50 Books/50 Covers 2008 selections

After careful and considered review of more than 900 entries, the 2008 jury of the “AIGA 50 books/50 Covers” competition selected a group of 91 examples of outstanding book and book cover design produced in 2008.

The jury’s selections will be mounted as a public exhibition during the “Make/Think: AIGA Design Conference” in October 2009 and at the AIGA National Design Center in New York in December 2009, and will travel across the country to AIGA chapters and student groups during 2010. In addition, selections become part of the AIGA Design Archives, are documented in 365: AIGA Year In Design, and the physical artifacts join the AIGA Design Archives at the Denver Art Museum and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University.

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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction The Age of Entanglement
Alfred A. Knopf/Vertical Press, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Zen and Now
Alfred A. Knopf/Vertical Press, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Censoring
Alfred A. Knopf/Vertical Press, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Dororo
Alfred A. Knopf/Vertical Press, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Esther's Inheritance
Alfred A. Knopf/Vertical Press, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Le Corbusier
Ana Cortils Comunicacion Visual, Madrid Book Image-driven books Zibaldone of Five Stages in Life
Andrew Blauvelt/Matthew Rezac, Minneapolis, MN Book Image-driven books Superlight
atelier Pedro Falcao, Lisboa Book Limited-edition and fine-press books Rui Chafes
Barbara Bloom, New York, NY Book Image-driven books The Collections of Barbara Bloom
Barbara deWilde design, Montclair, NJ Cover Literature and nonfiction Love Today
Barbara deWilde design, Montclair, NJ Cover Literature and nonfiction Milk
Base Design, New York, NY Book Image-driven books It's not only Rock'n'Roll, Baby
Chip Kidddesign, New York, NY Book Literature and nonfiction The Learners
Chip Kidddesign, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction A Wolf At The Table
Chip Kidddesign, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction The Learners
Chronicle Books, Chicago, CA Book Children's books L is for Lollygag
Cosac Naify, São Paulo Book Literature and nonfiction O livro amarelo do terminal
Cosac Naify, São Paulo Book Image-driven books Fundaçao Ibere Camargo - Alvaro Siza
Danielle Aubert, Detroit, MI Book Image-driven books ReFusing Fashion: Rei Kawakubo
de Vicq design, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Little Bee
Edel Rodriguez Studio, Mount Tabor, NJ Cover Literature and nonfiction Things Fall Apart
Ena Cardenal de la Nuez, Madrid Cover Limited-edition and fine-press books NY MOTION 1.0
Evan Gaffney Design, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Wishful Drinking
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Security
Getty Publications, Los Angeles, CA Book Image-driven books Alan Kaprow Art as Life
Getty Publications, Los Angeles, CA Book Image-driven books California Video: Artists and Histories
Gray318, Bishops Stortford Cover Literature and nonfiction The Mayor's Tongue
Green Dragon Office, Los Angeles, CA Book Image-driven books Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective
Hachette Book Group, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Columbine
Hachette Book Group, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Epilogue
Haunch of Venison, London Book Image-driven books Adam Pendleton: EL T D K
Les Allusifs, Montreal, NY Book Literature and nonfiction Je voudrais pas crever
Little, Brown and Company, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Beat the Reaper
Little, Brown and Company, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
Matsumoto Incorporated, New York, NY Book Image-driven books William Wegman: Dogs on Rocks
Matsumoto Incorporated, New York, NY Book Image-driven books COLOR CHART: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today
McSweeney's, San Francisco, CA Book Literature and nonfiction All Known Metal Bands
McSweeney's, San Francisco, CA Book Literature and nonfiction McSweeney's Issue 27
McSweeney's, San Francisco, CA Book Literature and nonfiction McSweeney's Issue 29
McSweeney's, San Francisco, CA Cover Literature and nonfiction Maps and Legends
Metalmother, Brooklyn, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction I Love Dollars
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA Book Literature and nonfiction Camps: A Guide to 21st-Century Space
Mother Design, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction The Silver Linings Playbook
Mucca Design, New York, NY Cover Children's books Oliver Twist, Il Cucciolo, Il Richiamo de la Foresta- BUR Ragazzi series
Mucca Design Corp., New York, NY Book Instructional books and textbooks Chanterelle - The Story and Recipes of a Restaurant Classic
Mucca Design Corp., New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction '68
National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD Book Image-driven books Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans"
Office of Paul Sahre, New York, NY Book Image-driven books Leisurama Now: The Beach House for Everyone, 1964-
Office of Paul Sahre, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Downtown Owl
Office of Paul Sahre, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Chuck Klosterman IV
Office of Paul Sahre, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Night of the Gun
Offices of Anne Burdick, Pasadena, CA Book Reference books Fackel Schimpfwörterbuch
Penguin Books, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction On the Road Original Scroll
Pentagram, New York, NY Book Image-driven books Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy
Pentagram, New York, NY Book Literature and nonfiction Writings on Architecture
Project Projects, New York, NY Book Image-driven books Brooklyn Modern
pulp, ink., Brooklyn, NY Cover Image-driven books Franz West: To Build A House You Start With The Roof
REX Design, Sao Paulo Cover Literature and nonfiction Classicos Saraiva book collection
Sagmeister Inc., Brooklyn, NY Cover Reference books Columbia Abstract 07/08
Salamander Hill Design, Elgin, QC Cover Literature and nonfiction Canadian Water Politics
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Book Image-driven books Brought to Light Exhibition Catalogue
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY Book Reference books SVA Senior Library 2007
Simon & Schuster, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction No One Belongs Here More Than You
Simply Read Books, Vancouver, BC Book Children's books Where You Came From
Spin, London Book Literature and nonfiction 25 x 4: Channel 4 at 25
Stripe, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Book Image-driven books The Wizard of Oz
Studio A, Alexandria, VA Book Reference books To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Studio Blue, Chicago, IL Book Image-driven books Look at me: Photographs from Mexico City
Studio Blue, Chicago, IL Book Image-driven books Krannert Art Museum: Selected Works
Takigawa Design, Monterey, CA Book Literature and nonfiction Traveller, Observations from an American in Exile
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Book Image-driven books Design and the Elastic Mind
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Book Image-driven books Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Book Image-driven books Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today
The Office of Gilbert Li, Toronto, ON Book Image-driven books Derek Sullivan
Timothy Donaldson, Colwich Book Instructional books and textbooks Shapes for sounds (cowhouse)
Timothy Goodman, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Translucent Tree
Triboro Design, Brooklyn, NY Book Image-driven books Leigh Ledare: Pretend You're Actually Alive
Underline Studio, Toronto, ON Book Image-driven books Milk and Melancholy
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL Cover Literature and nonfiction Obsession
Varela & Kimura, Mexico City Book Literature and nonfiction Central de Arquitectura
Vintage Books, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Makioka Sisters
Vintage Books, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Samedi The Deafness
Vintage Books, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction Way Through Doors
Vintage Books, New York, NY Cover Literature and nonfiction The Book of Dead Philosophers
VISUAL ARTS Press, Ltd., New York, NY Book Image-driven books SVA Undergraduate Catalogue
Volume Inc., San Francisco, CA Book Image-driven books The Art of Participation
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Book Image-driven books Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Book Image-driven books Tetsumi Kudo: Garden of Metamorphosis
why not smile, New York, NY Book Image-driven books Visible Language
why not smile, New York, NY Book Image-driven books Walk on Red