Meat-packing magnet Sam Martz has given his 4,700+ collection of golf books to UBC.It is the greatest collection ever assembled on the sport that will be kept intact and available for public perusal. Martz believes he has put together the third-largest collection of golf books in North America, behind the collection of the United States Golf Association and one that is in private hands.The University of Chicago houses the collection of Arthur W. Schultz which is made up of 1,600 books but according to Ralph Stanton, head of rare books and special collections for UBC, "doesn't come close to the...
Book Time
The cool clock manufacturer Karlsson has a small line of table clocks in book format. They are 20 x15 x 20 cm and are designed by Sjoerd van Heumen. The Karlsson brand belongs to the Present Time family whose "mission is bringing contemporary design to add fun and a personal touch to life."
Illuminated Book
The call it The Enlightenment. It was created by Studiomeiboom out of the NetherlandsDetails:White Plexiglas.24 cm high x 17 cm wide x 8 cm deepComes with a 9 watt energy-saving bulb.Price:€89.00 with 10% going to charity.Their pitch:Light Up Your World - There are a lot of books about the Enlightenment, but none of them actually provide light. Studiomeiboom has combined this idea into a lamp which is in the form of a book. Not a heavy book, a light book. Not a book of absolute truths. It is, however, a book which sets you thinking but which does not tell...
Commander in Trouble: Bush Adminstration Mug Shots at the NY Public Library
The exhibit is titled Multiple Interpretations: Contemporary Prints in Portfolio at the New York Public Library and calls for artists "to tell a story, to take a stand on political and social concerns, to consider formal issues, and to explore the creative process."That is exactly what artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, accomplish in their portfolio "Line Up" which features images of members of Bush's cabinet portrayed in mug shots. The work is more than simply images of Bush's cronies in mug shot format. Each photo includes a date that corresponds to a date 'when the “suspects' made 'incriminatory' statements...
Reader To Reader: A True Library Helper
"Books have a singular power to inspire and change people’s lives" and the organization Reader to Reader exists to provide those books to the people who need them most.Here is an alarming stat:60% of underprivileged children do not own a single book.Consequently, Reader to Reader believes that "a well-stocked school library [is] a critical resource hub that is a necessity not a luxury," and by devising an efficient collection and distribution method for the millions of books that are discarded every year they provide the neediest libraries with the material they need most.Their target libraries are school libraries in our...