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...
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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Comments (11)
Wow that table is ugly.
OK, now you're just messing with us for hits and comments...
Why don't you blog about some Macaroni art? It would be more appealing than that table. Awful!!!
:barfbag: trying to get the usually responses, aren't "we"?
I like the vase, but I couldn't bring myself to sit on/use that stool/table/whatsit.
I personally think the table is cool. Thanks for sharing!
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.
Ok, I'm not going to get into this debate. But. The stool looks heavy and hard to clean.
In my book, this table definitely rates as vandalism.
Is that ART???? I bet someone would pay top money for it...
hideous
Anyone who actually cares about books wouldn't do this to them.