January 22, 2006
Book Bar
Your library doesn't look the same through the bottom of a beer glass.
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Yes it does. Because I was drunk before I entered the library.
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Now if my library served beer, I would read MUCH more. Or just damage more books.
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That's a pretty cool piece of furniture there. When my officemates and I moved into our new space, it was full of piles and boxes of books that we were instructed to throw away. I wanted to build myself cubicle partitions with them, but they told me it would violate the fire code. Fascists.
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Forget the Book Bar, look at that amazing Refugee housing--it's amazing! I wonder how much those cost. I love the website, I'll have to check it out from time to time, now.
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Somewhere I know I've seen furniture done from books--bed, couch, chair--even a bookshelf. Too late/too tired to google.
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GranMa, I know what you're talking about. It was a woman designer, I think, who used old phone directories and hardcovers, pieced them together, and lacquered them into a bedframe, an armchair, a side table and I think a chaise longue.
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Reminds me of another functional item made out of old books - custom hand bags. I like that the book bar books were rescued books, as opposed to being bought at second-hand shops or somewhere else. I suppose it would be kind of cool if it was entirely composed of drink-topic books (bartending, mixology, viticulture, distilleries, Tortilla Flats, etc.) I don't frequent bars much but I have sometimes snuck beverages and snacks into the library to have while studying or reading. Certain college libraries and a particular local library I've been in have felt much like a bar in the sense of serving as social spaces to meet other people and occasionally have personal possessions stolen.