May 16th, 2013

Livre Échange Tree Library - Saint-Étienne, France

Via Design TAXI:

‘Livre Échange’ or ‘Book Exchange’ is a ‘free bookshop’ that lets passers-by exchange books. Unveiled for the International Design Biennial 2013 in Saint-Étienne, France, by designer Didier Muller—the installation consists of huts suspended from trees that contain a book each.

Passers-by are encouraged to take the book within the hut, and deposit a book they have.

Watch the video below to learn more about the Livre Échange Tree Library!

May 13th, 2013

Open For Business (From The Archives)

London readers continue to browse through a library, even though it was destroyed by German bombs during WWII. 

What a powerful, wonderful image that perfectly illustrates the triumphant human spirit.  

May 10th, 2013

Anatomy Of  A Book [Infographic]

Books are like bodies — it’s hard to get rid of them. If a librarian is caught throwing books into a dumpster — and we could be talking about science textbooks from the 60’s that still refer to the Brontosaurus — bad press will follow. Suddenly, we’re all monsters for trashing the sacred cow. Like bodies, books display infinite variety and at the same time are all basically the same; they share a common anatomy.

Click here to geek out and learn the vocabulary!

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