Directory of Confusion No.1 2010deconstructed book, printmedia, wax14 x 31 x 38 cmmove upArtworks by artist Janet Parker-Smith at Brenda May Gallery Sydney Australia: 'via Blog this'
Seattle Public Library Unveils New Library Cards
If you are planning on signing up for a Seattle Public Library Card in 2013 you will now have a choice of cards. Five new library card designs have been unveiled, four featuring the iconic pillars of Seattle; the Pike Place Market, Space Needle, Mount Rainier and Central Library, and one specially designed for kids.Existing card holders can also swap out their old ones free of charge.I think I am going for "Opportunity."
house with bookshop and cafe
Nothing like retiring to a nice vacation spot outside of Tokyo and asking your architect to build "a house with a bookshop and a cafe where neighbors and visitors can stop by."It's called the Izu Book Cafe and it also doubles as the home of a newly retired couple. It was designed by Atelier Bow-Wow.Selling books out of your home is far from a new idea, think of the throngs that abandoned a retail presence to move home and sell books online, but what is interesting about this project is that the space is conceived from the beginning as a place to both live...
Fahrenheit 451 with a match
Check out this cover design for Ray Bradbury's classic, Fahrenheit 451. It was done for The Austin Creative Department by Elizabeth Perez.The match lives in the 1 and the spine is screen-printed with a matchbook striking paper surface.A incendiary copy! Wow.For Perez it is actually a redesign of this earlier cover:
Rem Koolhass Goes Back to the Library
Seattle Central Library. Photo Hoffman ConstructionHe's back! Hoping to build on the tremendous success of the Seattle Central Library, Rem Koolhaas and the OMA team are back. This time they're in Qatar to build the National Library.As ArchDaily said in they're look at the Seattle Central library project:The Seattle Central Library redefines the library as an institution no longer exclusively dedicated to the book, but as an information store where all potent forms of media—new and old—are presented equally and legibly. In an age where information can be accessed anywhere, it is the simultaneity of all media and, more importantly,...