Next time your on the hunt for a cool gift for your bookish loved one or for something to spruce up your reading life perhaps some painted wine glasses by Renée at Kudos Kitchen would do the trick. Painted on demand by Renee the glasses would surely add some color to the festivities. Salute! Harry Potter Mary Poppins Breakfast at Tiffany's inspired by 50 Shades of Gray Book Club Kudos Kitchen by Renée pictured at top: Pride and Prejudice
Critics choose the greatest children’s books of all time
At BBC Culture Jane Ciabattari surveyed dozens of the leading book critics around the world to find out what are the best children’s books (for ages 10 and under) ever published in English. When all was said and done 151 titles were mentioned by the critics. Here are the top 11 with links to collectible copies currently on the market: 1. Charlotte's Web 2. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe 3. Where the Wild Things Are 4. Alices' Adventures inWonderland 5. Little Women 6. The Little Prince 7. Winnie the Pooh 8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 9. A Wizard of Earthsea 10. A Wrinkle in Time 11. Little House on the Prairie...
A Chair for Paulo Coelho
Art on Chairs is an international event that promotes design and contemporary creativity as driving forces for innovation in industry and development in Paredes, a Portuguese municipality committed to the production of high-quality furniture. The DUET component of the celebration partners designers with world-renowned personalities and furniture manufacturers from Paredes. Portuguese architect/designer Eduardo Benamor Duarte created this chair based on the work of best-selling author Paulo Coelho. Emanating from Coelho's “animistic belief that every non-human form has a spiritual essence,” Duarte has created a wild mind-bending chair that is seemingly in constant motion More: A Curvy Chair for Best-Selling Writer Paulo Coelho | Design Milk. Photos by Inês d’Orey.
A library built with 50,000 free books hopes to debut at the Bay Area Book Festival
It's called Lacuna and if all goes well this spectacular homage to books, libraries and public space will be open for business at the Bay Area Book Festival that will be held in June. Commissioned by the Bay Area Book Festival and created by the FLUX Foundation Lacuna is hailed as an interactive art installation, a library, and a monument to books. It is constructed with 50,000 books that can be removed from its walls and taken home for free. Why Lacuna? Lacuna is about rekindling that sense of wonder we all have experienced with books. We want people to be enthralled and captivated...
The World’s Most Translated Books (infographic)
h/t electric literature