Tag Archives: design

Old Books Sprout Anew

When is a book not a book?  When it’s turned into an eco planter.   This recycled book pot is the inspiration of  Italy’s Gartenkultur.  Nature creates trees, humans, dominate on other species, it needs to impose itself, not with his art and his innate beauty, but with own intelligence. Where nature creates, man writes. Until today. Gartenkultur reshapes [...]

Holiday Book Displays

Anyone have pictures of great book-themed holiday displays to send me?  The picture below was taken last year at the University Library at Aalborg (love those Danes).  Thank you Kimbooktu for first posting. And this from Twig and Thistle (via Studio Horn).  Looking for a gift for that book loving friend or family member?  Found [...]

A Bedtime Story That Tucks You In

Love this.  London’s Royal College of Art’s acclaimed Design Products department along with the Great Eastern Hotel designed installations that invited guests to take part in an experience where a hotel is more than just a place for the night.  Part of that project was Tiago da Fonseca’s Bedtime Stories.

End Table Made Of Books

This cleaver DYI project caught my attention.  A far cry from the  spray painted apple crate end tables that decorated my first apartment.  Thank you to Christina at  Algonquin books blog for the heads up.  For ‘book strap side table’ project details go to Design Sponge Online.

Voracious Reader

I found this wonderful mixed media collage sculpture at the La Quinta Arts Festival this past spring.  It has been adorning my office ever since.  Artist Kathy Ross uses maps and book pages to create her paper mache people which are part of her Travellers series.  You can find out more about Kathy’s designs and [...]

Monday Musings: Artful Bookmarks

Need I say more? MIRAGE BOOKMARK