Welcome to The Amin Library in Batu, Indonesia, a new eight-room public library and clinic designed by dpavilion architects and made entirely out of recycled shipping containers!Eight containers in all were used with each color corresponding to a different function.Green - main lobbyBlue - entertainment and popular booksRed - extends out as a canopy over an open-air circular reading terrace, and holds the science and technology booksYellow - women's reading room.images © ganny gozaly - all images courtesy of dpavilion architects h/t and more at designboom
Beware of Unemployed Librarians!
"I believe passionately in libraries and have been horrified by the prospect of closures throughout the system as part of local government cuts. I tried to make a useful comic to help..." - John Alison
‘Coco’ Chanel’s Salon
The Salon where Coco Channel held court.She is the epitome of style and the namesake of one of the leading luxury brands in the world. She was the only fashion designer to make Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century and she loved books.The Coveteur visited her legendary apartment at 31 Rue Cambon Paris and came away with some great photos. The apartment, which sits atop a Chanel boutique, played host to many of the leading artists of the day. Giacometti, Elizabeth Taylor, Salvador Dali, Stravinsky and Pablo Picasso were among her friends and known to...
All Along the Watch Tower: The First Jehova’s Witnesses
Portraits of Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916), founder of the SocietyThey first called themselves the Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society and they were the earliest incarnation of what are now known as the Jehova's Witnesses.Portrait taken at the 1893 Watch Tower Convention in Chicago (the first major convention) which includes 76 members of the SocietyJust like today's door-knocking Jehova's Witnesses their main purpose was in the publication and distribution of religious tracts. Today they remain a major publisher in the field, printing more than 43 million issues of their various publications a month, totaling over 1 billion annually!These images are from a...
Libraries of the Future
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