Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

wordsbydan:

More great quotes about libraries on photos of beautiful libraries

After the amazing response to the last one of these I made, I’ve put together more great library quotes - this time adding in your suggestions - including one from this awesome song. Keep quiet and read books:

1. George Peabody Library - Baltimore
2. Biblioteca Joanina, University of Coimbra - Portugal
3. Royal Library of the Monastery of El Escorial - Spain
4. Melk Monastery Library - Austria
5. Queen’s College Library, Oxford University - Oxford
6. Abbey Library St. Gallen - Switzerland
7. Strahov Monastery Library - Prague

Click to see full size. Support your local library, kids. Read part one.

pukeandcandy asked: Do you have any tips for cutting the uneven edges on a text block off? I've been trying to do it with a heavy duty x-acto, but I'm having trouble keeping my cuts straight on thicker blocks (even with a metal ruler). I used to use a guillotine, but I don't have access to it anymore :c

I’m not actually sure if there are any other methods, as I currently have access to a guillotine at my university to tidy any of my books edges… However, as I’m soon graduating, I’m also interested to know if there’s any other methods people can suggest?

(Usually when I’m making books at home, I have a cheap A3 desk guillotine I use which proves quite useful- although obviously it can’t slice through entire book blocks, just single signatures!) x

pencilfury:

I know they’ve all been published previously but I thought I’d collect my favourite ones together for one post.

nevver:

Sometimes

thedsgnblog:

Torjan Rood Vastveit   |   http://sdg.no

“Annual Report for TINY, a chain of stores that sells clothes and toys for children.”

Torjan is a passionate designer and ideas guy experienced in working on forward-thinking brands. Torjan has more than 7 years of experience working for brands in Norway , the UK and Denmark. Areas of expertise include branding, advertising and interactive design. Hobbies include good sound systems, design of all sorts, and spotting fast red Italian cars on the road, or on YouTube.

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Libraries give us Power Books make us Free by Mina Bach

A celebration of the public library system, reading and books.
150 x 240mm, 140 pages, hand bound.

nevver:

Life

carrieannschumacher:

Emil and La Vie en Rose, Romance novels, 5’5”x 2’6”x 2’6”, 2013.