Tag Archives: Books

  As a native of St. Petersburg currently residing in Rome,  innovative artist Ekaterina Panikanova uses books as a canvas for her latest collection.  Layered with black ink, each painting spans across the pages of old books and documents to create a composition that merges the lines between painting, installation and collage. 

Books are a great escape into the worlds unknown, and this week artist Guy Laramee shows us that the adventure doesn’t have to come solely through reading.  Laramee has recently completed a new series of works where he builds up beautiful landscapes and topographical features using books. The stunning works of art are literally jumping off the Continue Reading

With technology evolving every day, a computer or mobile device can gain you access to television, music, and even books. Sometimes, though, it’s nice to take a step back into the pre-Internet era and physically hold a remote, a CD, or a novel. Litograph print designer Danny Fein aims to bring the “old days” back by transferring the text of your Continue Reading

Designer Philip Hansen of Typewriter Boneyard has decided that there are many creative things you can do with a book long after its story has been read. Once the story is finished, with the book destined to be put on your shelf for display, why not transform it in something cool and unexpected? Spending hours in Continue Reading

In a technological world filled with Internet, iPads, and Kindles, people are finding little use for the traditional book. But Slovakian artist Matej Kren

The ‘Book Autopsies’ collection by innovative artist Brian Dettmer is simply put, beautiful. His cutting designs are filled with such intricate detailing that one can only imagine the time they take to complete.  I have some textbooks I wouldn’t mind donating to the cause.