Almost forgetting that it was Bookshelf of the Week day today, I was lucky enough to stumble across this wonderful bookshelf shot, as shared by interior designer Cassandra Lavalle of coco+kelley (website, blog). What this photograph does more … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Chengdu Bookshop
March 31, 2010 By 8 Comments
Following last week's multimedia offering, we return to the normal format for this week's Bookshelf of the Week with this rather enchanting shot of a little bookshop in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province in China, as captured by Dutch traveller … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: ‘A Conversation with Tobias Wolff’
March 24, 2010 By 12 Comments
I thought I'd get a little bit 'multimedia' with this week's Bookshelf of the Week, by presenting this wonderful, wonderful video interview with Tobias Wolff. Yeah I know it's something a little bit different from the norm, but since discovering the … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: ‘Berlin Bookcase’
March 17, 2010 By 15 Comments
If you've been following my Bookshelf of the Week feature for a while now then you may remember back in 2008 I featured a rather odd shot of a bookcase bolted to the outside of an apartment block in Tallinn, Estonia. Well for this week's Bookshelf of … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto
March 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
If ever there was a bookshelf shot that exemplified the awesomeness of books then this is assuredly it (well there's actually this one too which is of equal standing, but the one chosen for this week's Bookshelf of the Week offers a bit more detail … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: The Billy Bookcase Bondi Beach Bash
February 17, 2010 By 2 Comments
On Sunday 31st January, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of its Billy Bookcase, the creatives at Ikea descended upon the famous Bondi Beach in Australia, and planted 30 of their famous bookcases in the sand. They then filled the bookcases with … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Nacho Polo’s vision in white
February 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The thing about professional interior designers is that they're usually a bit flash and flamboyant with their room designs aren't they? Nothing wrong with that of course, but imagine my surprise when I stumbled across one lately, from Florida … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Library of Parliament Reading Room
February 3, 2010 By 2 Comments
Last week we had a bit of cafe chic with the Cafe Kafka, Warsaw, so for this week's Bookshelf of the Week I thought we'd get all prestigious and governmental with this magnificent shot from Alejandro Erickson of the main reading room of the Library … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Cafe Kafka
January 27, 2010 By 6 Comments
From indoor cosy to outdoor practical, and opulently historical to cutting-edge modern, I think we’ve pretty much covered everything on Bookshelf of the Week. But one thing we’ve never broached upon is the shivery subject of arthropods. Now … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Pete’s Delicious Discovery
January 20, 2010 By 15 Comments
Now while you can normally thank me and my Web crawling efforts for the finds featured on Bookshelf the Week, this week I have to give all the discovery credit to my good Twitter friend, Peter Weller. "This might interest you," tweeted Pete in a … [Read more...]