[ Design ]

Another Science Fiction

Advertising the Space Race 1957–1962. By Megan Prelinger. (2010)

[ Architecture ] [ Futures ]

Architecture 2000

This stimulating book on the evolution of architecture in the last quarter of the twentieth century penetratingly applies methods of forecasting and prediction developed in scientific disciplines. By Charles Jencks. (1971)

[ Technology ] [ Futures ]

Beyond Spaceship Earth: Environmental Ethics and the Solar System

Essays examining the technical, social, political, philosophical, and human aspects of large-scale space programs, setting forth issues that need to be addressed if we are to avoid dire consequences. Edited by Eugene C. Hargrove. (1986)

[ Design ]

Cold War Modern

While political tension defined one front of the Cold War, a creative conflict was waged on another. By David Crowley and Jane Pavitt. (2008)

[ Design ]

Designed in the USSR: 1950-1989

A fascinating glimpse into design behind the Iron Curtain, revealed through the products and graphics of everyday Soviet life. By the Moscow Design Museum. (2018)

[ Design ] [ Weird ]

Flying Saucers Are Real!

A catalogue of the Jack Womack UFO library and a history of one of the 20th century's most pervasive subcultures. By Jack Womack. Foreward by William Gibson. (2016)

[ Science Fiction ]

Gnomon

Set in a near-future, high-tech surveillance state, Gnomon is equal parts dark comedy, gripping detective story, and mind-bending philosophical puzzle. By Nick Harkaway. (2017)

[ Design ]

Graphic Stamps

Sourced from the collections of stamp design experts Iain Follett and Blair Thomson, the book celebrates the brilliance of postage stamp design from around the world. (2016)

[ Design ]

Handbook of Designs and Devices

1,836 basic geometric designs and variations for quick, convenient, practical reference. By Clarence P. Hornung. (1946)

[ Design ] [ Illustration ]

Illustrating for Science

Creative techniques and problem-solving approaches for scientific illustrators. By George V. Kelvin. (1992)

[ Design ]

Impact 1.0 & 2.0

Books collecting covers of design magazines, journals and periodicals of all kinds, from the 1920s to present day. (2016)

[ Technology ]

Interavia Space Directory 1989-90

Previously Jane’s Spaceflight Directory. A comprehensive collection of space logs, and info for space programs, space centers, military in space, space industry contractors, and more. Edited by Andrew Wilson. (1989)

[ Design ]

Logo Modernism

Examine the distillation of modernism in graphic design with this vast collection of approximately 6,000 logos from 1940–1980. By Jens Müller and R. Roger Remington. (2015)

[ Design ]

Logo-A-Gogo

A compendium of designer and illustrator Rian Hughes’ best logo designs for the comic industry, with insights into the creative process behind his work. (2018)

[ Design ] [ History ]

Los Alamos Rolodex: Doing Business with the National Lab 1967-1978

150 cards from seven rolodexes of the dispersed collection of former Los Alamos Lab employee Ed Grothus, who operated a salvage company of lab cast-offs, known as The Black Hole. By the Center for Land Use Interpretation. (2015)

[ Memoir ]

Man Without A Country

In a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny, one of the great men of letters of this age — or any age — holds forth on life, art, sex, politics, and the state of America’s soul. By Kurt Vonnegut. (2005)

[ Technology ] [ Futures ]

New Dark Age

A New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future, surveys the history of art, technology, and information systems, and reveals the dark clouds that gather over our dreams of the digital sublime. By James Bridle. (2018)

[ Technology ]

Omnibot Fan Book

A Japanese book on Tomy’s toy robots, from the 2007 i-SOBOT back to the Omnibot and other robots they produced in the 1980s.

[ Technology ] [ Futures ]

On the Future

In this short, exhilarating book, renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees argues that humanity’s prospects depend on our taking a very different approach to planning for tomorrow. (2018)

[ Technology ]

Shuttle: The World's First Spaceship

The shuttle system is the key to unlocking the next era of technology and the forerunner of space transportation systems of tomorrow: The world’s first spaceship, the Enterprise, is here! By Robert M. Powers. (1979)

[ Technology ] [ Futures ]

Space and the American Imagination

racing the emergence of space travel in the popular mind, its expression in science fiction, and its influence on national space programs. By Howard E. McCurdy. (1997)

[ History ] [ Magic ]

Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits

A defining text of the new magical renaissance, Star.Ships addresses the question of who we are now by tracing where we come from, and by drawing out the stories and the spirits that have journeyed and evolved with us. By Gordon White. (2016)

[ Design ]

TD 63-73

Total Design and its pioneering role in graphic design. An insider’s view by Ben Nos. Work by Ben Bos, Wim Crouwel, Friso Kramer, Benno Wissing and their teams. (2016)

[ Technology ] [ Futures ]

The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space

Dr. O’Neill put his three-pronged plan of Space Colonization, Space Solar Power and Large Scale Space Construction into easily accessible form with the release of this book. By Gerard K. O’Neill. (1976)

[ Design ]

The History of Graphic Design. Vol. 1, 1890–1959

70 years of graphic design, designers, and developments from the late 19th century through the economic boom after World War II, spanning designs that would form the basis for further revolutions. By Jens Müller. (2018)

[ Science Fiction ]

The Listeners

A classic of science fiction, this book predicted and inspired the creation of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). By James Gunn. (1972)

[ Design ]

The Moderns

Meet the men and women who invented and shaped Midcentury Modern graphic design in America. By Steven Heller and Greg D'Onofrio. (2017)

[ Design ] [ Science Fiction ]

The Movie Art of Syd Mead: Visual Futurist

This book represents the most extensive collection of Mead’s visionary work ever printed, compiling hundreds of images, sketches and concepts from a career spanning almost 40 years. By Syd Mead. (2017)

[ Science Fiction ]

The Peripheral

The story of a young woman caught between two worlds, The Peripheral interweaves two futures — pre-jackpot USA and post-jackpot London — to tell a story which gets to the heart of the way we live now. By William Gibson. (2015)

[ History ]

The Russian Cosmists

A dynamic and wide-ranging examination of the lives and ideas of the Russian Cosmists. By George M. Young. (2012)

[ Technology ] [ Futures ]

The Visioneers

How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future. By W. Patrick McCray. (2012)

[ Science Fiction ]

Tropic of Kansas

The United States of America is no more. Broken into warring territories, its center has become a wasteland DMZ known as the Tropic of Kansas. By Christopher Brown. (2017)

[ Art ] [ Weird ]

UFO Presences

A visual road trip exploring the places UFO sightings have taken place across America, mixing photographs with news clippings and other relevant ephemera. By photographer Javier Arcenillas. (2018)

[ Design ] [ History ]

Unusual Sounds

The hidden history of library music, featuring interviews and extraordinary visuals from the field’s most celebrated creators. By David Hollander. (2018)

[ Design ]

VNIITE: Discovering Utopia: Lost Archives of Soviet Design

The previously untold story of the VNIITE – the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Technical Aesthetics. The ‘Vniitians’, designed for the future and developed new theories and approaches to design in the USSR. (2018)