Taken from this post:

First, Fahrenheit 451, reintroduced by designer Elizabeth Perez. In her words, it is “a novel about a dystopian future where books are outlawed and firemen burn any house that contains them. The story is about suppressing ideas, and about how television destroys interest in reading literature.”

And what would be more apt than a book cover and binding that reflects that horrific world? The one becomes a match, and the spine becomes a striking surface, powerfully reinforcing the core message of the novel.

Carving 11 and 12

Jessica Drenk

2012

Book and wax, carved

John Mercado, Main Street, Russia, Maroon Horizontal, Bridge

These collages are made out of deconstructed books. They make very successful abstracts.  

Julie Shaw Lutts, Optical Time Machine 

A description from the artist:

“Optical Time Machine measures 13” x 9” x 4” closed. It is housed in a beautiful old wooden box and contains all you need for time travel.

Inside ‘Optical Time Machine’ you will find vintage safety goggles, small binoculars, compass, grey matter, various tools and a 24 page book to help you on your travels. Open this piece measures 13” x 9” x 11.5”.”

(Source: julieshawlutts.com)

Guy Laramee, Brown and Brown (Detail), 2012

There are some artists who’s work just continually awes, and Guy Laramee is one of those artists. This piece is from his Guan Yin series. 

Jennifer Khoshbin, Look

(Source: jenkhoshbin.com)

I love the beginning of a project, when everything is in the prep stages and nothing has gone disastrously, horribly wrong. Which is inevitable. 

David Zobel, Typography 2

I am taking typography 2 with David Zobel (I’m way out of depth) and I love his syllabus. He hand writes it each semester and then puts it in book form. So I thought I’d share it with you lovely people.