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Stones to Stains: The Drawings of Victor Hugo
TITLE: Stones to Stains: The Drawings of Victor Hugo
AUTHOR: Cynthia Burlingham and Allegra Pesenti
PUBLISHER: Delmonico Books | Prestel with the Hammer Museum

BOOK DESIGNER: Miko McGinty and Rita Jules
DESIGN FIRM: Miko McGinty Inc.



Study in Black and White
TITLE: Study in Black and White
AUTHOR: Tanya Sheehan
PUBLISHER: Penn State University Press

BOOK DESIGNER: Regina Starace
JACKET DESIGNER: Regina Starace
ART DIRECTOR: Jennifer Norton



Suellen Rocca: Drawings
TITLE: Suellen Rocca: Drawings
AUTHOR: Matthew Marks Gallery / Editorial Director: Craig Garrett
PUBLISHER: Matthew Marks Gallery

BOOK DESIGNER: Anna Rieger
JACKET DESIGNER: Anna Rieger
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: -
ART DIRECTOR: Anna Rieger
DESIGN FIRM: -



Sun Gardens: Cyanotypes by Anna Atkins
TITLE: Sun Gardens: Cyanotypes by Anna Atkins
AUTHOR: Larry J. Schaaf
PUBLISHER: Delmonico Books | Prestel with the New York Public Library

BOOK DESIGNER: Miko McGinty



Supersonic
TITLE: Supersonic
AUTHOR: Lawrence Azerrad
PUBLISHER: Prestel Publishing

BOOK DESIGNER: Lawrence Azerrad and Frankie Hamersma
DESIGN FIRM: LADdesign Inc.



Superstructure: The Making of the Sainsbury Centre
TITLE: Superstructure: The Making of the Sainsbury Centre
AUTHOR: Jane Pavitt and Abraham Thomas
PUBLISHER: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

ART DIRECTOR: Andrew Johnson
DESIGN FIRM: Johnson Design



Surveying the Avant-Garde
TITLE: Surveying the Avant-Garde
AUTHOR: Lori Cole
PUBLISHER: Penn State University Press

BOOK DESIGNER: Jesse Kidwell
JACKET DESIGNER: Jesse Kidwell
ART DIRECTOR: Jennifer Norton



Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics: A Collaboration with Nobuo Tsuji and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
TITLE: Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics: A Collaboration with Nobuo Tsuji and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
AUTHOR: Edited and with an introduction by Anne Nishimura Morse
PUBLISHER: MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

BOOK DESIGNER: Takaya Goto, Lesley Chi, Sho Momma, Goto Design
JACKET DESIGNER: Takaya Goto, Lesley Chi, Sho Momma, Goto Design
DESIGN FIRM: Takaya Goto, Lesley Chi, Sho Momma, Goto Design



Tamam Shud. An Artist's Novel
TITLE: Tamam Shud. An Artist's Novel
AUTHOR: Alex Cecchetti
PUBLISHER: Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art ; Sternberg Press

BOOK DESIGNER: Jakub de Barbaro



The Adventure
TITLE: The Adventure
AUTHOR: Giorgio Agamben, translated by Lorenzo Chiesa
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press

JACKET DESIGNER: Emily Gutheinz
DESIGN FIRM: The MIT Press design department



The Association
TITLE: The Association
AUTHOR: Sharon Ann Ziegler
PUBLISHER: Palmetto Publishing Group

BOOK DESIGNER: Paul Schodowski
JACKET DESIGNER: Paul Schodowski
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Paul Schodowski
ART DIRECTOR: Paul Schodowski
DESIGN FIRM: Sharon Ann Ziegler Publishing



The Astrology of You and Me
TITLE: The Astrology of You and Me
AUTHOR: Gary Goldschneider
PUBLISHER: Quirk Books

BOOK DESIGNER: Andie Reid
JACKET DESIGNER: Andie Reid



The Business of Graphic Design
TITLE: The Business of Graphic Design
AUTHOR: Ed Gold and Joe Fioramonti
PUBLISHER: self published

BOOK DESIGNER: Joe Fioramonti
JACKET DESIGNER: Ed Gold
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Ed Gold



the CLOUD that fell from the sky
TITLE: the CLOUD that fell from the sky
AUTHOR: Judy Choi and Phoenix Brown
PUBLISHER: Tigrefou editions

BOOK DESIGNER: Mami Awamura
JACKET DESIGNER: Mami Awamura
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Mami Awamura and Francis George
ART DIRECTOR: Mami Awamura and Francis George
DESIGN FIRM: Mami Awamura



The Codex and Crafts in Late Antiquity
TITLE: The Codex and Crafts in Late Antiquity
AUTHOR: Georgios Boudalis
PUBLISHER: Bard Graduate Center

BOOK DESIGNER: Kate Dewitt



The Frank Cermak Action Wheel - the new american method
TITLE: The Frank Cermak Action Wheel - the new american method
AUTHOR: Frank Cermak / Willem Henri Lucas
PUBLISHER: Cermak Ochoa Creative LLC

ART DIRECTOR: Willem Henri Lucas
DESIGN FIRM: Willem Henri Lucas



The Future of Public Space
TITLE: The Future of Public Space
AUTHOR: Amy Gill (editor)
PUBLISHER: Metropolis Books (ARTBOOK/D.A.P.)

