They have been in business for 65 years and have almost 2,000 titles under their belt. They produce some of the most beautiful and well-made books on the planet. They work with the leading illustrators in the world. Yet the Folio Society remains far from a household name. Why? Their business model stinks. They operated exclusively as a membership book club and didn't spend any energy actively promoting their titles until two years ago! Focusing on high-quality production values centered on packaging, typography, and illustration should not automatically negate attention to distribution, marketing and building brand awareness. It is the age...
Ruth Beale’s Bookbed
'Bookbed' was an installation that tapped "into the idea of the book and library in the collective imagination." The work was made up of three giant books and invited reading and writing groups, classes and workshops to book the space while also programming events that "explored learning, imagination and the book-as-symbol alongside current thinking in culture, education and public space" The three giant books were: The bed - complete with mattress and duvet cover pages, the bed featured an index of story titles culled from the series of creative writing workshops with young people held at the Peckham Library in London; A...
Exposed: The work of Jody Alexander
from the installation - the lone arranger - a collaboration with laura laura Jody Alexander is an artist, bookbinder, librarian and teacher working out of Santa Cruz, California whose work celebrates "collecting, storytelling, and odd characters." Working with fabric and found and discarded books Alexander binds them up and then combines them with found objects to create sculptural works and installations. from the sedimentals series detail from a sedimentals piece miss sook's dropsy cure drawer remained unbeknownst to most exposed spines worthy - a collaboration with laura laura - installation at the Pajaro Valley Art Gallery, Watsonville, California...
A sampling of David Drummond’s book covers
Designing Fictions by Michael L. Ross David Drummond is book designer and illustrator working out of Elgin, Québec, Canada. He is the founder of Salamander Hill Design, a creative shop that produces posters, book covers, promotional materials, magazine illustration, packaging and identity development for a variety of clients. Here's a selection of his book work: Dog Ear by Jim Johnstone Dead Man's Float by Nicholas Maes Interlinguicity, Internationality and Shakespeare by Michael Saenger Time in Time by Mark Smith Trio by Sarah Tolmie L'Enfance de L'art by Jerome Miniere Much more at his blog
Books in the hands of Shannon Moore
Mini Bookroom Since the 1970's Shannon Moore has been making small things. Furniture, containers, various scenes and books have all fallen under her miniaturist touch. Here's a taste: Bookbox: Golden Home 9 1/8" x 7 3/4" x 10 1/2" Inside view of Golden Home Bookbox: Blue Britannica. 11 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 11 1/8" And check out the jewel called The Potting Shed, it's a biblio-diorama! side view rear view front view Moore's website where there are a number of bookboxes and scenes available for sale. Previously on Book Patrol: The Really Small World of Tim Sidford The Return of Mother Nature: The...