There's a definite visual appeal to books, so much so that some people even hire the services of decorating with books. This design by Laura Cahill takes that visual appeal and translates it into a useful little stool...
Heavy Read Stool by Laura Cahill
In her work entitled "Heavy Read", unwanted books are through-bolted to provide a sturdy stool surface. The stool project evolved from Laura Cahill's other projects that put old books to use - book page vases wrapped around glass labware:
More on Cahill's work can be found at Deezen.
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Wow that table is ugly.
view Janice99's profile
OK, now you're just messing with us for hits and comments...
view amed studio's profile
Why don't you blog about some Macaroni art? It would be more appealing than that table. Awful!!!
view BigD's profile
:barfbag: trying to get the usually responses, aren't "we"?
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I like the vase, but I couldn't bring myself to sit on/use that stool/table/whatsit.
view orangeblossom's profile
I personally think the table is cool. Thanks for sharing!
view Erin Lang Norris/Yellow Canoe's profile
Dear AT... why do you hate books so much? I'm all for the art-book movement, but seriously... this is not book art. It's book violence.
view Modfan's profile
Ok, I'm not going to get into this debate. But. The stool looks heavy and hard to clean.
view whytephoenix's profile
In my book, this table definitely rates as vandalism.
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Is that ART???? I bet someone would pay top money for it...
hideous
view Yolanda P's profile
Anyone who actually cares about books wouldn't do this to them.
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