The restaurant is called Brushstroke, a much anticipated Japanese restaurant about to open in New York City, and the walls of the bar/lounge are made of 12,000 used paperbacks!The Gothamist notes in their post on the opening the potential problems of such an undertaking "Who will be the first sake-bombed customer to idly pull out one of the books and bring the entire restaurant crashing down?"The interior was designed by Super PotatoFrom the photo above it looks like, with some minor tinkering, the the room can be turned into a Kafkaesque biblio-prision for the illiterate.
Side Table with Book Slant
Here's a blast from the past - this gem made its way around the design blogosphere in July 2009.The Lectus Pile of Books end table by Josefin Hellstrom-Olsson25.59" tall x 17.72" wide and retails for around $800.Should be available from Personal Interior Design once they get their website up and running again.h/t booklicious
Books and Fire: A New App and a Fiery Bookshelf
The folks at Snarky Apps have created an app that allows you to burn a book on the privacy of your own iPhone.from the description:“Have you ever had the urge to burn a book? Well there’s never been a better time to exercise your freedom of expression with a nice and toasty bonfire and a good book! Choose from The Bible, The Koran, the Baha’i Writings and many more!Fortunately, the app is more of an attention getter then a tool of biblioclasm. Yes, you get to choose what book you would like burn, mostly from the religious texts of the...
"Lolita" Accompanies Natalie Portman to "Black Swan" premiere
Natalie Portman at the "Black Swan" premiere Nov. 30 in New York. Credit: Evan Agostini / Associated Press Got to love the purse Natalie Portman brought with her to the premiere of her new film Black Swan.The purse comes to us from the French designer Olympia Le-Tan. Interestingly enough, the green Lolita cover design is from the first edition of Lolita which was published in France by the Olympia Press in 1955.Each of Le-Tan's purses are produced in an edition of 16 and retail around $1250 Jacket Copy has more on Le-Tan and the rise of book-themed purses. Slideshow of...
The Rise of the Digital Book Cover
Tintin and The Secret of Literature—The Digital Book Cover "I went from assuming the cover might someday disappear completely, to believing that it could take on a whole new life" said Charlie Orr in a post he did back in May on the blog The Hypothetical Library.As he pondered the digital explosion of content delivery that is currently underway in the book world he "couldn't decide what was worse, the poor quality of covers when the e-books included them, or the fact that most e-books on the Kindle and other e-ink based readers didn't bother with them at all."This was enough...