I recently discovered this really cool website, Designers & Books, which features profiles of the world’s most esteemed designers and the books that inspire them, as well as ones they have written. We’re talking all types of designers — fashion (like Donna Karan and Cynthia Rowley), architecture, graphic design, interior design, landscape architecture, product and industrial design, and urban design.
From October 26-28, Designers & Books is hosting their first Designers & Books Fair 2012, at the Fashion Institute of Technology Conference Center in New York Citywhich includes a dynamic series of featured speakers in a variety of design disciplines including Donna Karan, Todd Oldham, Valerie Steele, Debbie Millman we well subjects such as Cover Stories: A Conversation about Book Design, and How to Get Published in the World of Design Books.
In addition there will be an exhibition hall featuring approximately 35 design book publishers and booksellers selling their newest titles at discounted prices and also antiquarian dealers, authors signing books, and book artisans demonstrating calligraphy, book binding, and letterpress printing.
For our lucky readers, Designers & Books Fair 2012 is offering a discount of 40% or more off the listed advance-purchase ticket prices. All tickets include free admission to the exhibition hall ($10 value). Please see the main Programs or Tickets pages on our website for a full description of all programs. To access your special discount, click the links below and input the discount code at time of purchase.
Here’s the schedule:
Keynote: Designing the Future of the Design Book
Fri., Oct. 26: 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Special offer price: $18 (regular price $30)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial11 Enter code: KEYNOTE2012
Book Design at Pentagram
Sat., Oct. 27: 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (includes 30-min. break)
Special offer price: $25 (regular price $50)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial2 Enter code: PENT2012
Donna Karan Connects the Dots: A Conversation with Valerie Steele
Sat., Oct. 27: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial6 Enter code: DONNA2012
Hal Rubinstein in Conversation with Valerie Steele
Sat., Oct. 27: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial15 Enter code: HAL2012
Todd Oldham in Conversation with Wendy Goodman
Sat., Oct. 27: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial17 Enter code: OLDHAM2012
Buildings and Books: Four Architecture Critics in Conversation
Sat., Oct. 27: 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial3 Enter code: BUILD2012
Learning from Experience: Four Graphic Designers in Conversation
Sat., Oct. 27: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial12 Enter code: LEARNING2012
Bikes and Books: A Celebration of Bicycle Design
Sat., Oct. 27: 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial1 Enter code: BIKES2012
From Type to Tablet: Publishers and Editors Talk about Directions in Design Book Publishing Sat., Oct. 27: 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to:bit.ly/DBFairspecial8 Enter code: TYPE2012
Chinese Design Culture Now Sat., Oct. 27: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Special offer price: $18 (regular price $30)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial4 Enter code: CHIN2012
How to Get Published in the World of Design Books
Sun., Oct. 28: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial9 Enter code: HOWTOGET2012
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien in Conversation with Paul Goldberger
Sun., Oct. 28: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial16 Enter code: TODBILLIE2012
Cover Stories: A Conversation about Book Design
Sun., Oct. 28: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial5 Enter code: COVERS2012
Dress Press: Fashion Critics in Conversation
Sun., Oct. 28: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial7 Enter code: DRESS2012
Steven Heller and Louise Fili: A Conversation with Debbie Millman
Sun., Oct. 28: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial14
Enter code: HELLERFILI2012
Richard Meier, Michael Graves, and Peter Eisenman: A Conversation with Wendy Goodman
Sun., Oct. 28: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial13 Enter code: MEIER2012
Karim Rashid in Conversation with Debbie Millman
Sun., Oct. 28: 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Special offer price: $15 (regular price $25)
Go to: bit.ly/DBFairspecial10
Enter code: KARIM2012