Thursday, January 6, 2011

Books as decorative accessories? Gag!

If this is the future of the print book, I'll eat my hat.

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  1. “Some people will insist that they be in English, because they want them to look as if they could read the books,” Mr. Weinstock said.

    SERIOUSLY?!

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  2. Thought this might interest you -
    http://www.potterybarn.com/products/book-bundle-object/?pkey=e%7Cbook%2Bbundle%7C1%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH%7C%7CNoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-

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  3. Ugh. That's so upsetting. Although I guess it's kind of funny that people will pay $39.00 for a couple books with the covers ripped off.

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  4. The design blogs continue to use books as accessories. Spines in, re-covering in matching paper/fabric. I wonder if anyone in the homes actually reads or needs to find books. However, I thought this might interest you - http://www.flickr.com/photos/juhansonin/4735469550/

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  5. Admittedly I found this quite lovely, which probably makes me a hypocrite. Some of the books do look as if they've been read, so maybe that's what makes it appealing. One of my personal favorite book-design-y images can be found at the link below. These books/magazines are almost certainly used, and the image is all the more charming for its natural-looking haphazardness.

    http://crookedhouse.typepad.com/crookedhouse/2007/11/christmas-tree.html

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