Books

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The Subculture of Japanese Trucker Art

Tatsuki Masaru's new book Dekotora documents the Japanese subculture of pimping big rigs with neon lights and luxury interiors.

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Recent Books Received: 08.29.13

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas; The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide by Leah Buley; Build Your Own Brand: Strategies, Prompts and Exercises for Marketing Yourself by Robin Landa; Rotman on …

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Recent Books Received: 08.22.13

Still: American Silent Motion Picture Photography by David S. Shields; Multiple Signatures: On Designers, Authors, Readers and Users by Michael Rock; Adhocism: The Case for Improvisation by Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver; Recalculating …

John Bertram|Books

Lolita — The Story of a Cover Girl

Excerpt from Lolita — The Story of a Cover Girl.

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Recent Books Received: 08.08.13

Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907 by Christian Witt-Dorring; Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia by Anthony Townsend; Design: The Groundbreaking Moments by Nina Kozel; Museum of Fine Arts, …

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Recent Books Received: 07.24.13

Architects from A to Z by Paul Cattermole and Simon Forty; Peter Kluska: Landscape Architecture by Peter Kluska; The Designer as: Author, Producer, Activist, Entrepeneur, Curator, and Collaborator: New Models for Communicating by Steven …

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Flowering Pages

A little-known but remarkable collection of treasures from The Garden Club of America illustrates the activities of the premier American gardening association over the course of a century.

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Designing in a Complex World

John Thackara's In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World has just been published in Spanish by the fabulous folks at Editorial Disegnio in Mexico City.

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Recent Books Received: 05.30.13

Punk: Chaos to Couture by Andrew Bolton and Richard Hell; Alone in the Forest, by Gita Wolf and Andrea Anastasio; Illustrated by Bhajju Shyam; Facts are Sacred by Simon Rogers; The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery …

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The Olympic City, Documenting The Remains

Jon Pack and Gary Hustwit visted former Olympic host cities all over the world, documenting what remains — and what does not.

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Recent Books Received: 05.23.13

Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs by Larry Keeley and Helen Walters; Close-Up at a Distance: Mapping, Technology, and Politics by Laura Kurgan; Interviewing Users by Steve Portigal; Things Come Apart: A …

Kit Hinrichs|Books

The Alphabet Card

Excerpt from The Alphabet Card, a new book by Kit Hinrichs and Delphine Hirasuna.