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2012 Nominations


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Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies: Lafayette Park, Detroit
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
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
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
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
The Address Book
Sophie Calle
Siglio

Nominator: Lisa Pearson

Designer: Natalie Kraft

Submitted into 50 Books


The American Circus
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
The Case of the General's Thumb
Andrey Kurkov
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Chosen
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.
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
The Cinema of Me
Alisa Lebow
Columbia University Press

Nominator:


Submitted into 50 Covers


The Colonel
The Colonel
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Color Revolution
The Color Revolution
Regina Lee Blaszczyk
MIT Press

Nominator: Collwwn Lanick

Designer: --

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Complete Engraver
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Diesel
Thani Al-Suwaidi
ANTIBOOKCLUB

Nominator: Gabriel Levinson

Designer: John Gall

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


The Disenchanted
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Fallback Plan
Leigh Stein
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Journal of Best Practices
David Finch
Scribner

Nominator: Rex Bonomelli

Designer: Rex Bonomelli
Art Director: Rex Bonomelli

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Lake
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Master Key System
Charles F. Haanel
True Power Books

Nominator: Danny Morgan

Designer: Danny Morgan

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Meaning of Language
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
The Middlesteins
Jami Attenberg
Grand Central Publishing

Nominator: Christopher Sergio

Designer: Catherine Casalino
Art Director: Catherine Casalino

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Missing Ink
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
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
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
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
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
The Neruda Case
Roberto Ampuero
Riverhead

Nominator: Tal Goretsky

Designer: Tal Goretsky
Art Director: Helen Yentus

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Network
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Rook
Daniel O'Malley
Little, Brown & Company

Nominator: Lindsey Andrews

Designer: Lindsey Andrews

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Sacrifice
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
Submitted into 50 Covers


The Salt God's Daughter
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
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
Submitted into 50 Covers


The Sign of the Weeping Virgin
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
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
Submitted into 50 Covers


The Spectral Lens (Twenty-Six Stories from the Book Machine)
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
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
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
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
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

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


The Spy Who Loved Me
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
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
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
The Story of My Assassins
Tarun J. Tejpal
Melville House

Nominator: Claire Kelley

Designer: Christopher King

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Talented Mr. Ripley
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
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
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
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
The Tinkerers
Alec Foege
Basic Books

Nominator: Nicole Caputo

Designer: Jennifer Carrow
Art Director: Nicole Caputo

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Tobacco Atlas
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
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
The Transdisciplinary Studio
Alex Coles
Sternberg Press

Nominator:

Designer: Miram Rech, markus Weisbeck, Surface,

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


The Trouble is the Banks
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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)
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
The Yard
Alex Grecian
Putnam

Nominator: Jim Tierney

Designer: Sara Wood
Art Director: Lisa Amoroso

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Yellow World
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
The Yeti Story
Stefan G. Bucher
HarperCollins

Nominator:

Designer: Stefan G. Bucher

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Theft
Theft
Jason Synder
Counterpoint Press

Nominator: Kelly Winton

Designer: Jason Synder

Submitted into 50 Covers


This Bright River
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
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
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
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
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
Threats
Amelia Gray


Nominator: Nayon Cho

Designer: Charlotte Strick
Art Director: Charlotte Strick

Submitted into 50 Covers


Thy Kingdom Come
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
Tigers in Red Weather
Liza Klaussmann
Little, Brown & Company

Nominator: Lindsey Andrews

Designer: Lindsey Andrews

Submitted into 50 Covers


Tim Walker: Story Teller
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Toward A Minor Architecture
Jill Stoner
MIT Press

Nominator: --

Designer: --

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Trail of the Spellmans
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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





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