As a fascinating follow up to the
reading club book list, a faculty member turned me on to this great site:
Designers and Books: Book lists and commentary from esteemed
designers and architects
http://www.designersandbooks.com/
Check it out!
Leigh Gates
Director of Library Services
Harrington College of Design
200 W. Madison St.
Chicago, IL 60606
312.697.8021 P
312.697.3318 Front Desk
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I have been asked to summarize your responses. Looks like
some juicy reading:
Paul Buckley, editor, Penguin 75
Erik Larson, Devil in the White City
Malcom Gladwell, Blink:The power of thinking
without thinking
William M. Ivins, Prints and Visual Communication
Lillian Christensen, A Design for Living, Vienna in the
Twenties
Henry Petroski, The Pencil: A history of design and
circumstance
Richard Minsky, The Art of American Book Covers
1875-1930
And someone added these excellent potential best-sellers:
(I also just thought of T.C. Boyle's "The
Women" as well - or to call it "The Monkey Women"? Isn't ANY
book title better with some "monkeys" thrown in? The Monkey Bible,
Harry Potter and the Monkey Prisoner of Azkhaban, The Well of Monkey
Loneliness, The Davinci Monkey Code, The Sound and the Monkey Fury, À la
Recherche du Singe Temps Perdu, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Monkey... )
Leigh Gates
Director of Library Services
Harrington College of Design
200 W. Madison St.
Chicago, IL 60606
312.697.8021 P
312.697.3318 Front Desk
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