December 16, 2008
Books Received: Winter 2009
New books keep piling up here at Design Observer. During this winter season, we thought we’d share some of the many recently published titles we have received over the past couple of months. Maybe you’ll find a surprise or two…
Salar Abdoh & Charlotte Noruzi Urban Iran Mark Batty, 2008 |
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Vince Aletti, editor Look at me: Photographs from Mexico City by Jed Fielding University Of Chicago Press, 2009 |
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Nathan Troi Anderson & J. K. Putnam Decay Mark Batty, 2008 |
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Helen Armstrong Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field Princeton Architectural Press, 2009 |
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Bryan Bell & Katie Wakeford, editors Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism Metropolis Books, 2008 |
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Alexis Bernier, Yorgo Tloupa & Adrian Shaughnessey( H5: This is the End JRP Ringier, 2009 |
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Gabrielle Brainard, Rustam Mehta & Thomas Moran, editors Perspecta 41 “Grand Tour” MIT Press, 2008 |
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Martha Cooper Going Postal Mark Batty Publisher, 2009 |
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Timothy Donaldson Shapes for sounds (cowhouse) Mark Batty, 2008 |
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Brian Dougherty Green Graphic Design Allworth Press, 2009 |
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Sylvia A. Earle & Linda K. Glover Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas National Geographic, 2008 |
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Michael Erlhoff & Timothy Marshall, editors Design Dictionary: Perspectives on Design Terminology Birkhäuser Basel, 2008 |
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Susan Greenberg Fisher Picasso and the Allure of Language Yale University Press, 2009 |
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Conny Freyer, Sebastien Noel, Eva Rucki & Paola Antonelli Digital by Design: Crafting Technology for Products and Environments Thames & Hudson, 2009 |
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Kay Gardiner & Ann Meador Shayne Mason-Dixon Knitting: The Curious Knitters’ Guide: Stories, Patterns, Advice, Opinions, Questions, Answers, Jokes, and Pictures Potter Craft, 2006 |
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David Gibson The Wayfinding Handbook: Information Design for Public Places Princeton Architectural Press, 2009 |
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Milton Glaser Drawing is Thinking Overlook Hardcover, 2008 |
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Seth Godin Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us Portfolio Hardcover, 2008 |
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Michael J. Golec & Aron Vinegar, editors Relearning from Las Vegas University Of Minnesota Press, 2008 |
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Sarah Greenough, editor Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, Expanded Edition National Gallery Of Art, 2009 |
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Steven Heller, editor Design Disasters: Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned Allworth Press, 2009 |
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Hannah B Higgins The Grid Book MIT Press, 2009 |
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Ada Louise Huxtable On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change Walker & Company, 2008 |
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R. Klanten & H. Hellige Playful Type: Ephemeral Lettering and Illustrative Fonts Die Gestalten Verlag, 2008 |
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Robert J. Krawczyk The Codewriting Workbook: Creating Computational Architecture in AutoLISP Princeton Architectural Press, 2008 |
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Daniel Libeskind & Paul Goldberger Counterpoint: Daniel Libeskind in Conversation with Paul Goldberger Monacelli Press, 2008 |
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Zeina Maasri Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War I. B. Tauris, 2009 |
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Maggie Macnab Decoding Design: Understanding and Using Symbols in Visual Communication How, 2008 |
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Sadako Ohki Tea Culture of Japan YU Art Gallery, 2009 |
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Martin Parr Everybody Dance Now: Photographs by Martin Parr Editions 2wice, 2009 |
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Pentagram Pentagram: Marks: 400 Symbols and Logotypes Laurence King, 2009 |
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Graham Pullin Design Meets Disability MIT Press, 2009 |
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Ake Rudolf Urban Guerilla Protest Mark Batty, 2008 |
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Gerlinde Schuller Designing Universal Knowledge: The World as Flatland — Report 1 Lars Müller Publishers, 2008 |
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Paul Rudolph & Robert A. M. Stern Writings on Architecture Yale School of Architecture, 2008 |
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Neil Spiller Digital Architecture Now: A Global Survey of Emerging Talent Thames & Hudson, 2009 |
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The Junior League of Houston Peace Meals The Junior League of Houston, 2008 |
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Type Directors Club Typography 29 Collins Design, 2009 |
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Paul Virilio Bunker Archaeology Princeton Architectural Press, 2008 |
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Emily Warn Shadow Architect Copper Canyon Press, 2008 |
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Richard Saul Wurman Understanding Children TOP, 2002 |
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