"Do you want to challenge yourself to read more in the coming year? What about to read more widely? And where’s the motivation to stay on track?"Random House Canada invites you to start 2013 with the Reading Bingo Challenge.One book per space recommended.Here's the printable bingo card.Good luck!
Bookshelves in a music video
Talk about the next best thing. If you are not going to put books on them then...Welcome to the first music video by noted Icelandic visual artist Harald Haraldsson. A 3+ minute visual feast for the song "Love With You" by Baarregaard & Briem.Empty bookshelves become the backdrop for some amazing visual projections.On the making of the video:The video was shot over the course of one night, using Random bookshelves from MDF Italia as a projection surface, emphasizing the sharp geometry of the well known bookshelf design. Using custom software, Haraldsson controlled the minimal visual effects through delaying color channels...
A Few Writers Discuss Political Rhetoric
Chris Hayes discusses the presidency of Barack Obama with authors Ayana Mathis, George Saunders, Victor LaValle, and Michael Chabon.
Thinking with Hiroko Kono
Thinking-the book in dream, 2006. terra cotta, plaster. 165×70×60cm. Tokyo Metropolitan Art MuseumClose your eyes, hold on tight and away we go. Check out the "Thinking" set of sculptures from Japanese artist Hiroko Kono. Each ceramic goddess, with their eyes closed, exudes a dreamy confidence.detailThinking-to the memory- 2006 terra cotta37x39x32cm /SOFINA Kao CorporationClearly the book is the impetus for reflection and there are points where her hands disappear into the books. The book has become part of her.Thinking...and so onThinking ...and so on, 2005 Terra cotta,Plaster body-size and bust-sizeand here are a couple of bonus images of two other wood sculptures by Kono. Unfortunately, could...
BiblioTech: The First Bookless Library
The Bexar County, Texas satellite office. The future home the first bookless library. Photo: Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-NewsYou knew it was coming and I am not sure how it is going to last but here it is.The first bookless public library system in America. The name is a play on the Spanish word for library — biblioteca.artist’s conception of what the interior of the BiblioTechIt was the brainchild of Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff who got the idea while reading Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs.“It's not a replacement for the (city) library system, it's an enhancement,” says Wolff who also...