Read Your Books Shelf

Designed by Eva Alessandrini and Roberto Saporiti for the Italian furniture design firm Saporiti.

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D'Espresso Cafe

Inspired by the nearby Bryant Park Library, nema workshop designed a store that is straightforward in a simple twisted way – Take a library and turn it SIDEWAYS. The booklined shelves become the floor and ceilings and wood floor ends up on the walls meanwhile the pendants protrude sideways from the wall. To achieve the books shelves on the floor, the space is lined with sepia-toned full size photograph of books printed on custom tiles.

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Library Information Desk

Reception desk made entirely out of books at the Delft University of Technology.
Apparently the books used were the ones salvaged from a fire that had started a few years back and had caused considerable damage to the school.

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3D Portraits Made From Phone Books

Alex Queral creates amazing three-dimensional portraits by carving faces of famous people into recycled phone books.

Using a very sharp knife, the artist carefully peels away the pages like the skin of an onion to reveal the portrait within.

More details here.

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The Giant Fort Of Books

Slovakian artist Matej Kren‘s installation Scanner, currently on display in Italy at the Museum of Modern Art in Bologna, is like one of our bookworm childhood fantasies sprung to life: It’s a giant fort made out of thousands of books!

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Recamier Reading Corner

An intimate reading corner with a chaise-longue that can be tucked away inside of the bookcase when not in use.

Designed by Inbar Paradny Kalomidi.

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3D Art Made From Cover Books

Thomas Allen creates unique three-dimensional art by cutting out characters from old pulp fiction book covers and positioning them into action scenes.

This wonderful art was inspired by the classic pop-up books. To see more work by the artist, you can purchase Thomas Allen’s Uncovered book at Amazon or visit Foley Gallery for more photographs.

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Bendit Bookends

Definitely a unique way to hold your books, these bookends bend and curve between the books or the shelves. Depending on your shelves setup, they can be used in many different configurations. Comes in a set of two.

Buy it here.

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