Art on Chairs is an international event that promotes design and contemporary creativity as driving forces for innovation in industry and development in Paredes, a Portuguese municipality committed to the production of high-quality furniture. The DUET component of the celebration partners designers with world-renowned personalities and furniture manufacturers from Paredes. Portuguese architect/designer Eduardo Benamor Duarte created this chair based on the work of best-selling author Paulo Coelho. Emanating from Coelho's “animistic belief that every non-human form has a spiritual essence,” Duarte has created a wild mind-bending chair that is seemingly in constant motion More: A Curvy Chair for Best-Selling Writer Paulo Coelho | Design Milk. Photos by Inês d’Orey.
New Hemingway wearables
The newest offering from Litographs, the company that creates literary merchandise where every "design emerges from the text of a book," is derived from a pair of Hemingway novels. The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms are now available for your wearing pleasure. That's right, two classics from Papa's canon, mashed up and made anew. Litographs works closely with artists "to create a new visual experience for classic and contemporary works alike. From a distance, the artwork illustrates a theme, character, or setting from each book’s descriptive pages. Move closer and the text becomes fully legible." Hemingway is just the latest in...
Another clue that Barnes & Noble is circling back to its print origins
Coming soon to a Barnes & Noble near you are these newly redesigned shopping bags featuring the first pages from classic novels. The goal of the new design is to promote the physical experience of visiting a store and handling printed books while sharing text and illustrations from select classics. "The bag serves as advertisement and reminder of the bookstore and thus is an essential part of the brand's communications...However, this new shopping bag series does more than promote the brand itself; it reflects the love of books and itself provides a book experience -- you can even start reading them...
An Early 19th Century Mobile Bookshelf
Check out this cool little piece of book furniture. Hailing from the Regency era this little book carrier, ca. 1820, offered a nifty way to carry some of your books around. Here's the full description: An attractive Regency period two sided Book Carrier incorporating a single drawer with fine cedar linings, the upper section with delicately turned spindles, the ends with swan shaped motifs. I can just see some literate royal filling it up with a beautiful leather-bound set of his/her favorite author and heading for the garden. It's being offered by Windsor House Antiques and can be had for £2300.
Next up for coolest bookshop on the planet: Bucharest, Romania
The latest jaw-dropping bookshop to grace the planet is Cărtureşti Carusel (The Carousel of Light). Opened by the Romanian bookshop chain Carturesti this concept store occupies a newly renovated 19th century architectural gem located in the heart of Bucharest. The 6 majestic floors will house books, music and DVD's, a cafe, a multimedia event space and an art gallery. Cărtureşti Carusel facebook page New Magical Bookstore Opens Its Doors In Romania bored panda Previously on Book Patrol: Model Bookshop: The new Shonan T-Site bookstore sets the stage for the 21st century Reinventing the Bookshop: Four architecture and design firms "create the bookshop of their dreams" A beautiful...