I love this - an aviary with books! Mark Dion via Design Milk
Bird books of course!
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Old books embossed with laminate glass
Books with laminate glass. Makes them look like they are glowing with knowledge .....
Monday, July 27, 2015
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Beautifully illustrated children's books
Some lovely books found via Brain Pickings.
Home by Carson Ellis. Beautiful illustrations .......
"an imaginative taxonomy of houses and a celebration of the wildly different kinds of people who call them home".
Home by Carson Ellis. Beautiful illustrations .......
"an imaginative taxonomy of houses and a celebration of the wildly different kinds of people who call them home".
Sidewalk Flowers by poet JonArno Lawson and illustrator Sydney Smith
"...tells the wordless story of a little girl on her way home with her
device-distracted father, a contemporary Little Red Riding Hood walking
through the urban forest. Along the way, she collects wildflowers and
leaves them as silent gifts for her fellow participants in this
pulsating mystery we call life — the homeless man sleeping on a park
bench, the sparrow having completed its earthly hours, the neighbor’s
dog and, finally, her mother’s and brothers’ hair."
and some more interesting children's books ..........
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Paper nervous systems
Oh my! So intricate and lovely. Sprawling Paper Nervous Systems Cut into Repurposed Books by Barbara Wildenboer via Colossal
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Ink Paintings on Vintage Books
Amazing!
Twilights: New Ink Paintings on Vintage Books by Ekaterina Panikanova
More here at Colossal
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Books and type font psychology
I love the graphics on these book jacket designs and with bookmarks built in!
Discover what type font you are. I am Archer Hairline which appears to be one of the most popular results.
BBC Book Challenge meme
“This list is the BBC Book Challenge. The BBC believes that
most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books below. How many have
you read?” Read about here
About 50 of them. Some of my favourite authors in there. Aldous Huxley, Louis de Berniere, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Irving, Margaret Atwood, Vikram Seth, AS Byatt and Rohinton Mistry.
1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling (all)
5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling (all)
5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights
8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
7 Wuthering Heights
8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
11 Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
19 The Time Travellers Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch – George Eliot
17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
19 The Time Travellers Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch – George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby — F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hikeur’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
22 The Great Gatsby — F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hikeur’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis
34 Emma – Jane Austen
35 Persuasion – Jane Austen
32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis
34 Emma – Jane Austen
35 Persuasion – Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Berniere
39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Willaim Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
37 The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Berniere
39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Willaim Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
41 Animal Farm – George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabrial Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving
45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabrial Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving
45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
47 Far from the Madding Crowd — Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaids Tale – Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding
50 Atonement – Ian McEwan
47 Far from the Madding Crowd — Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaids Tale – Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding
50 Atonement – Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi – Yann Martell
52 Dune – Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
52 Dune – Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
60 Love in the time of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
60 Love in the time of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
66 On the Road – Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville
67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
72 Dracula – Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson
74 Notes from a Small Island – Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses – James Joyce
72 Dracula – Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson
74 Notes from a Small Island – Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses – James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar – Sylivia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal – Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession – AS Byatt
77 Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal – Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession – AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas – Charles Mitchell
83 The Colour Purple – Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
82 Cloud Atlas – Charles Mitchell
83 The Colour Purple – Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree collection – Enid Blyton
87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree collection – Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94 Watership Down – Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
92 The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94 Watership Down – Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99 Charlie & the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99 Charlie & the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, October 18, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wide Sargasso Sea
I'll let you know what I think Susan and Kelly!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced the judges for Australia’s richest book prize, the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. The prize pool is $400,000! 324 entries have been made, including 70 fiction, 109 non-fiction, 45 young adult and 100 children’s entries. I love a good book prize!
Shortlists won't be announced until later in the year, so we may have to wait a while to see who wins.
Shortlists won't be announced until later in the year, so we may have to wait a while to see who wins.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Books in photo art
I love this picture, found on Design Sponge.
and this on Flickr - ghostlingFriday, March 12, 2010
Bookmarks, shelving and fonts
Pictures from Legal blog watch
I love the idea of the hollowed out book though. Found via WisBlawg
I prefer this lamp below, I like the illuminated pages rather than the dark leather exteriors of the books above.
One more cool site to check out for book art and usefulness How to make and do.
For something completely different - ooohhhh I love this - What Type are You? I am Archer Hairline which appears to be ne of the most popular results.
I have seen these on a few blogs now - very cute though. Have a nice weekend!!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Lovely things
More beautiful images of books, type and art.
The NSW State Library is currently creating their own alphabet inspired by images from their collection for their 100 year anniversary. Worth a look - lovely images.
I also love these book covers from different eras, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts (my favourites). Oh to own one like this one:
AND - how cute is this site for Emily Gravett - childrens author!
The world only exists in your eyes - your conception of it. You can make it as big or as small as you want to.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The NSW State Library is currently creating their own alphabet inspired by images from their collection for their 100 year anniversary. Worth a look - lovely images.
I also love these book covers from different eras, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts (my favourites). Oh to own one like this one:
AND - how cute is this site for Emily Gravett - childrens author!
The world only exists in your eyes - your conception of it. You can make it as big or as small as you want to.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Book installation
Installations using books - how gorgeous are they!!?? Found via Mint.
Installation of 4000 books by Dutch artist Anouk Kruithof.
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Installation of 4000 books by Dutch artist Anouk Kruithof.
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