Illustrator Gavin Aung's "love-letter to printed books" and homage to Carl Sagan
The Big Books and Word Power of Solizick Meister
One doesn't have to dig too deep into the portfolio's of Solizick Meister to find the book love.Many of her surrealist paintings and digital illustrations are saturated in book and text imagery. The piece Keyhole (shown above) is one of several in a series that feature a book dwarfing the reader. The power lies in the book. And one sees in her digital illustrations a different kind of power; a word power. In both Me and Myself and Learning (pictured at top) words literally consume the subject and seem to offer a much more freeing experience. and of course there...
book patrol TV: episode 4
Welcome to another hour of book goodness.This episode features 18 videos from all corners of the book universe. From an interview with Guy "the book carver" Laramee to a dance interpretation of Anne Carson's Nox. From Naomi Shihab Nye reading her poem "Cinco de Mayo" to Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno singing the Easy Reader song on Electric Company. Click here and enjoy!Previous episodes:episode 3episode 2Introducing book patrol TV
Shelf Fail or a Librarian’s Worst Nightmare
Think of it as Candid Camera visits the library.Please do not attempt at home, at the library or at the bookshop.h/t Dark Roasted Blend
Library Card Coffee Table
Tom Groves had an idea. He wanted to gather a collection of library cards from around the country for an art project. He emailed over 200 libraries across the country to see if they would be interested in sending him library cards.The final project would be determined by the amount of cards he received. "In the end, the number he got fit more or less perfectly on one of the coffee tables in the library," so that's what he did.He covered one of the existing coffee tables with the cards and then sealed them with a protective epoxy.This sign sits...