The Design Encyclopedia
The Museum of Modern Art; 832 pages
Modernist manna, covering the past 130 years of furniture, graphic and product design right up to iPod's Jonathan Ive

Andy Warhol's Interview: The Best of the First Decade
Edition 7L/Steidl; 1,488 pages in seven volumes
Highlights from the magazine's first 10 years, including Q&As by Warhol, covers and a facsimile of the 1969 debut issue

Karim Rashid: Evolution
Universe Publishing; 272 pages
The work and words of the product designer who morphs trash cans into objects to behold, complete with sketches and life tips such as "find a job close by or move"

The Complete Kagan
Pointed Leaf Press; 272 pages
An autobiography of furniture designer Vladimir Kagan, 77—just in time for the renewed interest in his curvy forms

Designers on Design
Octopus Publishing Group; 256 pages
One hundred and ten of the world's top furniture and product designers field questions on their big breaks and biggest compromises