About Standards Manual
Standards Manual is an independent publishing imprint founded by designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth in New York City in 2014.
Our mission is to archive and preserve artifacts of design history and make them available to future generations. From reprinted graphics standards manuals to new compendiums of archival work, our titles always aim to make great design available to all.
As designers ourselves, we value high quality books. As an independent publisher, we produce our books using only the finest papers, printing, and finishing methods. We don’t cut corners when it comes to quality.
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Vanity Fair
The New York Times
Gizmodo
Human Being
Wired
A/D/O Journal
The Verge
Design Milk
Curbed New York
Titles
1970 New York City
Transit Authority
Graphics Standards Manual
Compact Edition
Designed by Massimo Vignelli
and Bob Noorda, Unimark
ISBN 978-0-692-49695-4
First published in 2014 as a full-size limited edition version.
1975 National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Graphic
Standards Manual
Designed by Richard Danne
and Bruce Blackburn,
Danne and Blackburn
ISBN 978-0-692-58653-2
Published 2015
1973 Official Symbol of The
American Revolution Bicentennial:
Guidelines for Authorized Usage;
Official Graphics Standards Manual
Designed by
Bruce Blackburn
ISBN 978-0-692-77468-7
Published 2016
New York City
Transit Authority
Objects
From the collection
of Brian Kelley
ISBN 978-0-692-90255-4
Published 2017
1977 US Environmental
Protection Agency
Graphic Standards System
Designed by
Steff Geissbühler, Chermayeff & Geismar Associates
ISBN 978-0-692-87830-9
Published 2017
Identity: Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
ISBN 978-0-692-95523-9
Published 2018
Parks
From the collection of Brian Kelley
ISBN 978-0-578-46982-9
Published 2019
The Worm
From the NASA archives
ISBN 978-0-578-70108-0
Published 2020
The New York
Subway Map Debate
Co-published with
Gary Hustwit
ISBN 978-0-9895321-6-7
Published 2021
QSL?
(Do You Confirm Receipt
of My Transmission?)
A Visual Language of
Two-Way Radio
ISBN 978-0-578-39052-9
Published 2023
Classified: Local Ads From
America’s Small Towns
From the collection of
Shelton and Josh Carnley,
Studio Carnley
ISBN 979-8-218-24544-3
Published 2024
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