Hasta La Ideas

With e-readers more ubiquitous than ever, its become harder and harder to judge a book by its cover. The brilliantly curated site, Designers&Books is a public platform for creative luminaries like Shigeru Ban, Elizabeth Diller, Massimo Vignelli, Paula Scher and Steven Heller (the latter two are part of the Core77 Design Awards Graphic Design Jury) to share books that are “personally important, meaningful, and formative—books that have shaped their values, their worldview and their ideas about design.” All judging aside, it’s fascinating to read through these lists and the accompanying commentary from some of our most creative minds. Best of all, you can start your own reading list to email or print (and add to it every Tuesday when the new contributor’s book list is unveiled!).

Celebrating their 70th contribution, today Designers&Books published the New Yorker Architecture Critic Paul Goldberger’s list of 33 must-read titles with a fascinating essay, “Books Every Architect Should Read,”

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