50 Books Designed
By Thomas Christensen
Recently for a project I was working on I had reason to review some of my book design work, and I realized I have designed at least 50 books. A sort of a milestone—or maybe just a sign of getting old.
So, herewith, 50 books (I know these images are small, and later on they will become links, but, damn, it takes time even to lay out 50 thumbnails). Many of the earlier ones I no longer like so much, and my favorites tend to be the more recent: The Printer's Eye, 1616, River of Ink, Persian Ceramics, Days in a Life, The Elegant Lotus, A Curious Affair, Bali, Masters of Bamboo, East of Pouring.
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Laura Allen and Melissa Rinne, The Printer’s Eye: Ukiyo-e from the Grabhorn Collection
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José Antonio Burciaga, In Few Words / En Pocas Palabras
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Asian Art Museum, Careers in Visual Arts Symposium (cover only)
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Andrée Chedid, The Multiple Child (interior only)
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Thomas Christensen, 1616: The World in Motion
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Thomas Christensen, River of Ink: Literature, History, Art
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Terence Clarke, The King of Rumah Nadai (interior only)
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Alison Deming, Temporary Homelands (interior only)
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Carol Emshwiller, Leaping Man Hill
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Thomas Farber, The Face of the Deep
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Rebecca Fromer, The House by the Sea
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Aimee Froom and Forrest McGill, Persian Ceramics: From the Collections of the Asian Art Museum
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Shulamith Hareven, Thirst
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Shulamith Hareven, The Vocabulary of Peace (interior only)
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James D. Houston, In the Ring of Fire
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Inter Press Service, Story Earth (interior only)
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Robert Flynn Johnson, Days in a Life: The Art of Tetsuya Noda
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Jeff Kelley, Rocks into Stone: Zhang Wang, Sculptures from the Sierra
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Jeff Kelley, Sui Jianguo: The Sleep of Reason
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Kumja Paik Kim, Goryeo Dyasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment
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Michael Knight: Collector’s Choice, Collector’s Voice
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Josh Kornbluth, Red Diaper Baby
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Lao-tzu, Lao-tzu's Taoteching
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Li He, The Elegant Lotus: The Art and Life of Chang Shangpu (Constance Chang)
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Forrest McGill, A Curious Affair: The Fascination Between East and West
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Forrest McGill, The Kingdom of Siam: The Art of Central Thailand
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Jerry Martien, Shell Game (interior only)
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Jacques Meunier and A.M. Savarin, The Amazonian Chronicles (interior only)
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Pierre Michon, Masters and Servants)
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Charlotte Painter, Conjuring Tibet
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Dale Pendell, Pharmako/Poeia (interior only)
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Natasha Reichle, Bali: Art, ritual, Performance
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Rinne, Melissa, Masters of Bamboo
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Kit Robinson, The Champagne of Concrete (interior only)
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Danny Romero, Calle 10
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George Sand, Horace (interior only)
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Franz Schurmann, American Soul (cover only)
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Robert Louis Stevenson, The Silverado Squatters
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Stonehouse, The Zen Works of Stonehouse
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Sung Po-jen, Guide to Capturing a Plum Blossom (interior only)
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Daniel Taylor-Ide, Something Hidden Behind the Ranges (interior only)
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Douglas Thorpe, ed., Work and the Life of the Spirit
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William Drew Weinbrenner, East of Pouring: Collected Poetry 1980–2007
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Jane Williams, The Conservation of Asian Lacquer
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Joanna Williams, Kingdom of the Sun: Indian Court and Village Art from the Princely State of Mewar
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Darryl Babe Wilson, The Morning the Sun Went Down
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Yoko Woodson, Zen: Painting and Calligraphy, 17th–20th Centuries
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Pauline Yao, Spaces Within: Installations by Michael Lin and Wu Mali
