House Of Books: The Most Majestically Beautiful Libraries Around The World Photographed By Franck Bohbot
There is something special about a big beautiful room full of books. For those that love to read, there is nothing quite as exciting as a magical library, full of mysterious tales and heartwarming stories. French photographer Franck Bohbot loves reading so much he decided to travel the world in search of the most beautiful libraries.
100 Notable Books of 2014
Photo The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. ALL OUR NAMES. By Dinaw Mengestu. (Knopf, $25.95.)
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The 10 Best Love Letters Ever Written
By Jillian Lucas for HowAboutWe Nothing can truly replace the romance and emotion of a hand-written love letter. Historical figures that have graced the pages of our high school text books may have been known more for their contributions to literature, politics and the expansion of the settled world, but they were also romantics. Forbidden love, longing and wishful thinking can all be found within the handwritten words of these beautiful letters between lovers. 1. Ernest Hemingway to Marlene Dietrich
Simple Leather Book Binding using power tools! BSG Edition.
This is my Monday -ible, as part of my 5 ible 5 days bet with fungus amungus - Ive published it a day early just in time to sneak it into the craft contest! Ok, so i decided i was going to make a replica book like out of the new Battlestar Galactica.Firstly, i knew absolutely nothing about book binding, i vaguely remember seeing an ible on it before. All i remember from it, was that it involved poking lots of little holes in paper, i wanted quick and easy, so heres my method (i completed the entire book in the space of one day, with about 6 hours work, not bad for my first book bind?) Secondly, it had to have two corners missing just like in BSG, this actually made it easier to cover the item in leather. Materials used
The 9 Most Eerie Books and Grimoires Of All Time (old books, grimoires, black magic, occult, necronomicon, spells, creepy)
The Voynich Manuscript Widely considered to be one of the most mysterious manuscripts in the history of Time As Perceived By Mankind, this book contains a ciphered unknown alphabet written on vellum (calfskin) and depicts bizarre plants, original astronomical charts, and odd interconnected bathtubs with tiny naked people. Cryptographers, mathematicians and linguists have been unable to decipher this book. Despite its arcane nature, scholars maintain it was written during the medieval years of 1404 and 1438.
Truly magical Harry Potter book cover designs
A book cover is like a blank canvas – you can do almost anything and we've seen some stunners in our time here at Creative Bloq. From the amazing typography on book covers to inspirational Penguin book cover designs, they've all added a little creativity to their literature. Hungarian based artist Kincső Nagy embarked on this Harry Potter project for her BA degree project but we think these would be snapped up if put on sale.
Light Lights Sublime Levitating Lamps
Posted by Ray | 30 Sep 2011 | Comments (9) Designer Angela Jansen of Design Academy Eindhoven recently collaborated with engineer Ger Jansen on a pair of skeuomorphic LED lamps that they're currently selling as Light Light. Their website knowingly notes that "It is uncommon for engineers to find good domestic applications for their technology... and it is likewise rare for designers of consumer objects to embrace cutting-edge technology wholeheartedly." Which, of course, is "perhaps what makes the cross-pollination of ideas between Angela Jansen and Ger Jansen so remarkable."