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June 30, 2010
Want to know who's responsible for this dear little space?
June 29, 2010
The MTV Movie Awards kicked off Deathly Hallows fever with its teaser trailer earlier this year; now the full-length preview has been released, and I'm sure I'm not the only one out there who thinks This.Looks.Fantastic!
The KMAWWIRIBT is not yet for sale, but you can join the mailing list to get first in line when it's finally released to the masses.
Gilt is an invitation-only site; you can sign up via my link.
June 28, 2010
I often work within the realm of fairy tales and folklore. I began making a series of book-sculpture, cutting-out images from old books to create three-dimensional dioramas, and displaying them inside wooden boxes.
”For the cut-out illustrations, I tend to lean towards young-girl characters, placing them in haunting, fragile settings, expressing the vulnerability of childhood, while also conveying a sense of childhood anxiety and wonder. There is a quiet melancholy in the work, depicted in the material used, and choice of subtle colour.
Paper has been used for communication since its invention; either between humans or in an attempt to communicate with the spirit world. I employ this delicate, accessible medium and use irreversible, destructive processes to reflect on the precariousness of the world we inhabit and the fragility of our life, dreams and ambitions.
View more of her work after the jump.
June 25, 2010
*Children's book author Anne Fine was recognized for her "written clarity and sense of nuance" by Britain's National Academy of Writing. Her prize? A pen.
*Jacket Copy has a rather sweet little piece on an easily dismissed literary tradition - baby books. Apparently, UCLA's Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library has amassed more than 1,100 of them.
*Twihards everywhere cried themselves to sleep this week after Stephenie Meyer confessed she is "really burned out on vampires."
*In other Twilight-confession news, a Harvard humanities professor has written an article for The London Times explaining why she can't get enough of the fangy phenomenon. She'll be teaching a class called The Vampire in Literature and Film for like-minded students this autumn.(A brief aside: Reading the article I was bewildered to learn there's a Twilight cookbook
- doesn't that seem a trifle unnecessary? Since vampires don't exactly eat?)*GalleyCat unveiled "the world's longest literary remix" this week. Readers rewrote a page of Horatio Alger's Joe's Luck: Always Wide Awake, and the blog created a free eBook edition of the remixed result in two versions - the abridged version, which reads like a complete novel with author attribution at the end, and the unabridged version, which recognizes each author's individual contribution page by page.
June 24, 2010
[Jessica Claire via 100 Layer Cake]
It's June, which means it's hot, stormy and the 2010 wedding season is in full, poofy swing. So, in the spirit of the season, here's some inspiration for all you literary-minded brides out there looking to incorporate books into your wedding centerpieces. (Makes me want to get married again!)
[Flush Designs via Once Wed]
June 23, 2010
Today's Bookcase Wednesday is a twofer. The bookcase above is La Ruche (the beehive) by Dar En Art. Designed by Mostapha El Oulhani, it comes in a variety of colors and finishes. I love how simple it is - it seems like perfect storage for a public place, since books can be placed in either side of the bookcase, making access easier.
Like it? Someone over at Instructables has designed a version for you DIYers out there:
June 22, 2010
The catch is that it's by invitation only, or you have to request to get on the waiting list. Click here to use my invite to join.
June 21, 2010
Summer is arguably the best season for movies, so here's a handful of book adaptions hitting theaters this July.
The Girl Who Played with Fire, based on Stieg Larsson's book
. In theaters July 2.
,/div>. In theaters July 2.June 18, 2010
Check out the rest of the t-shirts here.
[Thanks, Becca!]
June 17, 2010
London-based Etsy seller KateFete made the original poster for her sister as a birthday present (lucky!) by hanging individual elements of the poster by wires and photographing the 3D work. She's now selling giclee prints of the piece, and $25 will snag you one! If you're in the U.S., shipping's still cheap - only $4. Buy it here.
June 16, 2010
Ah&Oh Studio explains the design process:
At the beginning we were concentrating on the idea of the scent itself. We found inspiration in the great, dark literature and distinctive, strong characters. We tried to describe the dark sides of men's nature with line of scents named after famous writers.
We packed the scents into bottles which resemble both old glass perfume bottles and the classic shape of the inkwell. We made them white, added black, strong lettering and heads of characters which loosely recall the authors' famous masterpieces.
