Collage artwork from UK artist Martin O'neill, produced for the Guardian Weekend last September.
An early look at Amazon
How about this screenshot of a very early homepage at Amazon.com.I wonder what happened to "Eyes" their "tireless, automated search agent"Amazing stuff.via buzzfeed
Some book love from Inkygirl
'Inkygirl: An illustrated guide for those who write and draw for young people' is the home for the comics and literary-themed illustrations of Debbie Ridpath Ohi.Though mostly packed with comics and illustrations for the writer set there are many that cater to the bibliophile. From the spineless library crook above to the relationship ruined by a damaged book below Ohi cleverly illuminates some of the quirkier elements of book love.Ohi's first book of illustrations, I'M BORED by Michael Ian Black, was recently published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young ReadersSo much more over at Inkygirl
The Alphabet Library
The library archives of the Department of Pierres Vives in Montpellier, France was in need of a new reading room. And luckily architect Stephane Hof was ready.The design comprises an entrance desk, an information desk, reading room tables and library shelves.Hof "combined the different functions of the program into a single object in order to create a new dialogue between the tables and the library and a continuous flow through the entire space. The tables bend around the back wall to form the library with each piece of the puzzle referencing a letter of the alphabet."via Fubiz
In the Stacks: Playing Cards at the Beinecke
One of the most extensive collections of playing cards ever assembled resides at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.Known as the Cary Collection, it consists of over 2600 packs of cards, 460 sheets of uncut card papers, and 150 wood blocks for printing cards. The Collection contains standard cards from 16 European countries and 6 countries in the Western Hemisphere, as well as nonstandard cards from 23 European and 3 Western Hemisphere countries, and its content represents over 500 years of cardmaking.The "nonstandard" cards include subjects like: Advertisement, Cartomancy, Education, History, Humor, and Souvenir types, many not intended...