A Chair for Paulo Coelho April 2, 2015 – Posted in: books in design, Content, product design

Art on Chairs is an international event that promotes design and contemporary creativity as driving forces for innovation in industry and development in Paredes, a Portuguese municipality committed to the production of high-quality furniture. The DUET component of the celebration partners designers with world-renowned personalities and furniture manufacturers from Paredes. Portuguese architect/designer Eduardo Benamor Duarte created this chair based on the work of best-selling author Paulo Coelho. Emanating from Coelho’s “animistic belief that every non-human form has a spiritual essence,” Duarte has created…

An Early 19th Century Mobile Bookshelf March 6, 2015 – Posted in: books in design, product design

Check out this cool little piece of book furniture. Hailing from the Regency era this little book carrier, ca. 1820, offered a nifty way to carry some of your books around. Here’s the full description: An attractive Regency period two sided Book Carrier incorporating a single drawer with fine cedar linings, the upper section with delicately turned spindles, the ends with swan shaped motifs. I can just see some literate royal filling it up with a beautiful…

Book x Furniture = Bookniture February 11, 2015 – Posted in: books in design, Content, product design

The latest bookish gem emanating from Kickstarter is Bookniture, an extremely compact piece of furniture that masquerades as a book when stored. The brainchild of Hong Kong based industrial designer Mike Mak, Bookniture combines the strength of an advanced honeycomb paper structure with the traditional craft of book-binding. Mak was looking for “something different from traditional folding chairs and tables” something that would “look natural and fit in the living environment, comfortable to sit on, invisible when stored” Here’s part of…

Regency Furniture for the Book Lover November 13, 2013 – Posted in: books in design, Private Libraries

Ackermann’s Repository was a popular periodical, published in England from 1809-1828. It’s full moniker was “The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashion, and Politics.” It was published by R. Ackermann and became known simply as Ackermann’s Repository. It was published monthly and each issue included a slew of colored plates. In the first series which ran from 1809 – 1815 there was an abundance of furniture illustrations, many featuring pieces for the home library. Enjoy!…