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Designers & Books Fair, Oct 2-4: Way More Than Books!

Sure you can buy a lot of great art/design books online or at various stores. But will they give you the chance to lunch with Michael Bierut at Pentagram, eat gelato with Louise Fili, take a mural crawl with DJ Stout, or get a tattoo with Ina Saltz?

Even if you just want the books, don't miss this year's Designers & Books Fair at FIT in NYC from October 2-4. More than 70 design book publishers will be in the exhibition hall selling their books at special prices of up to 60% off. And in addition to book signings with many of the authors, you can also win unique behind-the-scenes experiences with them, like those mentioned above (check out the full 20+ experiences here).

Not only that, but they're also hosting 7 free -- yes, FREE!! -- speaker presentations throughout the weekend. Of particular interest to us publication peeps are:
 
SATURDAY, OCT. 3  //  1:30-2:30PM
"Reflections on Re-designs: A Conversation with Three Magazine Design Directors"
With Gail Bichler / New York Times Magazine, Michael Famighetti / Aperture, and Charlotte Strick / The Paris Review, moderated by Luke Hayman / Pentagram
  
SUNDAY, OCT. 4  //  1:30-2:30PM
"From Pipe Dream to Print: Four Successful Indie Mags on What it Takes (Besides Great Design) To Make it Big"
Featuring editors and designers from Lucky Peach, Pitchfork, The Great Discontent and more.

And oh yeah, there's Steven Heller chatting with Milton Glaser too. And lots more great stuff. The book fair exhibition hall is free to get into, as are the speaker programs (though you can reserve a seat for only $10). Book signings and entries for the author experiences come with your purchase of their book.
 
Full details at designbookfair.com  (And if you win that free tattoo, we want to see it!)

New York / Los Angeles: 2 Volume Book Set Through Lloyd Ziff's Unique Eye

When Lloyd Ziff decided to take on photography as his career, he already had decades of work under his belt. He had been shooting since the late 1960s as a hobby, and his new track in the early 2000s was engendered by a huge amount of experience and deep archive. His previous jobs at Vanity Fair, House & Garden, Condé Nast Traveler, and Rolling Stone had helped shape his eye and form the way he saw and experienced the world in his travels. When he was working on album covers he had the chance to work with Lee Friedlander who told him something that has stuck with him to this day: "There's pictures everywhere, your job is to find them." Now, Lloyd is releasing a twin pair of books that feature his work from Los Angeles and New York. Lloyd studied his craft in New York, and in many ways it's a hometown. Juxtaposed against his images from Los Angeles, the essence of each city is vibrant and unique. Lloyd is still in the process of finishing up "New York / Los Angeles," and anyone can help by preordering them through Kickstarter. As he says in the video for the campaign, "It's thrilling to me that these pictures will soon, I hope, be out in the world and I can share my vision." Taking Friedlander's advice, Lloyd did find pictures everywhere. Each turned page shows a new era, a new age, a new neighborhood in these sprawling cities. They're the impossible yearbooks of people who could not be reduced but are concentrated between the covers of the books. 

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