Standards Manual
Not content to just reissue outstanding manuals of the past, designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth have launched their own design office — with a unique store up front. North Brooklyn's Standards Manual is named for the duo's past work but isn't limited to selling their own books. On their Vitsoe 606 shelves, you'll find carefully curated graphic design titles from imprints like Chronicle, Phaidon, Hartley and Marks, Prestel, and the UK's notoriously hard to find Unit Editions. The selections are in constant rotation, so while it might be the only dedicated graphic design bookstore in NYC, you can rest assured it won't get stale.
