Emma Taylor came to book sculpture as a response to the advent of the ebook. “Inspired by the decreasing demand for books caused by the rise of eReaders and the use of technology.” Taylor set out to capture the power that lies between the covers of a printed book. Book sculpture No. 1. Book used: The Shadow of the Past Her moniker is: “From within a book row on row a forest of knowledge continues to…
Continue readingKyle Kirkpatrick‘s book sculpture creates a topography that makes me wish I was small enough to visit. He builds a miniature universe within a book.He transforms the violence and destruction of the carving act into a landscape that is both delicate and inviting. Enjoy! photos via h/t Colossal and My Modern Met,
Continue readingVoracious Reader Welcome to the world of Kathy Ross; a book-laden adventure through sculpture.The sculptures shown here are part of her “travellers” series. Of the series Ross says, “It seems that for this lifetime I have been loaned a quantity of molecules from the universe’s available supply, and it has organized itself into a shape I call me. At the end of my time, I must give back this self, these molecules, to the universe, like…
Continue readingFor his final project for a typography class Valentino Borghesi choose four books from the Bukowski canon and hand wrote the titles inside the shape of a different shaped bottle. The books: – Notes of a Dirty Old Man.– Tales of Ordinary Madness.– Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live With Beasts.– Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness. The bottles: -Whiskey -Rum -Wine -Absinthe More of Borghesi’s Charles Bukowski Book Series here
Continue readingHere is what the creative agency Cloud Factory came up with for the design of Heineken’s new global brand book. It’s called “The Heineken Bottle Book” and according to the creators is produced using a “design innovation unseen in book making.” Based on the shape of Heineken’s iconic bottle the design “employs folding and binding techniques in an innovative and new way to reveal a “message in a bottle” that will never disappear on any…
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