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A Japanese Home Designed Around a Climbable Earthquake-Proof Bookshelf

December 4, 2017A Japanese Home Designed Around a Climbable Earthquake-Proof Bookshelf
A Look Inside Europe’s Most Enchanting Libraries by Photographer Thibaud Poirier

June 8, 2017A Look Inside Europe’s Most Enchanting Libraries by Photographer Thibaud Poirier
A Collaborative Duo Pokes Fun at Plein Air Painting Through Photographic Series

November 12, 2016A Collaborative Duo Pokes Fun at Plein Air Painting Through Photographic Series
Salvador Dali’s Rare Surrealist Cookbook Republished for the First Time in over 40 Years

October 3, 2016Salvador Dali’s Rare Surrealist Cookbook Republished for the First Time in over 40 Years
150th Anniversary Edition of “Alice in Wonderland” Features Rare 1969 Salvador Dalí Illustrations

September 15, 2016150th Anniversary Edition of “Alice in Wonderland” Features Rare 1969 Salvador Dalí Illustrations
This Incredible Wooden Book Is a Series of Puzzles That Have to Be Solved to Continue Reading

August 5, 2016This Incredible Wooden Book Is a Series of Puzzles That Have to Be Solved to Continue Reading
A Century-Old Buenos Aires Theater Converted Into a 21,000-Square-Foot Bookstore

July 18, 2016A Century-Old Buenos Aires Theater Converted Into a 21,000-Square-Foot Bookstore
Things Organized Neatly: A New Book of Compulsively Organized Things by Austin Radcliffe

March 18, 2016Things Organized Neatly: A New Book of Compulsively Organized Things by Austin Radcliffe
Artist Theaster Gates Bought a Crumbling Chicago Bank for $1 and Turned it Into a World-Class Arts Center

October 13, 2015Artist Theaster Gates Bought a Crumbling Chicago Bank for $1 and Turned it Into a World-Class Arts Center
Books and Stones Embedded with Sleek Layers of Laminate Glass by Ramon Todo

September 9, 2015Books and Stones Embedded with Sleek Layers of Laminate Glass by Ramon Todo
A Library That Plummets into an Abyss by Susanna Hesselberg for Sculpture by the Sea

June 30, 2015A Library That Plummets into an Abyss by Susanna Hesselberg for Sculpture by the Sea
Book Conservator Nobuo Okano Repairs Tattered Books to Make Them Look Brand New

April 21, 2015Book Conservator Nobuo Okano Repairs Tattered Books to Make Them Look Brand New
Weapons of Mass Instruction: A 1979 Ford Falcon Converted into a Tank Armored with 900 Free Books

March 5, 2015Weapons of Mass Instruction: A 1979 Ford Falcon Converted into a Tank Armored with 900 Free Books
Amazing Little Flip Books Use Negative Space and Secret Compartments

November 15, 2014Amazing Little Flip Books Use Negative Space and Secret Compartments
The Ingenuity and Beauty of Creative Parchment Repair in Medieval Books

November 7, 2014The Ingenuity and Beauty of Creative Parchment Repair in Medieval Books
Medieval Book Historian Erik Kwakkel Discovers and Catalogs 800-Year-Old Doodles in Some of the World’s Oldest Books

October 2, 2014Medieval Book Historian Erik Kwakkel Discovers and Catalogs 800-Year-Old Doodles in Some of the World’s Oldest Books
Motion Silhouette: An Interactive Shadow Picture Book

July 14, 2014Motion Silhouette: An Interactive Shadow Picture Book
271 Years Before Pantone, an Artist Mixed and Described Every Color Imaginable in an 800-Page Book

May 5, 2014271 Years Before Pantone, an Artist Mixed and Described Every Color Imaginable in an 800-Page Book
This 16th Century Book Can Be Read Six Different Ways

January 24, 2014This 16th Century Book Can Be Read Six Different Ways
Tauba Auerbach’s RGB Colorspace Atlas Depicts Every Color Imaginable

September 6, 2012Tauba Auerbach’s RGB Colorspace Atlas Depicts Every Color Imaginable