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book art

Book themed cafe

March 12, 2010
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Nicely themed cafe at New York’s McNally Jackson Books.
[via Super Relax]
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Book mobile

December 2, 2009
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Another great artistic way to recycle books. The art is by Lisa Occhipinti, I read about it at Design Nova which was pointed out to me by Vetti (so long ago that she may well have forgotten about it).
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Read a rainbow: arranging books by colour

November 30, 2009

A few years ago I visited the Seattle Public Library and was struck by this display in the children’s library making the most of different coloured spines on the books (photo by Quadelle).
Every now and then I get the urge to run a similar display in my library. I tend to get blank looks or [...]

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Assorted linkage

December 29, 2008

A few bits & pieces from around the traps…

The Book Design Review has a list of favourite book covers of 2008, including one that nearly gave me vertigo:

Book Patrol has a post about some fascinating book-related art by Marina Camargo.

The appropriately named Bookshelf blog continues to post a fascinating collection of interesting bookshelves. This one [...]

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Sorted books

September 26, 2008

Vetti sent me a link to Nina Katchadourian’s sorted books work. They are essentially piles or clusters of books arranged so the titles can be read to make a story, poem, or perhaps satirical comment on the nature and meaning of life. Very clever.

 

 
It made me want to grab some books and try my hand [...]

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Surprise! More recycled book art

September 11, 2008

I have a bit of a track record of getting excited by stuff made from old books.
So why stop now? Go look here.

[via josh mings]
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More stuff made from books – vases and a table this time

September 9, 2008

Vetti pointed me in the direction of these cute vases made from old books by Laura Cahill. In case you are wondering, the books are cut to shape on a bandsaw then wrapped around a test tube.

 
Amongst the comments on that page was a link to this table, made by Richard Hutten.

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Bookshelves made from books

July 1, 2008

Looking for somewhere unique to store you beloved books? There is quite a range of interesting bookshelves out there and one of the more interesting ideas I have come across are the recycled bookshelves made by Jim Rosenau at This Into That.
His shelves are actually made of old books. You can buy a shelf that [...]

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