50 Books/50 Covers 2007 selections

After careful and considered review of more than 900 entries, the jury of “AIGA 50 books/50 Covers of 2006” competition selected a group of 100 examples of outstanding book and book cover design produced in 2006.

The jury’s selections will be mounted as a public exhibition scheduled to open at the AIGA National Design Center in New York on September 26 and during the Next: AIGA Design Conference in Denver. The exhibit will travel across the country to AIGA chapters and student groups during 2008. In addition, selections become part of the AIGA Design Archives, a searchable visual database of exemplary design, are documented in 365: AIGA Year In Design 28, an annual print publication and the physical artifacts join the AIGA Design Archives at the Denver Art Museum.

Entry title/ Author(s)/ Submitted by	Category/ Type
The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride 6x9 Design Brooklyn, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Birthday Alfred A. Knopf Publishing New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Frost Alfred A. Knopf Publishing New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
House of Meetings Alfred A. Knopf Publishing New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
I Feel Bad About My Neck Alfred A. Knopf Publishing New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Reporting Alfred A. Knopf Publishing New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
The Zurau Aphorisms Alfred A. Knopf Publishing New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Martin Parr "Mexico" Aperture Foundation New York, NY	Image-driven books Cover
My Life in Politics by Tim Davis Aperture Foundation New York, NY	Image-driven books Cover
Did a horse fall? Art Center College of Design Los Angeles, CA	Limited-edition and fine-press books Book
Radar Aufuldish & Warinner San Anselmo, CA	Image-driven books Book
8 Basic Books New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
The Border of Truth Basic Books New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Chairs: A History Binocular New York, NY	Image-driven books Cover
Horizontes Bløk Design Delegacion Cuauhtemoc	Image-driven books Book
Encyclopedia Prehistorica SHARKS and Other SEA MONSTERS Candlewick Press Cambridge, MA	Children's books Book
Ann Hamilton: An Inventory of Objects D.A.P./ Distributed Art Publishers New York, NY	Image-driven books Book
Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale D.A.P./ Distributed Art Publishers New York, NY	Image-driven books Book
Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots D.A.P./ Distributed Art Publishers New York, NY	Limited-edition and fine-press books Book
Robert Polidori: After the Flood D.A.P./ Distributed Art Publishers New York, NY	Image-driven books Book
The Book on Vegas D.A.P./ Distributed Art Publishers New York, NY	Image-driven books Book
Sheep Hill Community Tree Daemen College Depew, NY	Reference books Book
He & She Diane Jaroch Design Rockford, IL	Image-driven books Book
Detrás del Silencio Estudio Interlinea San Juan, PR	Limited-edition and fine-press books Cover
Gargoyles Eva Brandstötter Montclair, NJ	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Poppy Shakespeare Evan Gaffney Design New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
The Girls Who Went Away Evan Gaffney Design New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Inamorata Fervor Creative, Inc. Scottsdale, AZ	Limited-edition and fine-press books Book
A Temple of Texts Gabriele Wilson Brooklyn, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Grayson Gabriele Wilson Brooklyn, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Thin Wild Mercury Gabriele Wilson Brooklyn, NY	Image-driven books Book
Unbowed Gabriele Wilson Brooklyn, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
New and Used Green Dragon Office Los Angeles, CA	Image-driven books Book
Oh No, Not Ghosts Harcourt, Inc. San Diego, CA	Children's books Book
Walk On Harcourt, Inc. San Diego, CA	Children's books Book
A Disorder Peculiar to the Country HarperCollins New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Beasts of No Nation HarperCollins New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Brave New World Revisited HarperCollins New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Dead Beat HarperCollins New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Kockroach HarperCollins New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Next HarperCollins New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
The Beatrice Letters HarperCollins New York, NY	Children's books Book
Emily Dickinson's Herbarium Harvard University Press Cambridge, MA	Image-driven books Book
The Home Owner's Manual Headcase Design Philadelphia, PA	Instructional books and textbooks Book
Dear J HJGHER Singapore	Limited-edition and fine-press books Book
Full Metal Jacket Diary Hsu and Associates New York, NY	Image-driven books Book
