It seems like the taking of one art form and reimagining and repackaging it as another is all the rage these days. Christoph Gowan is probably the best known artist in this genre for his ongoing series The Record Book.Now thanks to Standard Designs in London I get to see how my favorite band looks in books. They have transformed the four studio albums released by The Smiths into shelf candy. Wow!and if you like some of the other influential bands of that time Standard Designs also serves up some Joy Division and New Order.Previously on Book Patrol: Christophe Gowans: One for The Record Books
William S. Stone
StudyWilliam S. Stone builds some pretty wild things - from chairs without legs to surreal clocks Stone offers a refreshing take on basic household objects.Luckily for us he has created a few pieces for he book crowd including the "Study," a self-contained outdoor study space.Three bookcasesForest bookcase
The Wooden Books of Nino Orlandi
It is pretty amazing what Italian artist Nino Orlandi can do with wood.Without any further ado, here's a look at some of his exquisite book-themed wood carvings:Thanks to My Modern Met for the lead
In the Stacks | LACMA
Das Buch (The Book). Anselm Kiefer, 1985. Lead, steel, and tinThe Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has recently launched a new website and have made available 20,000 images from their vast collection for free download. LACMA is blessed with the largest holdings of American Art in the west and now a quarter of their works online are available for free!The Book (Fall) III. John Stezaker, 2009. Artist’s book with unique photo collageTo celebrate the announcement we dedicate this installment of In The Stacks to LACMA. There is so much great book stuff here that we will need to visit again soon.Big Pile Of Books by...
Search Lights
Filament Mind is the brilliant installation that graces the new Teton County Library in Wyoming.It is a real-time visual rendering of the "collective curiosities and questions of Wyoming library patrons". It is composed of over 5 miles of fiber optic cables and has 44 LED illuminators that connect the visual data to 904 text labels with each fiber optic cable corresponding to a Dewey Decimal call number! The 1,000 categories represented by the Dewey Decimal call numbers are displayed on the north and south walls.Here's how it works:When a search is performed by a library patron, the Dewey Decimal call numbers of...