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Category Archives: Art
Get Lost In Some Good Books
Way back in 2011 we shared a story on the book sculptures and installations of the Slovakian-born artist Matej Krén. Now the enormous stacked book assemblege that he calls “Idiom” has found a permanent home in the Prague Municipal Library … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Museums, Tourism, Uncategorized
Tagged Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Municipal Library
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City Sculpture
If you check-in with Travel Between The Pages on a regular basis, then you are well aware of my life-long love of maps. So, it’s no surprise that I’m wowed by these amazing sculptural maps . London-born, Portland-based artist Matthew … Continue reading
Merry Christmas (from 1968)
In 1968, London-based American cartoonist Terry Gilliam was asked to create an animated video “Christmas card” for the popular, off-beat children’s television series Do Not Adjust Your Set, which featured future Monty Pythons Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Michael Palin. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Film, Museums
Tagged Christmas, Do Not Adjust Your Set, Eric Idle, London, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
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Music, Photography and Google
This neat photo-set of iconic album cover locations was discovered on Google Streetview and put together by our friends at Whutdat.de. The paired photographs include Eric Clapton’s 461 Ocean Boulevard, the Beatles Abbey Road, Led Zepplin’s Physical Graffiti and more.
Posted in Art, Europe, Music, Photography
Tagged Abbey Road, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, London, Neil Young, New York City, Oasis
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When Books Tell Time
The clever folks at Vintage Book Clocks create these unique timepieces from used books that are chosen because they speak to the designers. Whether it’s the striking cover art, book title, subject matter or color; each book represents a specific … Continue reading
Pssst…French Books
The Grolier Club of New York City has fostered interest in, and support for, book arts for more than 125 years. It also offers regular exhibitions, displays, lectures and publications on publishing, printing, libraries, book art and the book … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Uncategorized, USA, Writing
Tagged Book Artists, France, Garamond, Grolier Club, Imprimerie Nationale, New York City, New York Public Library
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eBook Treasures
Bibliophiles will be dead chuffed to discover eBook Treasures a new way to view (and own) rare books. The UK-based organization has partnered with the British Library, the Royal Society, the John Rylands Library and the British Natural History Museum … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Writing
Tagged British Library, John Rylands Library, Royal Society
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Week In Hell
This past September, artist/illustrator/blogger/writer/provocateur Molly Crabapple “locked” herself in a New York City hotel room, covered the walls entirely in huge sheets of paper and filled the paper with her artwork. Molly funded this clever project through a very successful … Continue reading
A Mapping Mania
Paula Scher has been creating remarkable, idiosyncratic, enormous, hand-painted typographic maps of the world for nearly two decades. She explores individual nations, cities, transit systems, continents and diverse cultural phenomena through her quirky, whimsical and even visionary one-of-a-kind giant maps. … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Art, Asia, Books, Canada, Europe, Maps, Middle East, South America, USA
Tagged Cartography, Maps, Paula Scher, Princeton Architectural Press
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What’s a Zipaaltje ?
Combining two ubiquitous symbols of Amsterdam—bikes and bollards—Zipaaltjes are new iconic features of the Amsterdam cityscape. The Zip project is designed to encourage rediscovery of public space by offering a comfortable place to enjoy the city. It invites Amsterdamers and … Continue reading
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