New books continue to pile up at Design Observer. Again, we want to share the fifty-plus recently published titles we've received over the past few months. We are happy to support the many design writers and publishers who create these books. No criticism or commentary here: but a sense of the tempo of the times through the books we've received.
 | Dan Adler Hanne Darboven: Cultural History 1880-1983 Afterall Books, 2009 |
 | Andre Andreev & Dan Covert Never Sleep: Graduating to Graphic Design de.MO, 2009 |
 | Paola Antonelli & Penny Sparke Japanese Design The Museum of Modern Art, 2009 |
 | Shelly Bancroft, Peter Nesbett & Rebecca Sears, editors Diaries of a Young Artist Darte, 2009 |
 | David Barringer There's Nothing Funny About Design Princeton Architectural Press, 2009 |
 | Adam Bartos & Raymond Carver Adam Bartos: Yard Sale Photographs Damiani, 2009 |
 | Stephen Bayley Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything Conran Octopus Ltd, 2009 |
 | Roy R. Behrens Camoupedia: A Compendium of Research on Art, Architecture and Camouflage Bobolink Books, 2009 |
 | Caroline Maniaque Benton Le Corbusier and the Maisons Jaoul Princeton Architectural Press, 2009 |
 | Bo Bergström Essentials of Visual Communication Laurence King Publishers, 2009 |
 | J. K. Birksted Le Corbusier and the Occult MIT Press, 2009 |
 | Martin Bone & Kara Johnson I Miss My Pencil Chronicle Books, 2009 |
 | T.C. Boyle The Women: A Novel Viking Adult, 2009 |
 | Scott Boylston Designing Sustainable Packaging Laurence King Publishers, 2009 |
 | Richard Brereton Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators and Creatives Laurence King Publishers, 2009 |
 | Seymour Chwast Seymour: The Obsessive Images of Seymour Chwast Chronicle Books, 2009 |
 | Doug Clouse & Angela Voulangas The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: A Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy Princeton Architectural Press, 2009 |
 | Brian A. Curran, Anthony Grafton, Pamela O. Long & Benjamin Weiss Obelisk: A History (Publications of the Burndy Library) MIT Press, 2009 |
 | Kenneth S. Deffeyes & Stephen E. Deffeyes Nanoscale: Visualizing an Invisible World MIT Press, 2009 |
 | Bill Dunn Uniforms Laurence King Publishers, 2009 |
 | Oded Ezer Oded Ezer: The Typographer's Guide to the Galaxy Die Gestalten Verlag, 2009 |
 | Jeffrey Fisher Birds Chronicle Books, 2009 |
 | Kitty Burns Florey Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting Melville House, 2009 |
 | Andrea Giunta, Rodrigo Naves, Luis Perez-Oramas, Leon Ferrari & Mira Schendel Leon Ferrari & Mira Schendel: Tangled Alphabet The Museum of Modern Art, 2009 |
 | Anthony Grafton Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West Harvard University, 2009 |
 | Emmanuel Guibert The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders First Second, 2009 |
 | Janet Harbord Chris Marker: La Jetée Afterall Books, 2009 |
 | Siaron Hughes Chicken: Low Art, High Calorie Mark Batty Publisher, 2009 |
 | William Klein William Klein: Contacts Contrasto, 2008 |
 | Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee & Arnold Roth Humbug Fantagraphics Books, 2008 |
 | Lance Letscher & Brooke Davis Anderson Lance Letscher: Collage University of Texas, 2009 |
 | Geoff Manaugh BLDGBLOG Book Chronicle Books, 2009 |
 | Keith Martin, Robin Dodd, Graham Davis & Bob Gordon 1000 Fonts Chronicle Books, 2009 |
 | Andres Janser & Barbara Junod, editors Corporate Diversity: Swiss Graphic Design and Advertising by Geigy 1940 - 1970 Lars Müller Publishers, 2009 |
 | Jacqueline Novogratz The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World Rodale Books, 2009 |
 | Timothy O'Donnell Sketchbook: Conceptual Drawings from the World's Most Influential Designers Rockport Publishers, 2009 |
 | Peter Opsvik Rethinking Sitting W.W. Norton, 2009 |
 | Edith Pauly The Best Vintage, Antique and Collectible Shops in Paris Little Bookroom, 2009 |
 | Sebastian Peiter & Goetz Werner Guerilla Art Laurence King Publishers, 2009 |
 | Rebecca Proctor 1000 New Eco Designs and Where to Find Them Laurence King Publishers, 2009 |
 | Theresa Sauer Notations 21 Mark Batty Publisher, 2009 |
 | Andrew M. Shanken 194X: Architecture, Planning, and Consumer Culture on the American Home Front University of Minnesota Press, 2009 |
 | Mark Shaw Copywriting: Successful Writing for Design, Advertising, and Marketing Laurence King Publishers, 2009 |
 | Nathan Shedroff Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable Rosenfeld Media, 2009 |
 | William Smock Bauhaus Ideal Then and Now: Illustrated Guide to Modern Design Academy Chicago Publishers, 2009 |
 | John R. Stilgoe Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places Walker & Company, 1998 |
 | Kate Stohr & Cameron Sinclair, editors Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises Metropolis Books, 2006 |
 | Deyan Sudjic The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects W.W. Norton, 2009 |
 | Yoshihiro Tatsumi A Drifting Life Drawn and Quarterly, 2009 |
 | Art Directors Club Young Guns 6 and the Undiscovered Letter Chronicle Books, 2009 |
 | Mienke Simon Thomas Dutch Design: A History Reaktion Books, 2008 |
 | Henk van Assen Ranch Gates of the Southwest Trinity University Press, 2009 |
 | Aron Vinegar I am a Monument: On Learning from Las Vegas MIT Press, 2008 |
 | Bruce Weber All American VIII: Nature's Way Little Bear Press, 2008 |
