For two years now I've almost exclusively featured the photographs of others as my Bookshelf of the Week. So to mark the return of the feature after the absence of a month, I thought I'd feature a picture of my own, taken of the higgedy-piggedly … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: The ‘Ark’
July 14, 2010 By 13 Comments
Welcome to this week's Bookshelf of the Week, and how could I possibly miss out on featuring one of the most talked about bookshelf structures this week, the 'Ark'. The brainchild of Scandinavian architects, Rintala Eggertsson, the Ark was … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Scaling Mount Spiekermann
June 30, 2010 By 6 Comments
After missing out a Bookshelf of the Week feature last week (sorry) I wanted to bring you something a little bit special this time around. And it doesn't get much more special - at least in a unique way - than the two-storey high bookshelf feature to … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Gabriel Levinson’s Book Bike
June 16, 2010 By 5 Comments
It's not often that one gets to use the word 'portable' in the same sentence as 'bookcase', but with the subject for this week's Bookshelf of the Week I very much do. I present to you the amazing Book Bike, the brainchild of Gabriel Levinson, former … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: David Raymond Conroy’s book column
June 8, 2010 By 1 Comment
It is perhaps ironic that the subject for week's Bookshelf of the Week, is marked by the very absence of a bookshelf. But I don't care because I'm a rebel, and I like to mix things up a bit :). Anyway, this rather random triptych image of a book … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: ‘Yesterday’s Bookcase’
June 2, 2010 By 8 Comments
For this week's Bookshelf of the Week I thought I'd go a little 'out of the box' (I'm doing that a lot lately aren't I? :)) and present this remarkable little animation from Swiss illustrator Fabian Haeusermann. Why have I chosen this animation in … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Loo reading!
May 26, 2010 By 14 Comments
Over the past few weeks with my Bookshelf of the Week feature, I've hung around the sublime and the classy, the breathtaking and the unusual, so this week I thought I'd get right back to basics. And it doesn't get much more basic in my opinion, than … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: El Ateneo bookstore, Buenos Aires
May 19, 2010 By 23 Comments
For this week's Bookshelf of the Week I thought I'd get all Latin American with this breathtaking shot taken by Dave aka 'longhorndave', of the equally breathtaking El Ateneo bookstore in Buenos Aires, Argentina. OK, so I know on first sight El … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Shakespeare and Company bookshop
May 12, 2010 By 16 Comments
OK, so I know I featured the place as a Bookshelf of the Week back in October 2008, and I know there are a million photos of this particular bookshop floating around already. But for this week's Bookshelf of the Week I wanted to feature the world … [Read more...]