BOOK DESIGNER: Neil Donnelly
JACKET DESIGNER: Neil Donnelly



The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens
TITLE: The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens
AUTHOR: Linda A. Chisholm
PUBLISHER: Timber Press

BOOK DESIGNER: Adrianna Sutton
JACKET DESIGNER: Adrianna Sutton
DESIGN FIRM: Timber Press



The Infographic Energy Transition Coloring Book
TITLE: The Infographic Energy Transition Coloring Book
AUTHOR: Ellery Studio and IKEM—Institute for Climate Protection, Energy, and Mobility
PUBLISHER: Self-published

BOOK DESIGNER: Dodo Vögler, Gaja Vičič
JACKET DESIGNER: Sheree Domingo, Katrina Günther
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Anika Nicolaas Ponder, Bernd Riedel
DESIGN FIRM: Ellery Studio



The Invention of Rivers
TITLE: The Invention of Rivers
AUTHOR: Dilip Da Cunha
PUBLISHER: University of Pennsylvania Press

BOOK DESIGNER: Shubhani Sarkar
JACKET DESIGNER: Shubhani Sarkar
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Shubhani Sarkar
DESIGN FIRM: Sarkar Design Studio



The Island that Disappeared
TITLE: The Island that Disappeared
AUTHOR: Tom Feiling
PUBLISHER: Melville House

BOOK DESIGNER: Richard Oriolo
JACKET DESIGNER: Marina Drukman
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Marina Drukman
ART DIRECTOR: Marina Drukman



The Kids: The Children of LGBTQ Parents in the USA
TITLE: The Kids: The Children of LGBTQ Parents in the USA
AUTHOR: Gabriela Herman
PUBLISHER: The New Press

BOOK DESIGNER: Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios (EWS)
JACKET DESIGNER: Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios (EWS)
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Jurek Wajdowicz
ART DIRECTOR: Lisa LaRochelle
DESIGN FIRM: Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios (EWS)



The Last Dalai Lama?
TITLE: The Last Dalai Lama?
AUTHOR: Mickey Lemle with Laurie Dolphin ; Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
PUBLISHER: Dolphin Books

BOOK DESIGNER: Laurie Dolphin and Allison Meierding
JACKET DESIGNER: Laurie Dolphin
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Laurie Dolphin
ART DIRECTOR: Laurie Dolphin
DESIGN FIRM: Laurie Dolphin Design



The Lost Empire: Black Freemasonry in the Old West (1867-1906)
TITLE: The Lost Empire: Black Freemasonry in the Old West (1867-1906)
AUTHOR: James Morgan III
PUBLISHER: Lulu

BOOK DESIGNER: Kristie Carter-George
JACKET DESIGNER: Kristie Carter-George
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Kristie Carter-George
ART DIRECTOR: Kristie Carter-George



The Nib: Death
TITLE: The Nib: Death
AUTHOR: Matt Bors, Editor In Chief
PUBLISHER: First Look Media

BOOK DESIGNER: Mark Kaufman
JACKET DESIGNER: Mark Kaufman
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Mark Kaufman
ART DIRECTOR: Matt Bors
DESIGN FIRM: Vivitiv



The Senses: Design Beyond Vision
TITLE: The Senses: Design Beyond Vision
AUTHOR: Ellen Lupton & Andrea Lipps
PUBLISHER: Princeton Architectural Press

BOOK DESIGNER: David Genco ( in collaboration with Ellen Lupton )
JACKET DESIGNER: David Genco
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: David Genco
ART DIRECTOR: David Genco
DESIGN FIRM: DAVID GENCO INC.



