It's billed as the world's largest outdoor bookcase.In honor of 30th anniversary of their BILLY bookcase Ikea constructed an outdoor library, consisting of 30 bookcases, on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. The BILLY is the best selling bookcase in history with over 40 million sold and 3 million a year still being produced.The one day event allowed beach goers to swap books or to buy them with the proceeds going to The Australian Literacy & Numeracy FoundationEvery one in attendance also received a voucher for $30 off a limited edition BILLY 'Jader' bookcase. The BILLY 'Jader' bookcase is covered with...
Books on Shirts
The company is called Out of Print and they are out to celebrate the "world’s great stories through fashion."They've just released a new line of t-shirts emblazoned with iconic dust jacket art from the classics of yesteryear.They come in at a hefty $28 a pop but they are done legitimately with the proper licensing fees going to the publisher's, artists and authors. Out of Print will also donate one book for every t-shirt they sell to Books For Africa. The first t-shirts will be ready to ship in mid February. They are launching with men's sizes only and hope to...
Mac in a Book: BookBook Got You Covered
The folks at Twelve South have just unveiled their latest Mac accessory, the BookBook, and it brings a whole new meaning to e-books.The BookBook is a hardback leather carrying case for your MacBook or MacBook Pro."Zip it closed and your baby is nestled between two tough, rigid leather hardback covers for a solid level of impact absorbing protection. The rigid spine serves as crush protection for an additional line of defense. BookBook creates a hardback book structure that safeguards your MacBook like few other cases can." These one-of-a-kind designs come in two colors; Classic Black or Vibrant Red and retail...
The Unbearable Whiteness of Book Covers
Meet Sticky. He's the guy third from the right and one of the main characters in the The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart.Now here's a close up of Sticky from the illustration that appears on the dust jacket of the latest book in the series.Ironically enough, the title of the latest book in the series is The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, which given that Sticky's color is locked away between the boards sheds a whole new light on the term 'Prisoner's Dilemma'.Here's the product description as it appears on Amazon:Join the Mysterious Benedict Society...
Dr. Seuss and the Super Heroes
Ryan Dunlavey mashes-up some beloved Dr. Seuss titles.via The Beat