Tag: Books and Design

The Leaning Bookcases of Leman

Vincent Thomas Leman has been building furniture for as long as he can remember. He grew up working in the shop building fine quality custom cabinetry and woodwork for the family business. In 2001 he went at it alone and began building art furniture. In 2005, with his wife, Jessie, he founded Dust Furniture an began offering a line of abstract traditional furniture. Stacked Cabinet No.7, 2010.  26"w x 15"d x 74"h. On his approach:"A key part of Vincent's creation process is the integration of function into the form.  He strives to create furniture that is functional to the degree...

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‘Take a Seat’ on a Book

In need of a few extra chairs for your next book club meeting? Are you a bookstore looking for some extra seating for your events? See those "books" on the shelf in the background? Thanks to designer Darris Hanroun those "books" transform into nifty little seats.The impetus behind 'Take A Seat' is Hamroun's belief "that objects have to adapt to humans and their habitat."The folding stool rests inside the covers of a book form.  It is constructed of solid wood, connected with hinges and cloth. The book "cover" is made of foam covered in cloth and when opened becomes the...

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Step Up in Style

 Looking for a cool step stool to reach those books on the top shelves of your library or bookstore?The 50th anniversary library edition of the Cramer Kik-Step stool might be the answer.This special edition features quotes from the likes of Ernest Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, Edith Wharton and Mark Twain emblazoned on its nonslip tread and has a slick stainless steel finish.It can easily be rolled around with the casters locking into place once you step on it. The bumper that surrounds it protects anything in its path.And for those who need to get the big heavy books on the upper...

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Book Planters

It's taken 42 years but it looks like we have come full circle. In the spring of 1968 Richard Brautigan published Please Plant This Book a collection of eight seed packets with each bearing an original poem. Now the folks at the Italian company Gartenkulture have come up with a line of books turned into pots. Here's what Helena Ekberg had to say about the project at her post over at Casa E Cose: Books are to me one of the more precious art objects around. And they are originally trees that are natures masterpieces. What if we could merge the...

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Art Students Rework The Wizard of Oz

Type designer and illustrator Jessica Hische came up with this project for her students at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia:"I decided to assign one main project with multiple components — book cover design + endpapers, titlepage, and bookplate for a special edition novelization of The Wizard of Oz.""This was literally the first time some of the students had worked with type, so I was expecting to have to do a lot of hand-holding. But, after a very brief lesson, they returned the following week with shockingly amazing type treatments!"You can see more cover designs and all the corresponding...

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