Ann Seidle's documentary Hollywood Librarian premiered on opening night of the recently held annual conference of the American Library Association in Washington, D. C.5,000 librarians packed the Washington Convention Center to watch the film and hear from the director. There was a red carpet, there were people in gowns and tuxedos and there were people taking pictures. The opening was also covered in the Sunday Style section of the Washington Post with an article by Monica Hesse, The Modern Library: A Role Worth Checking Out .After the screening Seidl unveiled her distribution plan for the film. The plan is not...
Eine’s Alphabet
Eine is a graffiti artist in London. His alphabet is constructed on the metal gates of store fronts in the East End.Dave Gorman's Flickr set of the alphabet plus a few extra letters.Carl Pappenheim tool that lets you spell what you wish using Eine's alphabet.Thanks to Boing Boing for the lead
See-Saw Bookshelf
Walnut wood with powder coated steel partsDimensions:shelf: 47.25" x 9.8" x 2"stand: 13.75"Designed by BCXSYCost: $1,899From the website:"Every book tells its own story. Every book has its own weight. By playing with balance, the See-Saw bookshelf visualizes the breadth of our home libraries.Is Kafka truly heavier than the latest issue of Vogue?.. "Boy there have been a lot of bookshelf designs floating around lately. Has anyone told the furniture designers that in most places the word on the street is that the book is dying. Regardless, this particular design is beyond me.Thanks to Neatorama for the lead
Submergible
Bachelor - The Dual Body by the South Korean artist Ki-bong Rhee2003, plexiglass, steel, water, book, water pump,light150 x 65 x 196 cmThe concept came to Rhee after he accidentally dropped a book in the bathtub. While watching the closed book fall into the tub he began contemplating the effect the water was having on the "rigid" solitary book.In the piece the book is submerged in a tank of water and set in motion, transcending its solitary closed state into a dreamy fish-like dance across time.In a 2004 interview in Para 21 Rhee was asked about the piece and said...
The Death of the Bookend?
Furniture designer Leo Kempf was interested in designing a piece of furniture using a new technique. He came up with a "process of bending plywood to create a simple curve." He then inserted these curved plywood shelves into a red hardwood main beam to create The Gravity Bookshelf.The bookshelf "is ideal for holding books securely without the need for bookends."It works by "gravity gently press[ing] the books into the shelf, creating a very simple, clean, and unique piece of furniture"Thanks to LibraryPlanet for the lead