Courtyard Homes by Joann Plockova Gathers 20 Houses Around a Single...
Courtyard Homes is the rare architecture book that earns its shelf space by staying narrow, as well as by its unique die-cut design. Joann...
The Contemporary Japanese Posters Book by Giancarlo Calza Reveals the Art...
Contemporary Japanese Posters is a reference book dressed up as a coffee table book. Buy it for reference. Giancarlo Calza edited this Japanese graphic...
The Definitive Book on Japanese Design Since 1945 Is Currently 30%...
Japanese Design Since 1945 is the best single-volume reference on postwar Japanese objects in English. Naomi Pollock's sourcebook also weighs 5.4 pounds, and that...
Disorder: Swiss Grit Vol. II Puts Fingerprints Back Into Graphic Design
Disorder: Swiss Grit Vol. II is a loud book with a quiet thesis. Chris Ashworth argues for handmade design through Cromalin marks and flatplan...
Glossary of Undisciplined Design Is a Pocket-Size Feminist Handbook With 55...
The Glossary of Undisciplined Design is the graphic design book I would hand to a student before any history survey. In fact, it teaches...
The 5 Best Scrapbook Photo Albums I Found on Amazon—Complete Test,...
Is 10×10 the Sweet Spot for Scrapbook Photo Albums, Especially With 4×6 Prints? Honestly, scrapbook photo albums make better Christmas gifts than most shoppers expect,...
The Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses Holds 400 Homes and One...
Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses is the best browsing book on this style I own and the worst book for actually studying a single...
Graphic Design Rules Book Review
A Chapter-by-Chapter Book Review of Graphic Design Rules by Princeton Architectural Press Some design books age like Helvetica, while others age like a Comic Sans...
Vitra’s Transform! Wants Less Power, Not Just Cleaner Power
Energy design sounds like a job for engineers in hard hats. But Vitra's Transform! Designing the Future of Energy argues otherwise. Its pages hold...
Architecture Against Architecture Puts the Whole Profession on Trial, Starting With...
Architecture Against Architecture opens with a confession, not a compliment. Reinier de Graaf, a partner at OMA for three decades, makes that clear on...
Design as Art by Bruno Munari: A Review of the Penguin...
I think I bought Design as Art in 2020, during the first strange months of the pandemic, when Amazon deliveries were the only thing...
I Tested 14 Amazon Design Gifts for Creative Friends. Only 10...
Amazon design gifts have a reputation problem among people who actually design things for a living. Ask any illustrator, art director, or brand designer...