The True Measure of A Space Is How It Makes Us Feel
TITLE: The True Measure of A Space Is How It Makes Us Feel
AUTHOR: Teknion
PUBLISHER: Teknion

BOOK DESIGNER: Michael Vanderbyl
JACKET DESIGNER: Michael Vanderbyl
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Michael Vanderbyl
ART DIRECTOR: Michael Vanderbyl
DESIGN FIRM: Vanderbyl Design



THE ARCHITECTURE OF CLOSED WORLDS, OR, WHAT IS THE POWER OF SHIT?
TITLE: THE ARCHITECTURE OF CLOSED WORLDS, OR, WHAT IS THE POWER OF SHIT?
AUTHOR: Lydia Kallipoliti
PUBLISHER: Lars Müller Publishers

BOOK DESIGNER: Pentagram / Natasha Jen; Jang Hyun Han; Joseph Han; Ena Yun; Rohan Chaurashia Ji Park; Boqin Peng; Ran Zheng; Melodie Yashar 
JACKET DESIGNER: Pentagram / Natasha Jen; Jang Hyun Han; Joseph Han; Ena Yun; Rohan Chaurashia Ji Park; Boqin Peng; Ran Zheng; Melodie Yashar 
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Natasha Jen
ART DIRECTOR: Natasha Jen
DESIGN FIRM: Pentagram Design



Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice
TITLE: Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice
AUTHOR: Robert Echols et al.
PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Art, Washington

BOOK DESIGNER: Wendy Schleicher
JACKET DESIGNER: Wendy Schleicher
DESIGN FIRM: National Gallery of Art



Tor Seidel, Mannequins
TITLE: Tor Seidel, Mannequins
AUTHOR: Tor Seidel
PUBLISHER: Kerber Verlag Bielefeld

BOOK DESIGNER: Luis Castañeda
JACKET DESIGNER: Luis Castañeda and Tor Seidel
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Tor Seidel
ART DIRECTOR: Luis Castañeda
DESIGN FIRM: Luis Castañeda, Grafik Dasein Studio, United Arab Emirates and Germany



Tunirrusiangit
TITLE: Tunirrusiangit
AUTHOR: Anna Hudson, Jocelyn Piirainen, Georgiana Uhlyarik
PUBLISHER: Art Gallery of Ontario/Goose Lane Editions

BOOK DESIGNER: Gilbert Li and Alina Skyson
JACKET DESIGNER: Gilbert Li and Alina Skyson
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Gilbert Li and Alina Skyson
ART DIRECTOR: Gilbert Li and Alina Skyson
DESIGN FIRM: The Office of Gilbert Li



Twisted Sisters: Synchronicity and Intuition
TITLE: Twisted Sisters: Synchronicity and Intuition
AUTHOR: Patricia Dunnigan
PUBLISHER: Self-published, Mad Magpie Publishing

BOOK DESIGNER: Constanza Pacher
JACKET DESIGNER: Constanza Pacher
DESIGN FIRM: Constanza Pacher, Free-lance



UCLA's BRUIN PLATE COOKBOOK
TITLE: UCLA's BRUIN PLATE COOKBOOK
AUTHOR: Lynley Fleak, Sara Stockford, Magyn Kydd
PUBLISHER: UCLA Dining Services | Housing & Hospitality Services

BOOK DESIGNER: Magyn Kydd
JACKET DESIGNER: Magyn Kydd
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Magyn Kydd
DESIGN FIRM: UCLA Housing & Hospitality Services Marketing & Communications Department



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TITLE: unlocked # 3.1; unlocked # 3.2; unlocked # 3.3 Rabo art collection
AUTHOR: Author: Nelly Dijkstra and others; Editors: Henri Spijkerboer and Verily Klaassen
PUBLISHER: Rabobank Netherlands, Art Department, 2018

BOOK DESIGNER: thonik
JACKET DESIGNER: thonik
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: thonik
ART DIRECTOR: thonik
DESIGN FIRM: thonik



Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music
TITLE: Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music
AUTHOR: Author: David Hollander; Editors: Mark Iosifescu, Dominic Masi, Jr.
PUBLISHER: Anthology Editions

BOOK DESIGNER: Nicholas Law
JACKET DESIGNER: Robert Beatty
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Keith Abrahamsson, Johan Kugelberg
ART DIRECTOR: Bryan Cipolla



Viagem ao Volga
TITLE: Viagem ao Volga
AUTHOR: Ahmad Ibn Fadlān
PUBLISHER: Carambaia

BOOK DESIGNER: Tereza Bettinardi
JACKET DESIGNER: Tereza Bettinardi
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Tereza Bettinardi
ART DIRECTOR: Tereza Bettinardi
DESIGN FIRM: Tereza Bettinardi



Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement
TITLE: Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement
AUTHOR: Martin Ellis, Victoria Osborne, and Tim Barringer
PUBLISHER: DelMonico Books | Prestel with the American Federation of Arts

JACKET DESIGNER: Wilcox Design
DESIGN FIRM: Wilcox Design



W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design
TITLE: W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design
AUTHOR: Bruce Kennett
PUBLISHER: Letterform Archive

