New York Art Book Fair 2013

From books just containing commas to sublime photography, our publication picks from the recent event

This year the New York Art Book Fair sprawled into the courtyard and filled the three floors of MOMA’s PS1 building in Long Island City. The fair, which is one of the largest art book fairs in the world, welcomes a wide array of publications—from artists’ books, to catalogs and monographs, to periodicals and zines. We scoured the many thousands of publications and selected some …

Marion Bataille’s “Numero”

A three-dimensional approach to counting in an alluring pop-up book of integers

Part entertaining pop-up book for young numerophiles, part creative dissection of numbers’ visually symbolic values, Marion Bataille’s forthcoming book “Numero” breaks down the world’s most basic integers with each turn of the page. A New York Times best-selling author and illustrator for Paris’ Pompidou Museum, Bataille’s three-dimensional approach to counting reveals numbers in an architectural form, and is printed on thick cardstock to ensure curious …

Smithsonian’s “Great Design” Book

A spectacular survey of great moments and individuals in the expansive world of design, from the 1860s onward

Only the Smithsonian Institution could compile a survey of design from the 1860s onward and somehow land every major milestone. Their new book, released this month by DK Publishing, is as comprehensive as it is beautiful. Covering design from across the world, the book incorporates everything from technology to textiles, furniture and industrial design. Full photographic galleries—including detail shots and even sketches—meet insight in this …