L.A. REX Hsu and Associates New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
An Illustrated Short History of Progress Ingrid Paulson Design Toronto, ON	Image-driven books Book
Sayonara Home Run! John Gall Design New York, NY	Image-driven books Book
A Little Book on Poverty & Glory Jolly Design Austin, TX	Literature and nonfiction Cover
The Portrait Kent Court Studios Somerville, MA	Limited-edition and fine-press books Book
The Picture Book Laurence King Publishing Ltd. London	Image-driven books Cover
ART Little Brown Books for Young Readers New York, NY	Children's books Book
By George Little, Brown and Company New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Certainty Little, Brown and Company New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Dead Boys Little, Brown and Company New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook Martha Stewart Living New York, NY	Reference books Book
Joe Matsumoto Incorporated New York, NY	Limited-edition and fine-press books Book
Arboretum McSweeney's Publishing San Francisco, CA	Image-driven books Book
End of I McSweeney's Publishing San Francisco, CA	Literature and nonfiction Book
McSweeney's No. 19 McSweeney's Publishing San Francisco, CA	Literature and nonfiction Book
McSweeney's No. 20 McSweeney's Publishing San Francisco, CA	Literature and nonfiction Book
What is the What McSweeney's Publishing San Francisco, CA	Literature and nonfiction Cover
The Little Girl and The Cigarette Melville House Publishing Hoboken, NJ	Literature and nonfiction Cover
An Inconvenient Truth MGMT. design Brooklyn, NY	Literature and nonfiction Book
A Photograhers Life 1990- 2005 Modern Identity New York, NY	Image-driven books Book
Mao Mucca Design New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Against the Day Penguin Group (USA) Inc. New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Paul Auster series Penguin Group (USA) Inc. New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Petropolis Penguin Group (USA) Inc. New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
The Golden Road Penguin Group (USA) Inc. New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future Pentagram Design New York, NY	Image-driven books Book
Story of Art, Pocket Edition Phaidon Press Ltd New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Book
A Taxonomy of Barnacles Picador New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Me a Mound PictureBox Inc. Brooklyn, NY	Image-driven books Cover
The Book of Holes Poul Lange Design New York, NY	Children's books Book
Materials for Design Princeton Architectural Press New York, NY	Instructional books and textbooks Book
Atlas of Novel Tectonics Research and Development Basel	Image-driven books Book
The End of the Wild by Stephen M. Meyer Rest Design Quincy, MA	Literature and nonfiction Book
31 Days: The Crisis That Gave Us the Government We Have Today Rodrigo Corral Design New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Ace of Spades: A Memoir Rodrigo Corral Design New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Him Her Him Again The End of Him Rodrigo Corral Design New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
The Way It Wasn't: From the Files of James Laughlin by James Laughlin Rodrigo Corral Design New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Book
Cai Guo Quiang Sagmeister, Inc. New York, NY	Image-driven books Book
Dead Man's Float Salamander Hill Design Elgin, Quebec	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Race Riots Salamander Hill Design Elgin, Quebec	Literature and nonfiction Cover
About Face SamataMason Dundee, IL	Image-driven books Book
Darkness at Noon Simon & Schuster New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
The List Simon & Schuster New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Still Points of the Turning World Skolkin + Chickey Santa Fe, NM	Image-driven books Book
Andy Warhol: The Day the Factory Died Stark Design New York, NY	Image-driven books Book
Stoked: The Evolution of Action Sports Stark Design New York, NY	Image-driven books Book
The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 Studio A Alexandria, VA	Reference books Book
HUNKERING: The Last Gabberjabb Number Eight and IX/IVIths The Perishable Press Lmtd. Mt. Horeb, WI	Limited-edition and fine-press books Book
Alter Ego The University of Chicago Press Chicago, IL	Limited-edition and fine-press books Book
Air Mask Trio Design & Marketing Communications, Inc. Akron, OH	Literature and nonfiction Book
Camus Series: The Plague, The Stranger, Exile and the Kingdom Vintage Books New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Gargoles and The Loser Vintage Books New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Words Without Borders Vintage Books New York, NY	Literature and nonfiction Cover
Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN	Image-driven books Cover
New Wight Biennial Willem Augustus Venice, CA	Limited-edition and fine-press books Book