The OpenBook Chair courtesy of the London design firm TILT.Here's the pitch:While technology advances, and contrary to expectations, books are still loved. The OpenBook is a seat and a library that celebrates the printed form...It is a comfortable reading space for those wanting a quieter moment, while also a showcase for books and magazines of any size and shape. At the same time the chair was to be open, exposing the user to others within the space allowing for serendipitous interaction. The OpenBook Chair has a fully upholstered interior, including an upholstered side panel, offering additional comfort and sound insulation TILT are...
The BookBar is open
Look what just opened in Denver. It's the BookBar! Owner Nicole Sullivan "dreamt of a gathering space for those who love reading and she wanted to create an atmosphere where they would feel at home." The books are new and the food is hors d'oeuvres and desserts. The place is kid friendly and the ingredients are sourced locally. Menu close-up of book counter BookBar website It's a Bar, It's a Bookstore: BookBar Opened - Eater Denver Previously on Book Patrol: A Book Wall in a Food Place
Why Buy Used Books?
“All in all, it looks like the used book market creates a lot more value than it destroys” - Professor Hal Varian, University of California, Berkeley “Reading Between the Lines in Used Books Sales.” New York Times, 2005
The coolest little free library yet?
Check out what just popped up in the nolita neighborhood of New York City. A Little Free Library courtesy of a partnership between the Architectural League of New York and PEN World Voices Festival. No, it's not on loan from the Science Fiction Museum, nor is it lifted from an Isaac Asimov novel or a Buckminster Fuller sketchbook. Designed by Venezuelan architects Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente the Little Free Library "creates an 'inhabitable' environment, where users can immerse themselves into the space, taking the time to browse through books and borrow or exchange them." It's as private a library experience one could hope for in...
Cut This Cookbook
If you are going to learn how to cook you better know how to use a knife. So to help their students along everyone at Carulla Cooking School gets a "special introductory cookbook." It's called Slice a recipe. The cookbook to improve your cutting skills. and if you want to see the recipes you have to cut your way in! With each page , I mean slice, one not only improves their cutting skills but you essentially get your homework and prepare for what to do in class. More here: CARULLA | Slice a Recipe