christopher Sergio
Designer: Catherine Casalino
Art Director: Catherine Casalino
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Missing Ink
Philip Hensher
Faber and Faber, Inc.
Nominator: Nayon Cho
Designer: Jennifer Carrow
Art Director: Charlotte Strick
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Mobile Frontier
Rachel Hinman
Rosenfeld Media
Nominator: --
Designer: COver Design: The Heads of State
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Mosaic Constitution: Political Theology and Imagination from Machiavelli to Milton
Graham Hammill
The University of Chicago Press
Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro
Designer: Brian Chartier
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press
Submitted into 50 Covers
The National Library of Medicine Hidden Treasure
Michael Sappol, Arne Svenson and Laura Lindgren
Blast Books
Nominator:
Designer: Laura Lindgren
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Nature of Borders: Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea
Lissa K. Wadewitz
University of Washington Press
Nominator: Thomas Eykemans
Designer: Thomas Eykemans
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Neruda Case
Roberto Ampuero
Riverhead
Nominator: Tal Goretsky
Designer: Tal Goretsky
Art Director: Helen Yentus
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Network
Lincoln Schatz
The Smithsonian
Nominator: Steve Liska
Designer: Katie Schweitzer, Steve Liska
Art Director: Steve Liska
Design Firm: Liska + Associates
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Nightmare
Lars Kepler
Nominator: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Designer: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: de Vicq design
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Noir Forties
Richard Lingeman
Nation Books
Nominator: Nicole Caputo
Designer: Henry Sene Yee
Art Director: Nicole Caputo
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Open Door: One Hundred Poems, One Hundred Years of "Poetry" Magazine
Don Share and Christian Wiman
University Of Chicago Press
Nominator: --
Designer: Issac Tobin
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin
HarperCollins Publishers
Nominator: Richard Ljoenes
Designer: Richard Ljoenes
Art Director: Richard Ljoenes
Design Firm: HarperCollins Publishers
Other Credits: Front jacket photograph © Ocean/Corbis;
back jacket: art by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues,“Apple” © V&A Images/Art Resource.
Author photograph by Corina Bernstein.
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Org
Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan
Twelve
Nominator: Matt Tanner
Designer: Flag
Other Credits: Photography by Herman Estevez
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Other Woman
Tunette Powell
WriteLife Publishing
Nominator: Kristy Knapp
Designer: Kristy Stark Knapp
Art Director: Kristy Stark Knapp
Design Firm: Knapp Studios
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America
John R. MacArthur
Melville House
Nominator: Claire Kelley
Designer: Christopher King
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Package Design Book 2
Pentawards
TASCHEN
Nominator: TASCHEN
Art Director: Praline, Al Rodger and David Tanguy
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation
Mark Sloan and F. Scott Hess
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art and the Long Beach Museum of Art
Nominator: Lizz Biswell
Designer: Gil Shuler
Art Director: Gil Shuler
Design Firm: gil shuler graphic design, inc.
