“With New Books Come New Feelings.” 

Hachette Australia creates a video which spells out words by stacking books into sculptures while filling up warehouse shelves.

(first discovered via galleycat)

Half a Million Books

Gerda Babiedaite (student at Brighton University) made a short and sweet documentary about the history and longevity of Camilla’s Bookshop, sellers of second-hand & antiquarian books.

“…I found the place absolutely fascinating and wondered about who would own such a shop. It was heartening to see so many browsers in the place, especially at a time when new and second-hand books are easy and generally cheap to buy online and the number of e-readers is on the rise.  Although, it is sadly pointed out in the film that Camilla’s is the last of 5 second-hand bookshops that were in the town at one time…” —Gerda Babiedaite, A Fiction Habit

(first discovered via Tattered Cover)

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.

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?

stop-motion animation of organizing a bookcase by color