Tree Library

David Lowe Reader Find

By David Lowe in New Trends on Tuesday 30 April 2013

This is something you don’t see everyday. Walking down the street, you suddenly realize you didn’t bring your book to read. No problem. Pick one up at the tree library. I wonder how smart the squirrels are in that tree?!

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Take a blood bath in Koh Samui. Well, not really, but kind of

Low Lai Chow Contributor

By Low Lai Chow in Architecture on Tuesday 19 March 2013

Blame us for watching too many samurai films, but the idea of taking a dip in a scarlet-red swimming pool makes us excited. At The Library, a beach-facing boutique hotel in Koh Samui owned by Kasemtham Sornsong and designed by Tirawan Songsawat, you actually can. And it’s not like you’re going to find yourself in [...]

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Book Mountain: Now this is what we call a library!

Cormack O'Connor Contributor

By Cormack O'Connor in New Design on Friday 26 October 2012

If you thought you’re local library was a pretty cool place, we bet you it’s not as cool as this. That is, of course, unless you live in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands, and this is your local library. The huge library dubbed Book Mountain is part of a project that covers an impressive 9,300 square meters. [...]

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The Library of Unborrowed Books: An Art Installation

Cormack O'Connor Contributor

By Cormack O'Connor in New Art on Friday 19 October 2012

Imagine a library full of books that have never been read, have never been cared about, and have never been borrowed. Stockholm-based artist Meriç Algün Ringborg has created just that; opening the Library of Unborrowed Books for three weeks. The 600 books were collected from Stockholms Stadbiblioteket (Library) and displayed to try and question why [...]

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Interiors of Beautiful Libraries

Rebekah Rhoden Contributor

By Rebekah Rhoden in New Photography on Thursday 2 August 2012

German photographer Christoph Steelbach’s new series, Bibliotheken, explores the elaborate interiors of beautiful libraries around Europe. The architectural style of the featured libraries ranges from Victorian to Modern, and each interior is a great example of design from different eras. It might be a little too distracting trying to read a book in such a beautiful space.

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The National Library of Ireland photos are now online

Philip Dunne Reader Find

By Philip Dunne in Cool Websites on Saturday 5 May 2012

I’m obsessed with looking through old photographs. I wonder about the stories behind them, the people in them, the social situations, and the differences compared to now. The National Library of Ireland has incredible pictures of Ireland over the last thousand years. They are just fun, romantic and beautiful to look at.

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Sneak peek at the 2012 Sketchbook Project World Tour

Contributions Reader Find

By Eli in New Art on Tuesday 8 November 2011

The Sketchbook Project collects thousands of artists’ sketchbooks from across the globe and exhibits them in cities all over the world. The crew just posted a sneak peek at some of the finished sketchbooks that have just arrived at Project HQ in Brooklyn.

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