Screen-Printed Old Books are Art on Your Book Shelf
Read all about it; these good-looking graphics are printed on the fore edge of old books.
View ArticleWhat Where They Thinking: University Students Sold $ 180 Art Textbook With...
A demonstration of how to use online publishing to hose your students, And why the textbook is, if not dead, soon to be so.
View ArticleMountain of Books Built In Glassy and Classy Library
Dutch architects MVRDV build "a glittering advertisement for reading."
View ArticleHow I Forced My 5 Year Old To Become an Environmentalist, or, an Interview...
We heard Philippe Cousteau wrote a book for kids. Naturally, we hired a five year old to interview him.
View ArticleA Smart Guide to Utopia: 111 Inspiring Ideas for a Better City (Book Review)
This unique travel guide is the perfect book for the eco-conscious non-tourist. It features 111 projects you can visit around Europe, that make our cities better.
View ArticleGuerrilla Pothole Gardener is Now an Author
A sneak preview of the pothole gardener's new book--Christmas is coming...
View ArticleThe Biblio-Mat is an "Antiquarian Book Randomizer", a Vending Machine For Old...
It's all over the web these days; I had to see it and try it.
View ArticleBookworm Bookshelf Doubles As A Place To Read
A nice idea if you don't have a lot of books
View Article9 Garden Books to Give This Holiday Season
From flower porn, to guerrilla gardening, kids activities and growing your own food, a garden book is the perfect gift for more than just gardeners.
View ArticleWaterlife is a Beautiful Indian Book About Sea Creatures
This book is a little gem; hand-made and screenprinted by local artisans in eastern India.
View ArticleThe Ridiculously Easy Way to Donate Books Online
If you're decluttering your bookshelves, there's a website that will make donating your books to charity amazingly simple. You won't even have to leave your livingroom.
View ArticleIt's Not Easy Being Green: Two Designers Explore Sustainability Worldwide...
Designers Aart van Bezooyen and Paula Raché tell their story of adventure, people and sustainability.
View Article"Vertical Loft" Is Designed Around a Giant, Three-Story Closet
In Rotterdam, Shift Architecture and Urbanism renovated a townhouse, using a central, three-floor-high closet -- and lots of bookcases -- as the central column.
View ArticleA Call for the 0.1% to Save the Planet with a Billionaire League of Justice
Thomas Watson suggests it might be our best hope of putting humanity on a sustainable path
View ArticleWhat's the Best Way to Read a Book?
A recent experience doing a book review on an iPad raises some questions.
View ArticleNew Society Publishers Lives Another Day
It's tough out there in the book biz, but one of our favourite green publishers gets saved by its founders.
View ArticleColorado library combines book rental and seed rental
Basalt Regional Library in Colorado is combining the best of both a traditional public library and the ever more popular seed library.
View Article15 great books for making your own gadgets
Here are great titles on everything from beginner Raspberry Pi projects to DIY home automation.
View ArticleExpanding (or shrinking) bookcase gets updated
Reinier de Jong's REK comes back for more in a new and improved version
View ArticleCould a subway swipe & read scheme for smartphones boost visits to public...
Subway riders could take advantage of an "underground library" that lets smartphone owners swipe a poster to get a free digital reading sample from the New York Public Library.
View ArticleMore free books! Little Free Library pops up in New York City
Looking like a submarine or one of those famed rooftop water tanks, a small, communal repository of books is making its debut in New York City.
View ArticleFood revolution reading list from Michael Pollan and Ruth Reichl
Recommended reading from two of America's biggest food writers.
View ArticleFire Island Modernist: seductive and sustainable architecture (VIDEO)
A new book by Christopher Rawlins explores the life and work of Horace Gifford.
View ArticleGood looking shelves and frames for all your knick knacks
These playful shelves would be good design with or without the chotchkies.
View ArticleThe Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction
The Ethiopian wolf is seriously endangered, with only 450 individuals left on Earth. However, hope remains among conservationists who are doing heroic work to preserve this fascinating species for...
View ArticleSummer reading list! Book recommendations from TreeHugger
It's summer, and that means it is time for a summer book recommendation list tailored to TreeHuggers.
View Article15th century Dutch church converted into 21st century bookstore
A great example of adaptive reuse, creating a shrine to the book.
View ArticleCreative loom-inspired bookcase suspends books in mid-air
This is an unassumingly elegant solution to an age-old problem: how to get a mess of books to look more organized, but not boring.
View Article"Why Our Children Need Real Food, Not Food Products" (book review)
Jeannie Marshall explores the negative impact of processed food on children the world over.
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