The Book With 24 Holes and Almost No Words
Pick up Sebastian Bergne’s latest publication and you’ll immediately notice what’s not there. No lengthy introduction. No glossy product photography. No dense paragraphs of design…
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The Hidden Part of Every Book Just Became a Sculpture
Every book you have ever held has a secret. Not a story buried between its pages, but a structural one, a quiet piece of craftsmanship…
Eran’s Steel Furniture Displays Books Like Artifacts Worth Keeping
Books tend to get stacked, shelved, and forgotten in most homes. They migrate from nightstand to floor to the corner of a couch, and the…
The Soviet Union Built UFO-Shaped Circuses. Now You Can Fold One.
The Soviet Union had a complicated relationship with spectacle. Everything about Soviet ideology pointed toward collective purpose, practical function, and the rejection of excess. And…
Studio Darius Ou Just Printed a Book That Reads Its Own Code
Books have always held secrets. Marginalia scrawled by long-dead readers, watermarks pressed into pulp centuries ago, the particular weight of a first edition in your…
This Lamp Finally Belongs on a Bookshelf Because It Looks Like a Book
Reading lamps have always had a tension with the spaces they occupy. The ones bright enough to actually read by tend to be too harsh…
5 Best Surreal Bookstores That Make You Forget You’re Inside a Building
A bookstore should do more than sell books. At its best, it alters how you perceive the act of reading, the space around you, and…
This Concept Makes Reading a Physical Ritual, Not an App Reminder
The intention to read a physical book more often usually gets buried under phones, streaming, and vague guilt about never finishing that stack on the…
MG Raiser Doubles Up Your Manga Shelf Without Hiding the Back Row
Bookshelves quietly go from single row to double row, especially for manga where volumes multiply quickly. The front row looks great, the back row disappears…
The Swiss Army Knife of Sketching Tools Returns With Bold New Colors (And A Titanium Pencil)
Precision. Portability. Swiss-grade craftsmanship. These have been Horizon’s calling cards since we first dubbed their Helvetica® ruler the “Swiss Army Knife of sketching tools.” Their…
Book uses disappearing ink to shine light on dementia
Books can transport us to new worlds, but few make us experience the slow disappearance of memory quite like 4,4,4&2, the latest project from Scottish…
This Tiny Cafe Fuses Coffee Culture With Vinyl & Books For A New Generation Of Caffeine Consumers
You know that not-so-common and satisfying feeling when you walk into a space and immediately think, “these architects really understand what makes a great cafe”?…