We packed the scents into bottles which resemble both old glass perfume bottles and the classic shape of the inkwell. We made them white, added black, strong lettering and heads of characters which loosely recall the authors' famous masterpieces.
So, what do you think each smells like?
(I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it!)
Decay Shelves by Stanislav Katz. Click here to view more photos of Stanislav sketching, constructing and packing this beauty.
June 15, 2010
"The classic paper stripe as a bookmark has always been a temporary solution for me," said Tell Ritterbach, designer. "Because I like to leave my books open I got the idea of a whole new concept.
"I wanted something better. Something, whose shape similars the shape of the opened book, like a negative to the positive and prevents it from damages. With that the idea of book hook was born. With my first sketches I let it produce as a prototype. After more improvement with regard to the material, angle and edge devolution was a marketable product of high-quality produced." (Translated from the original German)
The book hook is available in beech, birch and oak for 30 euros from Connox.
June 14, 2010
My adopted hometown newspaper, the Kansas City Star, claims the average American spends between 700 and 2,000 hours on the toilet - I'm guessing males are responsible for that higher number - and the paper has come up with the top 10 "loo-brary" books in honor of this festive month. :) Here are the top five; click here for the rest.
1. Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
2. The Great American Bathroom Book
- Vols. 1-133. The Onion's Finest News Reporting
4. Confessions of a Tabloid Writer
by Sam Post5. Far Side Collection 1980-1994
June 11, 2010
*The New York Times has a lovely piece about the personal inscriptions in the front of books, which includes a Serendipity
-esque tale of how one man found an old friend's books in a used bookshop and was spurred to reconnect. *This is one library I'd happily live in forever.
*Do literary prizes matter to the public? This one apparently did. After it was announced on Wednesday that Barbara Kingsolver's latest, The Lacuna
, had won the Orange prize for fiction, sales of the book jumped a staggering 835% literally overnight.*Hey, fellow Chicagoans - looking for something to do this weekend? Check out the Printers Row literary festival. It runs Saturday and Sunday and features author signings, musical performances, panel discussions, readings, booths, vendors and more. See you there!
This one is a little more my style. (Would you call it a bathcase?)
[top via Found Shit, bottom via Born Rich]
June 10, 2010
"Shhhh" took a hiatus at the New York Public Library for a day back in May when Improv Everywhere reenacted the opening scene of Ghostbusters. Don't you just love the looks on the patrons' faces?!
June 09, 2010
June 08, 2010
The London Review of Books is Britain's most esteemed literary magazine. Published fortnightly, it features essays, reviews and the most outrageous personal ads ever set in type. The following is a selection from the latest issue.
*The size of one of my hands alarms me. If you are a hand doctor, female, under 35 and sexually adventurous, please write.
box no: 11/02
*Boyfriend or similar urgently sought for house party in south-west France in early July. Auditions starting in London immediately. Tall, blonde, F, 36 with almond eyes and other cat-like tendencies.
Email: almondeyes@hotmail.co.uk
*I'm at least 90% certain that we're going to hook up. Under-grad statistician, 62.
box no: 11/07
*I was recently victorious in a small claims court and with my compensation cheque I'd like to take you (F to 48) on a weekend bicycling trip to the lake District Centre Parc. This offer doesn't include meals or alcoholic beverages. M, 53.
box no: 11/01
*You're not just any woman, you're my reincarnated dead wife. Sylvia (or equally voluptuous Fs to 55), please write, I miss you, honey (or whoever you are).
box no: 11/03
box no: 11/03
*Bookish girl wanted. Audio poem.
web: www.hellobookishboy.blogspot.com
web: www.hellobookishboy.blogspot.com
*Replying to these ads may seem difficult. So I'm making this easier by sporting very casual clothing - denims, a jersey, no tie - while writing this. I also plan on revealing my first name so that you don't necessarily have to call me Dr Clowder. Dr Clowder, 58, Louth.
box no: 11/04
box no: 11/04
*I make love using sonar pings. It's flank speed ahead with HMS Impregnator.
box no: 11/08
box no: 11/08
*I tested well with the 38-50 demographic. The same demographic also enjoys healthy cereal breakfasts and is open to product offers from financial institutes. If you're 38-50, like museli, and would consider a savings account that gives you a 6.1% return on balances over £5000, write now to Eddy 'Babycanon' Mulligan.
box no: 11/05
box no: 11/05
June 07, 2010
[via Beautiful Life]
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