Reading Revolution: 14 Marvelous Modern Urban Libraries
The jaw-dropping intricacy of the libraries of old, with their leaded glass windows and tiers of dark wood shelves, is being replaced in favor of clean lines, open spaces and a focus on new ...
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Bountiful Books: 13 Incredibly Intricate Historic Libraries
Dark wood, dazzling details, leaded glass windows and tier after towering tier of books - classic historic libraries are a bibliophile's dream. These 13 (more) libraries, dating from the 18th to ...
Pop-Up Punch: 15 3-D Books Adults Will Love
Typography, architecture, fashion, sex and even Star Wars spring into vivid three-dimensional life on the pages of these 15 incredible pop-up books. Some might be made for children but are cool ...
Documenting Decay: Urban Atrophy’s Breathtaking New Book
What happens to buildings when the people in them simply disappear and leave everything behind? Do the fixtures and fittings rot away or do they stand silent sentinel over the now-abandoned ...
Printed Book With Physical Hyperlinks is a Real Page-Turner
Try to describe a recent dream to someone and the details are likely to dissolve into absolute nonsense. Dreams themselves are ephemeral, fleeting and altogether mysterious. But trying to figure ...
Lilliputian Library: 4500 Miniature Books Form Huge Collection
Most book enthusiasts can recite the biggest names in their collections, but Jozsef Tari is only concerned with the smallest titles. His huge collection is so tiny that if you didn't know what ...
Spiraling Tower of Babel Made of Books in Buenos Aires
Seven stories tall, this Tower of Babel is no long-lost artifact from biblical times but rather an artistic tribute to the city of Buenos Aires' new designation as 'World Book Capital 2011'. The ...
Literary Love: 12 Works of Book Art & Architecture
The meaning of a book goes far beyond mere printed words. Books are symbols – for knowledge, fantasy, curiosity and so many other things – and even in an increasingly digital world where many ...
Pop-Up Pulp: Book Covers Made Into Dramatic 3D Scenes
The sensational cover art of old pulp fiction novels has long been a source of fascination for lovers of unusual art. The images on the front of the books almost seemed like natural extensions of ...
Wrapped & Twisted Book Sculpture by Jacqueline Rush Lee
For most of us, the value of a book is in its text. But book artists like Jacqueline Rush Lee see much more than just words on a page – to them, books are a highly unusual, mostly untapped ...