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Prophecies (Penguin Classics Hardcover)
Nostradamus
Nominator: Andrew Lau
Designer: Eric White
Art Director: Paul Buckley
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe
Michael D. Gordin
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
The Rarest Blue
Baruch Sterman
Lyons Press
Nominator: James Jayo
Designer: Bret Kerr
Design Firm: Lyons Press (in-house design team)
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Reading Quiz Book
Adam Sowan
Two Rivers Press
Nominator: Nadja Guggi
Designer: Nadja Guggi
Art Director: Nadja Guggi
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States
Mark Fiege
University of Washington Press
Nominator: Thomas Eykemans
Designer: Thomas Eykemans
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Rolling Stones 1972
Jim Marshall
Chronicle Books
Nominator: Michael Carabetta
Designer: Brooke Johnson
Art Director: Michelle Dunn Marsh
Other Credits: editor: Michelle Dunn Marsh
Submitted into 50 Books
The Romantic Machine
John Tresch
The University of Chicago Press
Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro
Designer: Isaac Tobin
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Rook
Daniel O'Malley
Little, Brown & Company
Nominator: Lindsey Andrews
Designer: Lindsey Andrews
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Sacrifice
Mark Bouton
Oak Tree Press
Nominator: Jeana Thompson
Designer: Jamie Runyon
Art Director: Billie Johnson
Design Firm: Reese-Winslow Designs
Other Credits: Interior by KALPART
Submitted into 50 Books
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The Salt God's Daughter
Ilie Ruby
Soft Skull Press
Nominator: Kelly Winton
Art Director: Jeff Miller
Design Firm: Faceout Studio
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Sardinians
Michael Dawkes
Bovine Productions / Tandem Press
Nominator: paul wolterink
Designer: paul wolterink
Art Director: paul wolterink
Design Firm: paul wolterink
Submitted into 50 Books
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The Sign of the Weeping Virgin
Alana White
Five Star Publishing
Nominator: Deirdre Wait
Designer: Deirdre Wait
Design Firm: High Pines Creative
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Sniper's Log: An Architectural Perspective of Generation-X
Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Actar
Nominator: Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Designer: ActarPro
Art Director: ActarPro
Design Firm: ActarPro
Submitted into 50 Books
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The Spectral Lens (Twenty-Six Stories from the Book Machine)
Paul Soulellis
self-published
Nominator: Paul Soulellis
Designer: Paul Soulellis
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Spindlers
Lauren Oliver
Harper Collins Publishers 2012
Nominator: Francesca Leoneschi
Designer: Iacopo Bruno
Art Director: Cara Petrus
Design Firm: the World of DOT
Other Credits: Graphic and Illustrations: Iacopo Bruno/The World of DOT
Hand-made type: Iacopo Bruno/The World of DOT
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Spinoza Problem
Irvin Yalom
Basic Books
Nominator: Nicole Caputo
Designer: Henry Sene Yee
Art Director: Nicole Caputo
Design Firm: Henry Sene Yee
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Spinoza Problem
Irvin D. Yalom
Vellant
Nominator: Mihai Nadolu
Designer: Mihai Nadolu
Art Director: Mihai Nadolu
Design Firm: Griffon&Swans
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Sports Show
David E. Little
Nominator: Jessica Zubrzycki
Designer: Jessica Zubrzycki
Art Director: Kristin Prestegaard
Design Firm: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Other Credits: Editor: Elisabeth SövikDigital image postproduction: Josh LynnProofreader: Laura SilverPublishing and production management: Jim Bindas, Books and Projects LLC, Minnetonka, Minnesota
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The Spy Who Loved Me
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
The Startup Playbook
David Kidder and Reid Hoffman
Chronicle Books
Nominator:
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
Jennifer E. Smith
Poppy
Nominator: Liz Casal
Designer: Liz Casal
Art Director: David Caplan
Other Credits: Cover image © Oleg Oprisco / Trevillion Images
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Story of My Assassins
Tarun J. Tejpal
Melville House
Nominator: Claire Kelley
Designer: Christopher King
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
Corriere della Sera
Nominator: The World of DOT
Designer: The World of Dot
Art Director: Francesca Leoneschi
Design Firm: The World of Dot
Other Credits: Book series of Patricia HighsmithIllustrator: Iacopo Bruno
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Teleportation Accident
Ned Beauman
Sceptre
Nominator: La Boca Ltd
Designer: Scot Bendall, Richard Carey, Jon Lyen
Art Director: Scot Bendall
Design Firm: La Boca Ltd
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Templeton Twins Have an Idea
Ellis Weiner, Illustrations by Jeremy Holmes
Chronicle Books
Nominator: Chronicle Books
Designer: Sara Gillingham
Art Director: Sara Gillingham
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Thing About Thugs
Tabish Khair
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominator: Alex Camlin
