Megan Hyland latest project is cinematic trip through the alphabet. She has created a silk screen poster for each letter of the alphabet based on a movie title.Of course, if you're talking movies, your never too far from books. Here are a few that were adapted into screenplays.View the complete Movie Alphabet
Challenged. Censored. Banned. Sued. Burned: 30 Books and Why They Were Banned
h/t and clickable at open road mediaHappy Banned Books Week!
Mutanabbi Street under attack again
Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad April 5, 2011. (photo by REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen)It's hard to believe it is happening again. al-Mutanabbi Street the bookselling and cultural hub of Baghdad is in danger once more.Flashback to March 2007, a car bomb explodes on al-Mutanabbi Street killing more than 30 people with hundreds more were wounded. No one claimed responsibility. The world's book community was stunned. Numerous projects and events took place to support the victims, the books and the printed word, including the historic Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition project which brought together numerous letterpress printers and book artists from around the world.The street was opened again for...
The bookshelf takes over the library!
Here is the redesigned Musashino Art University Library in Tokyo. There are bookshelves everywhere!Designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto who based the project on "a series of independent rectilinear book stacks, dispersed to create a field - or forest - of monolithic blocks. Varying in size, with some large enough to contain essential services and ancillary spaces, the blocks promoted what the architect described as ‘an instinct to wander’, recalling how in his experience libraries are places where readers are encouraged to ‘get lost’. Architectural Review looks at the library in this 2010 reviewh/t BOOK RIOT
The Biblio-Surrealism of Jonathan Wolstenholme
Nothing pleases us more here at book patrol than happening upon an artist with a book slant. So one can imagine how excited we got when we came across the work of British artist Jonathan Wolstenholme.Three Wise Books, 2005With a keen eye, meticulous detail, and a deep appreciation for the book Wolstenholme places the codex at the center of his universe. His anthropomorphic style oozes with the love of books.The Collector, 2005Crime Writer, 2003You Cannot Judge a Book..., 2004More images herePrints of some of the images are available here