Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

jeffdtaylor:

“The 20 irrefutable theories of book cover design” from the Edinburgh Book Festival (via Bruce Mau Design).

11. Unheimlich theory

This theory takes a familiar image or symbol and makes it strange or unsettling. One cover of Lolita uses the image of a girl’s bedroom wall to represent a girl’s legs and underwear.

(Source: Guardian, via jeffdtaylor)

nevver:

“…the deadly little demon among the wholesome children; she stands unrecognized by them and unconscious herself of her fantastic power.”

Lolita book cover designed by Barbara De Wilde.

“She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, 
 standing four feet ten in one sock.”

(Source: imprint.printmag.com)

leopoldgursky:

“Nabokov wrote most his novels on 3” x 5” notecards, keeping blank cards under his pillow for whenever inspiration struck. Seen here: a draft of Lolita.”

I really need to start doing this! I always seem to get my best ideas right before I doze off, and then again right when I first wake up!

carnetimages-8:

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

(via booklover)

Mixed-media altered page from Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ by Helen Lyôn

teachingliteracy:

lolita letter.

by Gabriel Smy

(via havsnymfer)

mothernaturenetwork:

DIY: A green version of Natalie Portman’s clutch
Natalie Portman carried an expensive book-like purse to the premier of ‘Black Swan.’ Learn to create your own look-alike purse, DIY-style.

libraryland:

Vladimir Nabokov’s Drawings of Butterflies

(via asoftskeleton)