adrifts:

“Classic children’s stories are timeless windows into the human psyche. With their embedded kernels of life wisdom and lessons about our desires they can teach us much about what it means to be human. Christian Jackson, a “gun for hire in the design industry,” has created a personal project that beautifully distills the elements of these iconic stories down to their essential elements… still enough to be easily recognizable.”

farewell-kingdom:

360°Book by Yusuke Ono

Fairies, Goblins & Gnomes Miniature Book (by Maylar)

Miniature hard cover book, bound by perfect binding. It is 1.8 cm high (0.70 inch) and filled with 36 miniature illustrated pages of fairies, goblins, gnomes, trolls and spirits of nature and household, done in watercolor and pencil on tea-dyed paper. Endpapers are made of same paper, stained to resemble old age.

Covers are made of faux leather and polymer clay, front representing nature (with leaves and flowers) and back representing household, with buttons, yarn and similar and a little gnome peeping through it. Letters on front are gilded with gold paint and the attached bookmark is hand-woven.

Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by The Brothers Grimm 

Illustrated by K. Nielsen

Publisher: New York, George H. Doran Company, [1925]

Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, pictorial multi-coloured onlay of The Gingerbread House to the front board, inner dentelles, original endpapers, gilt edges. With 12 colour and 12 black and white illustrations

Handmade Medieval-Style Wooden Journals by Atelier Du Grimoire

gaksdesigns:

Book Sculpture by Su Blackwell

Book Party by David Stark

“Photographs from a book-themed party from New York City event designer David Stark. The invite for this birthday luncheon at Arena Stage in Washington. D.C. which read “Life is made up of a series of stories. You are an important part of mine,” set the tone for the event. David was inspired by fairy tales and books – from the castle on the hill, to the Princess sleeping on the pea in a stack of book mattresses, or a golden egg nestled on shredded pages, and infused every aspect of the party with sweet reminders of how importance of charting your own story.”

Little Red Riding Hood (Accordion Book) by Keri Miki-Lani

“This is a pop-up/accordion style book of Little Red Riding Hood. I have been especially interested in the idea of using Fairy Tales as symbols. Many stories have become so ingrained in our culture that simple references can unravel the entire story itself. A pop up image of Little Red Riding Hood in a forest completes a self-contained, non-linear narrative. This “theatrical” book format allows all the components of the story - the introduction, climax, and conclusion - to coexist in the same plane.”