Any excuse to look at hot girls in bikinis is a good day. Enter Kate Imbach and her Tumblr blog Matchbook, where bathing suits are correlated with their book cover counterpart. Just imagine the countless hours of researching women in bikinis poor Kate had to endure to get the ‘perfect’ match. [Cheers laughingsquid]
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A Perfume that Smells like a Book – Really?
For only $98 you too can smell like a…book. I am guessing it is probably a new book, cause we all know what old books smell like. Steidl, a print and design company, has created “Paper Passion,” an actual perfume that smells like books. [Cheers geekologie]
Visually Stunning Stuttgart City Library
I wouldn’t even know where to start…The recently opened Stuttgart City Library or as locals call it, “the book prison” was created to have a plain white unobtrusive design where the books and people create the color and ambiance. Designed by Yi Architects, this has to be the most beautiful and rather large libraries in
Skull of Books
I am starting to think macabre and Canadian artist Makull Lasserre go hand in hand. His newest work-in-progress is called Incarnate (Three Degrees of Certainty II) and as you can see, it is a near perfect rendition of a human skull popping out from a stack of outdated computer manuals. [Cheers thisiscolossal]
Don’t throw your books out – Donate them
Very clever ad campaign by advertising agency Paz Comunicação Estratégica. How could you let the Three Little Pigs be homeless? Genius way to ‘plant guilt’ into people for not donating their books and throwing them out instead. [Cheers adsoftheworld]
The Only ‘To Do’ Notebook you will ever need
The story of my life…I’d buy it but there are too many pages. Whether it’s your “Honey Do List” for stuff around the house or a “Productivity Schedule” for the office, in your mind everything gets filed under the same list…”Sh*tI Gotta F*#king Get Done”. $9.95 @ Coolmaterial.com.
Books Carved into Stunning Sculptures
How do you turn a bunch of dusty old books into stunning works of art? Put them together in some type of landscape then delicately carve and illustrate them just like Guy Laramee has done with his ‘The Great Wall’ and ‘Biblios’ projects. [Cheers boingboing]
Beyond Impressive Cut out Book Art
These beyond incredible pieces of art painstakingly crafted from old books, shows just how talented artist Brian Dettmer really is. Born in Chicago but currently living and working out of Atlanta, Georgia, Brian Dettmer creates incredible works of art with old books and a tremendous amount of patience. Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian
Vivid Recycled Paper Sculptures
What do you do when you have an endless supply of printed paper, newspapers and old books? Artist Nick Georgiou transforms recycled print materials into transfixing art pieces and sculptures. He tries to keep it local – garnering discarded newspapers, magazines and books from his immediate surroundings The Tuscon, Arizona based artist’s latest series ‘Paper
Smell of Books – An Aerosol eBook Enhancer
I don’t know about you, but there is nothing quite like the smell of a brand new book…It is for this reason alone that I have avoided buying a Kindle, or any eBook for that matter. But all of that is changing thanks to Smell of Books, a revolutionary new aerosol eBook enhancer. Smell of