Designer: Alex Camlin
Art Director: Michaela Sullivan
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Tinkerers
Alec Foege
Basic Books
Nominator: Nicole Caputo
Designer: Jennifer Carrow
Art Director: Nicole Caputo
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Tobacco Atlas
Michael Eriksen, Judith Mackay, Hana Ross
American Cancer Society
Nominator: William Drenttel
Designer: Language Department
Design Firm: Language Department
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Towers of Trebizond
Rose Macaulay
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Nominator: Nayon Cho
Designer: Charlotte Strick
Art Director: Charlotte Strick
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Cover art by Lindsey Mayer-Beug
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Transdisciplinary Studio
Alex Coles
Sternberg Press
Nominator:
Designer: Miram Rech, markus Weisbeck, Surface,
Submitted into 50 Books
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The Trouble is the Banks
Mark Greif (Editor), Dayna Tortorici (Editor), Kathleen French (Editor), Emma Janaskie (Editor), Nick Werle (Editor)
N+1
Nominator: Cristian Fleming
Designer: Cristian Fleming
Art Director: Cristian Fleming
Design Firm: The Public Society
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce
Random House
Nominator: Tal Goretsky
Designer: Tal Goretsky
Art Director: Paolo Pepe
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Urban Kitchen Gardener: Growing and Cooking in the City
Tom Moggach
Kyle Books
Nominator: Laura Yates
Designer: Laura Yates
Art Director: Laura Yates
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Vanishers
Heidi Julavits
Nominator: Erin Schell
Designer: Emily Mahon
Art Director: Emily Mahon
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Wandering of the Heart and Mind (translated in Bulgarian)
Claude-Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon Son
KX - Critique and Humansim PH
Nominator: Antoaneta Koleva
Designer: Yana Levieva
Art Director: Yana Levieva
Design Firm: ---
Other Credits: The cover/book is 1st part of a 3-covers/books mini-series, they are all posted, the last post showing all of them
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Way the World Works
Nicholson Baker
Simon & Schuster
Nominator: Jason Heuer
Designer: Jason Heuer
Art Director: Jackie Seow
Design Firm: Jason Heuer Design
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science
Matt Lamothe, Julia Rothman, Jenny Volvovski and David Macaulay
Chronicle
Nominator: Michael Carrabetta
Designer: --
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Wishing Tomb
Amanda Auchter
Nominator: Amanda Auchter
Designer: Eddy Roberts
Art Director: Eddy Roberts
Design Firm: Spire Studio
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Woman Who Wasn't There
Robin Gaby Fisher and Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr.
Touchstone
Nominator: David Ter-Avanesyan
Designer: David Ter-Avanesyan
Art Director: Cherlynne Li
Design Firm: David Ter-Avanesyan
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Woman Without a Shadow (Translated in Bulgarian)
Hugo von Hofmansthal
KX - Critique and Humansim PH
Nominator: Antoaneta Koleva
Designer: Yana Levieva
Art Director: Yana Levieva
Design Firm: ---
Other Credits: The cover/book is 1st part of a 3-covers/books mini-series, they are all posted, the last post showing all of them
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Yard
Alex Grecian
Putnam
Nominator: Jim Tierney
Designer: Sara Wood
Art Director: Lisa Amoroso
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Yellow World
Albert Espinosa
Particular Books / Penguin Books
Nominator: Jamie Keenan
Designer: Jon Gray
Art Director: James Stoddart
Design Firm: gray318
Submitted into 50 Covers
The Yeti Story
Stefan G. Bucher
HarperCollins
Nominator:
Designer: Stefan G. Bucher
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
Theft
Jason Synder
Counterpoint Press
Nominator: Kelly Winton
Designer: Jason Synder
Submitted into 50 Covers
This Bright River
Patrick Somerville
Little, Brown & Company
Nominator: Lindsey Andrews
Designer: Lindsey Andrews
Submitted into 50 Covers
This Is Not Civil Rights: Discovering Rights Talk in 1939 America
George I. Lovell
The University of Chicago Press
Nominator: Jill Shimabukuro
Designer: Brian Chartier
Art Director: Jill Shimabukuro
Design Firm: The University of Chicago Press
Submitted into 50 Covers
This Will Have Been: Art, Love, and Politics in the 1980s
Helen Molesworth
Yale University Press
Nominator:
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
Thomas Ades
Thomas Ades and Tom Service
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Nominator: Nayon Cho
Designer: Adly Elewa
Art Director: Rodrigo Corral
Design Firm: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Other Credits: Jacket photograph by Brian Voce
Submitted into 50 Covers
Thornton Wilder: A Life
Penelope Niven
HarperCollins Publishers
Nominator: Richard Ljoenes
Designer: Richard Ljoenes
Art Director: Richard Ljoenes
Design Firm: HarperCollins Publishers
Other Credits: Photograph of Thornton Wilder playing the stage manager in Our Town courtesy of Special Collections, The College of Wooster Libraries.Author photograph by Louis Kapeleris.
