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A Library That Plummets into an Abyss by Susanna Hesselberg for Sculpture by...
Susanna Hesselberg, “When My Father Died It Was Like a Whole Library Had Burned Down” (2015) / Photo by Claire Voon for Hyperallergic For her entry into the biannual Sculpture by the Sea in Aarhus,...
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Bookshelf Superheroes Appear to Save Your Favorite Reads
Created by Artori Design, these fun metal bookshelves give the impression a stealthy superhero is saving your books from certain doom. The sideways version uses a magnet to harmlessly attach the end...
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Remake: Master Works of Art Reimagined, a New Book by Jeff Hamada
Salvador Dali, “The Ship,” 1942-43, watercolor on paper, remake by Justin Nunnink Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “The Day Dream,” 1880, oil on canvas, remake by Tania Brassesco and Lazlo Passi Norberto Four...
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The World’s Oldest Multicolored Printed Book Has Been Opened and Digitized...
All images courtesy of Cambridge University Library The earliest example of multicolor printing is now available for the public eye, digitally available through Cambridge University Library’s Digital...
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Books and Stones Embedded with Sleek Layers of Laminate Glass by Ramon Todo
Splitting his time between Kanagawa, Japan and Dusseldorf, Germany, artist Ramon Todo (previously) is known for his small sculptures of rocks and books embedded with polished layers of glass. Todo’s...
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A New Book Celebrates the 200 Most Beautiful and Innovative Cabins Ever Designed
Built as retreats for solitude and reflection, cabins are typically found in remote areas, tucked into the forest-filled corners of civilization. Due to their remote nature, they are often secreted...
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Spooky New Stuff in the Colossal Shop
We’ve added a number of creepy things in the Colossal Shop this month for Halloween. Paper Dandy’s newest DIY paper kirigami (fold & cut) book, Horrorgami, featuring 20 sinister scenes inspired by...
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Nine Artist-Designed Miniature Book Sharing Libraries Appear in Indianapolis
Nautilus, 2015, Katie Hudnall. Plywood, reclaimed wood, wood, fasteners & hardware, plexiglass, paint, ink, dye, lacquer, wax with two ink on paper drawings framed in wood by the artist. Nautilus,...
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This Book Is a Camera: A Functioning Pinhole Camera Inside a Pop-Up Book
Artist and designer Kelli Anderson just released her latest book This Book is a Camera, a pop-up book that turns into a fully functional pinhole camera. The book acts as a simple educational tool to...
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Beautiful LEGO: Wild!, a New Book Exploring Natural Brick Wonders
LEGO-based artist, author, and curator Mike Doyle (previously here and here) has collected another impressive set of LEGO masterpieces in his lastest book Beautiful LEGO: Wild! by No Starch Press, a...
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Illustrations Brought to Life in Picture Book ‘Vento’ by Virgilio Villoresi...
In a style reminiscent of Edward Gorey's dark illustrations in Victorian settings, Virgilio Villoresi and Virginia Mori have created a book that becomes animated once an optical film is placed over...
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Drape Yourself in Literature with Book Scarves from FreshComfy
If you like getting lost in a good book, here’s your chance to literally cover up in one. Thailand-based FreshComfy prints the covers and pages of classic books on lightweight chiffon scarves. Books...
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New Snowcapped Mountains and Swirling Vortexes Excavated from Vintage Books...
“V” (2015) Carved book, inks, pigments, wax. 11,5 x 9 x 5 inches. Photo Alain Lefort. “V” (2015) Carved book, inks, pigments, wax. 11,5 x 9 x 5 inches. Photo Alain Lefort. Continuing to amaze us with...
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Things Organized Neatly: A New Book of Compulsively Organized Things by...
Sarah Illenberger One of my oldest sources of visual inspiration on the internet (and one of a handful of early art/design blogs that inspired me to start Colossal in 2010) was Things Organized Neatly,...
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Vintage Books Transformed Into Layered Rings, Bracelets, and Pendants by...
Image via RR Gallery Jewelry maker Jeremy May designs wearable pieces from the layered pages of vintage books, transforming their content into unique works that are nearly impossible to trace back to...
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Rafael Araujo’s Architectural Renderings of Life Now as a Coloring Book
Architect and illustrator Rafael Araujo (previously) drafts beautiful three-dimensional spaces in a studio without technology, connecting himself back to nature while he meticulously demonstrates the...
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A Sculptural Geometric Pop-Up Book By Tauba Auerbach
Tauba Auerbach (previously) partnered with Printed Matter to publish the project [2,3], a large-scale book that exists between a children’s pop-up and sculptural object. The project folds neatly into...
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A Century-Old Buenos Aires Theater Converted Into a 21,000-Square-Foot Bookstore
Image by Uruguay in Photos Built in Buenos Aires as a performing arts theater in 1919, El Ateneo Grand Splendid's content has undergone several revisions, with its current purpose being a 21,000 square...
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This Incredible Wooden Book Is a Series of Puzzles That Have to Be Solved to...
Merging two of the ultimate pastimes—books and puzzles—the Codex Silenda has to be physically solved in order to read it. And no, these aren’t simple word games and math problems, but rather deviously...
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Dreamy Illustrations for Book Lovers by Jungho Lee
Illustrator Jungho Lee was recently named the overall professional winner of the World Illustration Awards 2016. The Korean artist is based in Seoul where he creates surreal illustrations for books...
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