Venice’s Libreria Acqua Alta, ‘Most Beautiful Bookstore in the World’
A hand-written sign outside the Libreria Acqua Alta says “Welcome of the most beautiful bookshop in the world.” While it might not be a place…
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Typewritten Portraits of Famous Authors
Brazilian artist Álvaro Franca pays homage to his favourite authors in a series of portraits created using just a typewriter. So far, the series…
Vintage Book Covers Get ‘Pop Up’ Treatment by Thomas Allen
Thomas Allen‘s pop up art is created from old books, but it brings them to life in a new, fascinating way. Allen’s art…
Quint Buchholz Imagines a Surreal World of Books
Books become more than just objects to read in these surreal illustrations by Quint Buchholz. I think the artist’s sense of magical realism and…
“Books About Town” Places Literary-Inspired Benches Throughout London
Books About Town is a public art project being held this summer in London. 50 benches, each shaped like an open book and decorated…
Broken: An Irreverent Picture Book About Animals in Casts by Pieter van den Heuvel
Broken is a darkly comic picture book, featuring animals with injuries to their most significant features, by Pieter van den Heuvel. The irreverent, rhyming story…
Vivid Ink and Collage Illustrations by Lisa Gelli
These illustrations, which use ink drawing and collage techniques, are by Lisa Gelli. She frequently uses visible brush strokes and scumbling, as well as…
Jon Juarez: Illustrations With an Expressive, Trembling Trace
These pencil drawings, augmented with digital color, are by Jon Juarez. I appreciate the line quality, which has what the artist refers to as…
Double Meanings Visualized in Victor Cavazzoni’s Clever Illustrations
Some of Victor Cavazzoni‘s extremely clever digital illustrations rely on wordplay and double meanings, while others have a design that represents two different objects…
The Urban Shadow: Book Illustration by Natalie Foss
Natalie Foss, from Oslo, Norway, has illustrated a fold-out book seen from a fox’s point of view, called The Urban Shadow. The story is…