Submitted into 50 Covers
Threats
Amelia Gray
Nominator: Nayon Cho
Designer: Charlotte Strick
Art Director: Charlotte Strick
Submitted into 50 Covers
Thy Kingdom Come
Simon Morden
Jurassic London
Nominator: Jared Shurin
Designer: Joey Hi-Fi
Art Director: Joey Hi-Fi
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
Tigers in Red Weather
Liza Klaussmann
Little, Brown & Company
Nominator: Lindsey Andrews
Designer: Lindsey Andrews
Submitted into 50 Covers
Tim Walker: Story Teller
Photography by Tim Walker, Foreword by Kate Bush, Introduction by Robin Muir
Abrams
Nominator: Tim Hossler
Designer: Ruth Ansel and Tim Hossler
Art Director: Ruth Ansel
Other Credits: Typographic Design by Tim Hossler
Submitted into 50 Books
Titus Alone
Mervyn Peake
Queen Anne Press
Nominator: James Webb
Designer: James Webb, Brian Webb
Art Director: James Webb
Design Firm: Webb & Webb
Other Credits: Illustration: Mervyn Peake
Binding: Shepherds
Submitted into 50 Covers
To Be Kept
Lauren Simkin Berke
Captain Sears Press
Nominator: Lauren Simkin Berke
Designer: Lauren Simkin Berke
Art Director: Lauren Simkin Berke
Other Credits: Introduction by Spiky
Copy edited by Dev Bondarin
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
To Life!
Linda Weintraub
University of California Press
Nominator: Nicole Hayward
Designer: Nicole Hayward
Design Firm: Nicole Hayward Design
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
To The Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis
by Stacey Bredhoff
Foundation for the National Archives
Nominator: Evan Phifer
Designer: Rania Hassan
Other Credits: Edited by Patty Reinert Mason and Benjamin Guterman
Submitted into 50 Covers
Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde
Michio Hayashi, Miryam Sas, Mika Yoshitake and Doryun Chong
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Nominator: Hannah Kim
Designer: McCall Associates
Submitted into 50 Books
Tony Feher
Claudia Schmuckli, Russell Ferguson
Nominator: Robin Brunelle
Designer: Takaaki Matsumoto
Art Director: Takaaki Matsumoto
Design Firm: Matsumoto Incorporated
Other Credits: Assistant Designer: Robin Brunelle, Editor: Lucy Flint, Manager of Publications: Amy Wilkins
Submitted into 50 Books
Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See
Julianna Garey
Soho Press
Nominator: Kapo Ng
Designer: Kapo Ng
Art Director: Kapo Ng
Design Firm: Kapo Ng
Submitted into 50 Covers
Tormenta
Conn Iggulden
BestBolso
Nominator: Rafael Nobre
Designer: Rafael Nobre
Art Director: Rafael Nobre
Design Firm: Babilonia Cultura Editorial
Submitted into 50 Covers
Torre David
Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner, Urban–Think Tank Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, ETH Zürich
Lars Müller Publishers
Nominator: Lars Müller Publishers
Designer: Integral Lars Müller
Art Director: Lars Müller
Design Firm: Integral Lars Müller
Submitted into 50 Books
Totems
Peter Kayafas
Purple Martin Press
Nominator: Heather Althoff
Designer: Julie Fry
Art Director: Peter Kayafas
