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designers don't read by austin howe.

field guide to tracking animals in snow by louise r. forrest. in honor of the ass-kicking winter we've had in boston (that's still going strong.)

i miss my pencil by martin bone and kara johnson from ideo.

what if a doorbell could trigger the connection between scent and memory? how might traditional chinese craftsmanship be paired with modern audio technology to demonstrate that “made in china” isn’t always equated with “cheaply produced”? could one person’s love of a material—specifically, cork—be exaggerated to elicit emotional response in others?

chronicle Books and ideo put together a 240-page glossy tome to answer these and other thought-provoking questions about what inspires designers to design. the authors, award-winning ideo design director martin bone and ideo materials expert kara johnson, complement each other’s thinking beautifully, approaching each design brief from the outside in and the inside out, respectively.

what was the hipster?: a sociological investigation by n+1.

based on a panel held at the new school with mark greif, christian lorentzen, and jace clayton (dj/rupture), n+1's investigation of the rise and fall of the contemporary hipster.

fixed: global fixed-gear bike culture book by laurence king.

copenhagen apartments by paumes.

less and more: the design ethos of dieter rams edited by klaus klemp and keiko ueki-polet. and here's a good interview that i can't get to embed.