Just for fun, here is a list of the top 10 bestselling products in the AIA Store during the AIA 2005 National Convention and Design Expo in Las Vegas last month. (Items of clothing and those not carried in the AIA Store on a regular basis, such as the convention t-shirt, don’t appear on the list.)

1. Calatrava, by Philip Jodidio (Taschen, 2003).
2. AIA Logo Ballpoint Pen with Laser
3. My Architect (DVD), by Nathaniel Kahn (New Yorker Video, 2005).
4. Stix & Stone Magnet Set
5. Wooden Block Puzzle
6. AIA Logo Sketchbook
7. Piet Mondrian Tumbler, 14 oz.
8. How Firms Succeed: A Field Guide to Design Management, by James P. Cramer, Hon. AIA, and Scott Simpson, FAIA (Greenway Communications, 2004).
9. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, by Erik Larson (Vintage, 2004).
10. I.M. Pei (DVD), (Home Vision Entertainment, 1997/1998).

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