I would like this bookcase, please. Thanks. That will be all. Oh, and an apartment to put it in too, please. Think you can take care of that for me?
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Posts Tagged ‘books’
Poe
October 20, 2009
I love these illustrations E. McKnight Kauffer did for a collection of Edgar Allen Poe’s works. The surreal subject matter fits well with Poe’s wonderful writing. They’re mysterious and unsettling and quite beautiful. I also like the fact that they’re a bit of a departure from what I’ve seen of Kauffer’s other work, though he worked in a variety of styles. I instantly think of animation when I see these. It would be beautiful to see these brought to life and together to form a dream-story of this world.
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Lost in a Good Book
July 23, 2009
Apparently, I’ll never get tired of book art. I discovered Kaspen‘s promotional images for Prague’s Anagram Bookshop and was enchanted– what a perfect way to pull in new readers!
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What my bedroom threatens to become…
July 18, 2009
I estimate that I read a book approx. every 4 days, and I like owning them, rather than taking them out of libraries. I also like recording notable passages. This is clearly just a small step away.
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Variations on a theme
May 20, 2009
Bookstores in Holland are charming, too. And the bicycles are so cute. So many of my favourite things combined in one casual sidewalk shot. Does this country have any faults?
A Few of my Favourite Things
May 11, 2009
Beautiful shoes and well-worn paperbacks. Recipe for perfect bliss.
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How funny is it that I instantly recognised Alix’s shoes?
Quick housekeeping note: I have an insane week coming up, so expect posts to be pithy. I’ll try to still put things up, but probably won’t be able to undertake lengthy hunts and so on.
A Picture’s Worth…
May 7, 2009
Discovery of the night is Jen Khoshbin‘s photographs of papercuts made out of books. It’s unclear whether the figures relate to the text from which the cut is made, so it is fascinating to see how the visual image and the existence of text play off of one another and almost force the viewer into imagining the context for the depicted moment. It’s wonderful to have these images available as photographs, rather than actual sculptures from the books, because it allows us to feel that we are viewing a snatched moment, rather than a static object. I also love thinking about the fragility of these forms– they seem solid here, but in real life they must shiver and shake with the slightest motion of the book they’re cut from.
(Apologies for the uneven spacing between the pictures. the pictures themselves have white borders and I’m faaaaar too lazy to tinker with them and crop them so as to have them all the same distance apart. Hope this doesn’t make you twitch too much. I’m just trying not to think about it too hard, else madness will ensue.)
