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 PastHer moniker is: “From within a book row on row a forest of knowledge continues to grow. While brackets and comma’s flourish and bloom, we fear the end begins to loom.”and it appears printed on a tag on that hangs on some of...
Kyle Kirkpatrick’s Carved Topography
Kyle 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 viah/t Colossal and My Modern Met,
You Are What You Read: A Trip with Kathy Ross
Voracious ReaderWelcome 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 returning a book to the library."Treasure Island StorytellerEach sculpture is transformed by the text, exploding with the colorYou are what you read (with linoleum block prints)You Are What...
Bukowski in a bottle
For 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 -AbsintheMore of Borghesi's Charles Bukowski Book Series here
A Bottle Book For Heineken
Here 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 bookshelf."I'll drink to that.via DesignTAXI