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…

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!…

Making Space for Reading April 25, 2013

Reading Hideaway Reading can be an escape or an education or both at once. It can challenge, comfort, exasperate or delight but in this busy world the main problem can be finding space for it all – Rachel Van Riel, Director of Opening the Book Brodart, a leading library supply company, has partnered with Opening the Book to bring their designs to the North American market. 95% of UK libraries already use Opening the Book…

Library Card Coffee Table July 26, 2012

Tom Groves had an idea. He wanted to gather a collection of library cards from around the country for an art project. He emailed over 200 libraries across the country to see if they would be interested in sending him library cards. The final project would be determined by the amount of cards he received. “In the end, the number he got fit more or less perfectly on one of the coffee tables in the…