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15 Incredible Libraries Around the World
Moldova National Library – Photograph by Daniel Zollinger These pillars of higher learning are also home to some of the world’s most incredible architecture. Below is a small collection of stunning...
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15 Beautiful Libraries Around the World
Trinity College Library – University of Dublin | Photograph via Skylark Studio Following up from last year’s highly popular post ‘15 Incredible Libraries Around the World‘, the Sifter has compiled...
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Incredible Book Art by Brian Dettmer [30 pics]
Artwork by BRIAN DETTMER Born in Chicago but currently living and working out of Atlanta, Georgia, contemporary artist Brian Dettmer creates incredible works of art with old books and tremendous...
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Incredible Landscapes Carved Into Books
Artwork by GUY LARAMEE Hailing from Quebec, fellow Canadian Guy Laramee is a man with many talents. Not only is he a very accomplished painter and sculptor, but Guy is also a highly regarded...
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Breathtaking Landscapes Carved Into Books
Fellow Canadian Guy Laramee was previously featured on the Sifter back in Jaunary. Laramee is an incredibly talented artist with a broad range of skills from painting and sculpting; to music,...
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Brilliant Book Art by Thomas Allen
Inspired by a View-Master and pop-up books as a child, Thomas Allen became interested in recreating these three-dimensional experiences by using mid century books and pulp fiction paperbacks as still...
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Portraits of Fans Emulating their Idols at Concerts
Between 2004 and 2007, photographer James Mollison attended concerts across Europe and the USA with a mobile photography studio, inviting fans of each music star or band to pose for their portrait...
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Picture of the Day: Yale’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library Photograph by Lauren Manning The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (BRBL) at Yale University was a 1963 gift of the Beinecke family. The building...
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This Book Looks Like a Giant Sandwich
Pawel Piotrowski is freelance photographer and graphic designer from Poland. A recent graduate from the Faculty of Graphics and Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Pawel has recently...
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Of Beards and Men
Of Beards and Men is a labor of love for graphic designer and photographer Joseph D.R. OLeary. Over the past 18 months, he has photographed over 130 bearded men. Each portrait is an exploration into...
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The World’s Largest Monastery Library is in Austria and it’s Beautiful
© Jorge Royan / http://www.royan.com.ar / CC-BY-SA-3.0 Admont Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located on the Enns River in the town of Admont, Austria. It is the oldest remaining monastery in...
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This Reading Net is for Kids. I Wish it Was for Adults!
Design by PLAYOFFICE Website | Facebook | Twitter PlayOffice is a creative studio based in Madrid, Spain. Their mission is simple, ‘to create places and objects for kids to learn by playing’. In...
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Artist Prints 4.7 Million Leaked LinkedIn Passwords in Eight, 800-page Books
In June 2012, a hacker uploaded 6,458,020 hashed passwords (just the passwords, not the associated usernames) to a Russian hacker forum. The source? LinkedIn. The massive list quickly spread online...
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40 Hidden Artworks Painted on the Edges of Books
A fore-edge painting is a technique of painting on the edges of the pages of a book. The artwork can only be seen when the pages are fanned, as seen in the animation below. When the book is closed,...
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Someone Found a High School Yearbook from 1913 and Put it Online
Earlier this year, reddit user averagedekutree was browsing through a book store in Milwaukee when she came across a century-old high school yearbook from 1913. The high school was called Texarkana...
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Artist Designs Books That Fan Out Into 360 Degree Stories
Artist and architect Yusuke Oono has designed an amazing series of 40-page books that fan out into 360-degree storybooks. Each page is laser-cut and bound from Yusuke’s digital designs and can be...
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10 Rare Salvador Dali Illustrations of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
In 1975, world-renowned Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali created a rare set of illustrations for Shakespeare’s famous play, Romeo and Juliet. The series consisted of 10 off-set lithographs on heavy...
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This Teacher Asked Her Students to Write to an Author. Kurt Vonnegut Wrote...
In 2006 Ms. Lockwood, an English teacher at Xavier High School, asked her students to write a letter to a famous author. She wanted them discuss the author’s work and ask for advice. Kurt Vonnegut...
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Discarded Books Transformed Into Exploding 3D Collages
Kerry Miller brings old and discarded books back to life, turning them into unique pieces of 3D artwork. The mixed media and collage artist carefully carves out illustrations found within the book,...
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These are Some of the Oldest Living Things in the World
Over the past decade, artist Rachel Sussman has researched, worked with biologists, and travelled the world to photograph continuously living organisms that are 2,000 years old and older. Spanning...
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