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The central meeting place for those interested in books about #design & #creativity. Producer of Designers & Books Fair 2012, 2015, Festival 2016, reprints

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Joined February 2010
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What’s on our summer reading list? As design book devotees, we’re turning to "The Story of Architecture" by Witold Rybczynski (@witoldr) (@yalepress) his 22nd book. Our talk with the author: designersandbooks.com/blog/s…
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In our summer installment of “One Book and Why,” Frederick Steiner, dean of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, recommends "Before Central Park" from @ColumbiaUP and why you should read it: designersandbooks.com/blog/o…
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Register now for the PRINT Book Club to hear the books' authors--Steven Heller, Mirko Ilic, and Beth Kleber--discuss Glaser's work. RSVP TODAY: l8r.it/yTVK
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New in our series "One Book and Why," where designers recommend one book that inspires them - "Graphic Designer Stefan Sagmeister Recommends": designersandbooks.com/blog/o…
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Join the next PRINT Book Club online get-together on Thursday, May 18, and hear Steven Heller (@thedailyheller), Mirko Ilic & Beth Kleber talk about their new book, "Milton Glaser: POP" from @MonacelliPress. To register for this free event: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJE…
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Weekend reading: Want to find out what books today's designers and architects are reading - and recommending? Subscribe to our monthly newsletter! designersandbooks.com/subscr…
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Don't miss this special live event for the print design community on June 2 in New York! Enter this Designers & Books code and receive a further discount on your @PaperSpecs Live early bird ticket: DANDBLive2023
Who are we as print designers? It’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately as we get ready for our PaperSpecs Live event in New York June 2nd. 👉 Remember, you can save nearly 25% when you grab your PaperSpecs Live tickets before April 30th: bit.ly/3nHnHSi
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On what would have been I.M. Pei’s birthday, we honour his visionary work in architecture and his enduring legacy. Join us in exploring curator Aric Chen’s reflection on Pei’s Fragrant Hill Hotel, a critical milestone in contemporary Chinese architecture. mplus.org/fragrant-hill
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In this PRINT Book Club, Debbie Millman and Steven Heller interview Elizabeth "Dori" Tunstall and will talk about how we can transform the way we imagine and remake the world, replacing pain & repression with equity, inclusion, & diversity. Register today! l8r.it/HPl0
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In this PRINT Book Club, Debbie Millman and Steven Heller interview Elizabeth "Dori" Tunstall and will talk about how we can transform the way we imagine and remake the world, replacing pain & repression with equity, inclusion, & diversity. Register today! l8r.it/LLOI
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In our new installment of “One Book and Why,” find out what book architect Thom Mayne, founder of Morphosis, recommends and why, he says, "it's a book I've returned to for 30 years": designersandbooks.com/blog/o…
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Nathaniel Kahn's MY ARCHITECT — an emotional journey into the life and art of his father, famed architect Louis Kahn – opens Friday, April 7 in a new restoration! Schedule and tickets: bit.ly/3zaGbgr
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April is #NationalPoetryMonth in the U.S. We take a look at five designers’ book lists from our archive that have included books of poetry—by authors ranging from Shakespeare to Mark Strand—as design inspiration: designersandbooks.com/blog/b…
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Want to find out what books today's designers and architects are reading - and recommending? Subscribe to our monthly newsletter! designersandbooks.com/subscr…
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Next PRINT Book Club, Apr 12: @debbiemillman and @thedailyheller talk with Dori Tunstall on her new book, "Decolonizing Design," from @mitpress. Register to join the free Zoom session: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJE…
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Graphic designer @louisefili recommends a political/historical novel by Italian author Andrea Camilleri (@EuropaEditions) in a new post in our series "One Book and Why" - where we ask designers to tell us about one book that's inspired them recently: designersandbooks.com/blog/o…
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