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    Ebooks and the iPad: A Match for the Coffee Table Book

    Ebooks may transmit words but can they furnish a room? We hear from Taschen's Josh Baker and Nook designer Robert Brunner about ebooks, the iPad and whether they can upstage the coffee table book. Plus,  Rose Apodaca remembers fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and Kimberli Meyer explains how artists are re-conceptualizing some LA billboards.

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    By Frances Anderton • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Rose Apodaca

      A+R Design

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      Josh Baker

      Art director of Taschen Books

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      Robert Brunner

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