Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

DIY Book Light (By Steve Hoefer)

Friends have regularly recommended books as being particularly illuminating, but I admit that after opening them I was as in the dark as ever. Since I’m not one to let a good metaphor go unmolested (and because design schools seem to constantly create designers who’s job it is to make ugly lamps) I made this.

It turns off when its closed and gives off a variable amount of light depending on how far you open it, up to about a 40W light equivalent. It gives a nice warm, soft light and it looks right at home on my bedside table.

ianbrooks:

Superhero Light Boxes by The Rekindled Page

It’s lighting meets learning meets spandex… a threesome to be reckoned with! These vintage lamps are made from standard industrial electrical boxes with a classic comic book superhero printed on a dictionary page mounted on the front for dramatic effect. It’s no Bat-Signal, but these stylish comic lamps will surely keep the supervillains away at night. Available at etsy.

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unconsumption:

Here’s a tutorial from Home & Garden Television (HGTV) on how to make a stacked-book table lamp using hardcover books, a lamp kit, lamp shade, drill, and screwdriver. 

(Even though new uses for old books is a recurring theme here on Unconsumption, if you’ve got books you no longer want, but think could be of interest to other readers, then consider selling them or giving them away instead of using them as raw material for lamps or other projects!)

neversaygood-bye:

So, lately I’ve been getting back into crafting things. The latest and greatest thing that I’ve made is this lamp made of books! I didn’t have the $55 to shell out for this lamp, so I decided that I would make my own.

I love love love it!  If you want to read more of the process, keep reading.

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fuckyeahbooks:

The Enlightenment

Light up your world by Studiomeiboom

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