Other Credits: With an essay by Jed Perl
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
Toward A Minor Architecture
Jill Stoner
MIT Press
Nominator: --
Designer: --
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
Trail of the Spellmans
Lisa Lutz
Simon and Schuster
Nominator: Jackie Seow
Designer: Jackie Seow
Art Director: Jackie Seow
Other Credits: Illustrator by Noma Bar
Submitted into 50 Covers
trans/FORM
MOCCA
MOCCA
Nominator: Emma
Art Director: Emma Wright
Design Firm: emmawright.com
Other Credits: David Liss, Dory Smith
Submitted into 50 Books
Treasuring the Gaze
Hanneke Grootenboer
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
Tree Houses. Fairy Tale Castles in the Air
Philip Jodidio
TASCHEN
Nominator: TASCHEN
Art Director: Benjamin Wolbergs
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
Tresspasses
Lacy Johnson
University of Iowa Press
Nominator: Kimberly Glyder
Designer: Kimberly Glyder
Art Director: Karen Copp
Design Firm: Kimberly Glyder Design
Other Credits: Photo by Josh Okun
Submitted into 50 Covers
Triburbia
Karl Taro Greenfeld
Harper
Nominator: Archie Ferguson
Designer: Archie Ferguson
Art Director: Archie Ferguson
Design Firm: Archie Ferguson Design
Other Credits: Jacket illustration by Harry Campbell
Submitted into 50 Covers
Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology
Peter Lucas, Joseph Ballay, Mickey McManus
Wiley
Nominator: Elaine Zelmanov
Designer: So-Eun Ahn, Todd Tedesco
Art Director: Greg Gibilisco
Design Firm: MAYA Design
Submitted into 50 Books
True Believers
Kurt Andersen
Random House
Nominator: Lucy Andersen
Designer: Andrew James Capelli
Art Director: Bonnie Siegler
Design Firm: Eight and a Half, New York
Submitted into 50 Covers
Turn Up the Flavor
Deborah Mintcheff
Weight Watchers International, Inc.
Nominator: Elizabeth Stem
Designer: Pauline Neuwirth
Art Director: Elizabeth Van Itallie
Other Credits: Editorial Director: Nancy Gagliardi Creative Director: Ed Melnitsky Photo Editor: Deborah Hardt Managing Editor: Diane PaviaAssistant Editor: Katerina GkionisFood Editor: Eileen RunyanProduction Manager: Alan BiedermanPhotographer: Romulo YanesProp Stylist: Carla Gonzalez-Hart
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
Type Compass: Charting New Routes in Typography
Emilio Macchia, Michael Brenner, Luca Bendandi and Matteo Cossu
SHS Publisher
Nominator: Matteo Cossu
Designer: Emilio Macchia, Michael Brenner
Art Director: Emilio Macchia, Michael Brenner
Other Credits: Forward written by Gerry Leonidas, Course Director at MA in Typeface Design, University of Reading.
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
Type Matters!
Jim Williams
Merrell
Nominator: Nicola Bailey
Designer: Jim Williams
Art Director: Nicola Bailey
Design Firm: Jim Williams
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers
Typography 33
Type Directors Club
Harper Design
Nominator: Paula Scher
Designer: Kayla Jang, Ludwig Janoff
Art Director: Paula Scher
Design Firm: Pentagram Design
Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers