Books You Should Read
The Champ
Phaidon Design Classics: 001–999. Phaidon Press, 2006
This quintessential collection of 999 product designs in three thigh-numbing volumes explores product design from the late 1600s to the present. They include everything from 300-year-old scissors to modern airplanes and the work of such 20th-century stalwarts as Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Henry Dreyfuss, Ray and Charles Eames, and a host of up-and-comers. In homage to one of the primary principles of good design—– durability—most of the products featured here are still in production.
The Challenger
Designing the 21st Century by Charlotte and Peter Fiell. Taschen, 2005
This new tome offers ruminations and forecasts on the future of global product design. It features interviews with contemporary designers from across the globe, each of whom is determined to push product design forward, whether it’s for a wine glass or a windmill.
The Dark Horse
Humble Masterpieces: Everyday Marvels of Design by Paola Antonelli. Collins Design, 2006
The curator of the Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Design and Architecture offers a treatise on the extraordinary beauty of 100 ordinary things. Safety pins, condoms, and the Rubik’s Cube are just a few of the common items Antonelli vets under a microscope, explaining the origins of these simple objects and why we can’t live without them.
Articles
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Architecture Reads on Google Books
Far be it from me to suggest you spend your spare computer time reading—those R. Kelly vids are certainly not going to watch themselves—but after a quick advanced search on Google…
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Michelle Kaufmann Book Reading
These days, it's a common saying that recessions breed creativity. To Michelle Kaufmann, this means creating solutions for affordable, green living. Kaufmann found her calling after she and her…
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Design Books: September 2009
Check out this selection of recently released design books culled by our editors and profiled in the September 2009 issue's In The Modern World section.
Products
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Tank Books
Much like Olympia Le-Tan’s book-clutches, these awesome cigarette books pay homage to classic stories. Cleverly disguised as cigarette packs (right down to the flip-flop top with foil…
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Record Houses of 1971
We pretty much never tire of books that compile modern houses. Generally there are some well known designers featured (Lautner, Jaffe, Noyes) but books like this one are also a great place to…
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The BLDGBLOG Book: Architectural Conjecture, Urban Speculation, Landscape Future
BLDGBLOG has long been one of our favorite websites for architectural conjecture, left-field landscapes, and dispatches from the bleeding edge of the built world, so much so that we brought author…
Dwell Collections
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2010 Books by Dwell Contributors
Though we love to love our many talented contributors in the pages of Dwell, we figured that the fine work they do merits a special shout-out. So should you be shopping for a Dwell-lover, consider…
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Books and Films
Editor-in-Chief Sam Grawe: Although I gave up writing Christmas lists long ago, the following is what I would ask for if I were writing to Santa today. I can quite literally spend many hours…
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Events
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Art and Design Book Fair
Hundreds of new and gently used books on interior design and architecture will be on sale at reduced prices (Students and faculty with valid ID will receive a discount). Highlights include a set of…
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Merchandise Mart's Spring Fling
All right designers, winter is almost over, the weather's getting warmer, and there's no better time for a spring fling, the Merchandise Mart's annual Spring Fling, that is. Jump into the outdoor…
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The Red Book of C.G. Jung
This unprecedented exhibition marks the first public presentation of the preeminent psychologist C. G. Jung’s (1875-1961) famous Red Book. In the book Jung developed his principal theories of…
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Record Houses of 1971
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The BLDGBLOG Book: Architectural Conjecture, Urban Speculation, Landscape Future
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