BOOK DESIGNER: Bruce Kennett
JACKET DESIGNER: Bruce Kennett



Wee Hee Hee: A Collection of Pretty Funny Jokes & Pictures
TITLE: Wee Hee Hee: A Collection of Pretty Funny Jokes & Pictures
AUTHOR: Wee Society
PUBLISHER: Clarkson Potter

BOOK DESIGNER: Rob Alexander
JACKET DESIGNER: Rob Alexander
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Jill Robertson, Rob Alexander
ART DIRECTOR: Rob Alexander
DESIGN FIRM: Office



What is a Self-Portrait? An MCAD Viewbook
TITLE: What is a Self-Portrait? An MCAD Viewbook
AUTHOR: Melissa Huybrecht; Rita Kovtun
PUBLISHER: Minneapolis College of Art and Design

BOOK DESIGNER: Michael Aberman; Paul Hudachek
JACKET DESIGNER: Michael Aberman
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Michael Aberman
DESIGN FIRM: Michael Aberman



What it Means to Write About Art
TITLE: What it Means to Write About Art
AUTHOR: Jarrett Earnest
PUBLISHER: David Zwirner Books

BOOK DESIGNER: Mark Thomson
JACKET DESIGNER: Mark Thomson



Where has the Tiger Gone?
TITLE: Where has the Tiger Gone?
AUTHOR: Dhavat Singh Uikey
PUBLISHER: Tara Books

BOOK DESIGNER: Ragini Siruguri
JACKET DESIGNER: Ragini Siruguri
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Gita Wolf



Why we design
TITLE: Why we design
AUTHOR: Authors: Aaron Betsky; Adrian Shaughnessy; Gert Staal; Thomas Widdershoven Editors: Nikki Gonnissen; Gert Staal; Thomas Widdershoven
PUBLISHER: Lars Müller Publishers

BOOK DESIGNER: thonik
JACKET DESIGNER: thonik
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Nikki Gonnissen and Thomas Widdershoven
ART DIRECTOR: Nikki Gonnissen and Thomas Widdershoven
DESIGN FIRM: thonik



Wood River Blue Pool / Blue Pool Cecelia
TITLE: Wood River Blue Pool / Blue Pool Cecelia
AUTHOR: Jo Ann Walters; Laura Wexler; Emma Kemp
PUBLISHER: Image Text Ithaca

BOOK DESIGNER: Elana Schlenker
JACKET DESIGNER: Elana Schlenker



Xianofthedeath Book of amulets & spells
TITLE: Xianofthedeath Book of amulets & spells
AUTHOR: Christian Castañeda
PUBLISHER: Mixedmedia.press

BOOK DESIGNER: Andrés Gómez Servín
JACKET DESIGNER: Andrés Gómez Servín
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Andrés Gómez Servín
ART DIRECTOR: Andrés Gómez Servín
DESIGN FIRM: Mixedmedia.press



Yasumasa Morimura: Ego Obscura
TITLE: Yasumasa Morimura: Ego Obscura
AUTHOR: Edited by Yukie Kamiya, with contributions by Yasumasa Morimura, Yukie Kamiya, Norman Bryson and Ignacio Adriasola
PUBLISHER: Japan Society

BOOK DESIGNER: Ashley Wu
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: John Kudos
DESIGN FIRM: KUDOS Design Collaboratory



Yayoi Kusama: Festival of Life
TITLE: Yayoi Kusama: Festival of Life
AUTHOR: Jenni Sorkin
PUBLISHER: David Zwirner Books

BOOK DESIGNER: A Practice for Everyday Life, London
JACKET DESIGNER: A Practice for Everyday Life, London
DESIGN FIRM: A Practice for Everyday Life, London



TITLE: "Hočem postati pevka" – I Want to Become a Singer
AUTHOR: Tina Bohak, PhD
PUBLISHER: Celjska Mohorjeva družba

BOOK DESIGNER: Marko Marinsek
JACKET DESIGNER: Marko Marinsek
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Tina Bohak
ART DIRECTOR: Marko Marinsek
DESIGN FIRM: studio ma–ma



36
TITLE: 36
AUTHOR: TANG HO LUN
PUBLISHER: 1984 Publishing

BOOK DESIGNER: Furze Chan
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Furze Chan
ART DIRECTOR: Furze Chan



44 Low-resolution Houses
TITLE: 44 Low-resolution Houses
AUTHOR: Michael Meredith
PUBLISHER: Princeton

BOOK DESIGNER: Alex Lin
JACKET DESIGNER: Alex Lin
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Michael Meredith, Alex Lin
ART DIRECTOR: Alex Lin
DESIGN FIRM: Studio Lin





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