Tag Archives: books

Piola Bookshelves

Posted 04 November 2008 | By Mike | Categories: art, books, design | No Comments

piola3 247x300 Piola BookshelvesPIOLA POP, semi-glossy white lacquered structure with varnished laquered pegs in eight colors that can be mixed and matched,(the pegs may be unscrewed). Measures:cm. 96×171x31 inch 37,8×67,32×12,2.

The Future Of Books

Posted 22 August 2008 | By Waldo | Categories: books, design, technology | No Comments

1 1 300x197 The Future Of BooksThe Future Of Books – by Kyle Bean, an illustrator, designer & maker of ‘things’. Presently Kyle is studying Illustration at the University of Brighton.

A Field Guide to Weeds

Posted 17 August 2008 | By Derrick | Categories: DIY, art, books, green, health, life | No Comments

kimbeck fieldguide2small A Field Guide to WeedsA Field Guide to Weeds masquerades as a 19th century pocket guide, but a guide in which the weeds themselves have taken over. This project uses the physical form of the book as a metaphor for a crack in the city sidewalk: printed in luscious five-color printing, the common dandelion, pigweed, and poison ivy—the very plants we ignore, step over, ignore, dig up, or scrupulously avoid—creep out of the gutter, up pages, and overrun the book. Multiple silhouettes overlap and repeat, drawing the reader’s attention to the overlooked.