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    books     stop-motion     animation     bookshelves     colors     covers     organized    

    The Joy of Books

    At night the books from the shelves of Type bookstore in Toronto come to life in a fun, stop-motion animated video.

    illustration     birds     books     holidays     snow     Chris Silas Neal    
    csneal:

Happy Holidays!

    csneal:

    Happy Holidays!

    (Source: colourbomb)

    Haruki Murakami     books     covers     design     letterpress    
    limited edition of Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84
“This limited edition of Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 was a collaboration between Kristen Harrison here at The Curved House, Simon Rhodes of Harvill Secker (an imprint of Random House) and designer Stefanie Posavec. The edition was strictly limited to 111 copies signed by the author…” — The Curved House
(via typoretum)

    limited edition of Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84

    “This limited edition of Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 was a collaboration between Kristen Harrison here at The Curved House, Simon Rhodes of Harvill Secker (an imprint of Random House) and designer Stefanie Posavec. The edition was strictly limited to 111 copies signed by the author…” — The Curved House

    (via typoretum)

    stop-motion     animation     books     film     covers     bookshelves    

    vintage book covers on shelf transformed into stop-motion love story

    Filmmaker Spike Jonze worked with handbag designer Olympia Le-Tan and director Simon Cahn to create Mourir Auprès de Toi. The end result is a beautiful stop motion animated short film set inside the Shakespeare & Company book shop in Paris.

    “Designer Olympia Le-Tan’s embroidered clutch-bags spring to life in director Spike Jonze’s tragicomic stop-motion animation Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side). On a shelf in famed Parisian bookstore Shakespeare and Company, the star-crossed love story of a klutzy skeleton and his flame-haired amour plays out amidst Le-Tan’s illustrations of iconic first-edition book covers…” —Nowness

    There is a video that gives a peak behind the scenes of making Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side).

    Can you spot the Alvin Lustig inspired dust jacket design on the book shelf?

    books     libraries     quotes     research     words     Google    
    nypl:

Librarians go viral! This amazing quote is printed on a carpet at the Duke University Medical Center Library. The folks there posted it to their Facebook page, where it got picked up and reposted by best-selling author Neil Gaiman, library lover and source of the quote. Authors, libraries, librarians - it’s perfect!

    nypl:

    Librarians go viral! This amazing quote is printed on a carpet at the Duke University Medical Center Library. The folks there posted it to their Facebook page, where it got picked up and reposted by best-selling author Neil Gaiman, library lover and source of the quote. Authors, libraries, librarians - it’s perfect!

    books     iPhone     products     design    
    books     spaces     interviews     design     characters     covers     collections    
    from the desk of…Chip Kidd
Book cover designer Peter Mendelsund interviews Chip Kidd about his work space.

    from the desk of…Chip Kidd

    Book cover designer Peter Mendelsund interviews Chip Kidd about his work space.

    Simpsons     tv     humor     animation     books     covers    
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    book cover design by Josef Čapek for Perch by Emil Vachek
(rediscovered via 50 Watts via Čapek’s Bookshelf)

    book cover design by Josef Čapek for Perch by Emil Vachek

    (rediscovered via 50 Watts via Čapek’s Bookshelf)

    video     books     NYC     etsy     vintage    
    Illustration     books     papercut     design     covers     miniature    
    rachelwalshillustration:

Final outcome for Interweb project- metaphor for the Kindle. There are 40 little books inside.

    rachelwalshillustration:

    Final outcome for Interweb project- metaphor for the Kindle. There are 40 little books inside.

    bookshelves     books     clock     color    
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    beautiful Turkish compass rose (via peacay)

    beautiful Turkish compass rose (via peacay)

    books     animation     school project     illustration     papercuts     stop-motion    

    For her final experimental animation project at Pratt, Rachel Kwak created the stop-motion animated short film, “A World I Never Made.” The illustrated bunny beautifully jumps off of the pages in a book…

    (first discovered via laughing squid via kuriositas)

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