Tag: books
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Black Mirrored Floor Makes This Bookstore Entrance Look Like a Circular Tunnel of Books
A bookstore and library in Yangzhou, China has created a bibliophile’s dream. Black mirrored floors shimmer beneath arched shelves that stretch to the ceiling, creating the illusion of a never-ending tunnel of books. A zig-zagging gap prevents the top of the shelves from touching. When reflected on the floor below, the lighting bolt shape, which…
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This Secret Library Hidden in the Woods Is Every Book Lover’s Dream Come True
Some people like to read books in cafes, or on the tube while commuting to work. Others like to read them in the quietest place they can find, somewhere that allows them to fully immerse themselves in the words without having the magic diluted by noise. If you’re one of those people then you’re going…
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Surreal Illustrations For Book Lovers By Korean Artist Jungho Lee
Jungho Lee is a Korean artist and illustrator based in Seoul. He creates surreal illustrations incorporating books into our everyday surroundings and is also in the process of working on his own picture book. He creates hand-drawn images that are then scanned and layered digitally, citing surrealists such as René Magritte as a major influence.…
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Architect Designs An Earthquake And Bomb Proof Climbable Library
Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves are lovely, and can act as a robust focal point in any home. But accessing the high shelves can be a problem. The common side-kick has always been ladders, which can also add character and charm. But for smaller homes like in Japan they can be a nuisance, occupying too much space for…
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One Book Disrupts the Foundation of an Entire Brick Wall by Jorge Méndez Blake
Sometimes a small thing can make a big impact. Be significant. Make a difference. Once such example is The Castle, which is a project by Mexican artist Jorge Méndez Blake that subtly examines the impact of a single outside force. For the installation, he constructed a 75 x 13 foot brick wall that balances on…
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French Designer Creates Unique Dresses From The Spines of Books
French creator and fashion designer Sylvie Facon sew dresses from fabrics that she has created and with such attention to detail, they would steal any catwalk. The designer gowns crafted by Facon ranges from very romantic lacework to high fashion dresses made from book spines, highlighting the incredible versatility of the dress designer skills. Craftsmanship…
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Woman Turns A 110 Year Old Dead Tree Into A Free Neighbourhood Little Library
The not-for-profit Little Free Library is a book program with locations in 88 countries, with over 75,000 registered Little Free Libraries. Although it exists in many shapes and sizes, the basic premise is that it is a small house-like structure on a public thoroughfare which has a front door that opens to allow passersby to…
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Listen To Moby Dick In Its Entirety by Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, John Waters, Stephen Fry & More
Three years ago, Plymouth University kicked off Moby Dick The Big Read, promising a full audio book of Herman Melville’s influential novel, with famous (and not so famous) voices taking on a chapter each. We’re glad to say the project, created out of a 2011 conference by artist Angela Cockayne and writer Philip Hoare, has…
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This Amazing 16th Century Book Can Be Opened And Read In Six Different Ways
Today we have Kindles to save us from lugging heavy books around, but how did avid readers cope back in the 16th century? Some revealing new images of an antique book that can be read six different ways show how Germans in the 1500s managed to condense their reading material. A small medieval book from…
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This Ultimate Book-Lover Turns Her Massive Library Of Books Into Art
It’s one thing to love books and reading, but it’s another thing to love it so much that you created a whole art installation with the books you consume every day! That’s what Elizabeth Sagan has been doing, sharing her love for books with her followers each and every day. It originally began with sharing…