phone book

  • The Hive

    BySoti

    Kristiina Lahde is a Canadian artist who transforms old telephone books into complex architectural structures. Using patterns borrowed from nature, Lahde creates modular sculptures that emulates the structure of a honeycomb, cross-referencing the social behaviours of insects and humans. Altered telephone books it is! Thumbs up for Cristiina! (via: junk culture)

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    Book Chandelier

    Byyiuco

    Lucy Norman of Lula Dot is the designer behind these chandeliers made from old books. Book recycling is often problematic; glue and low-grade paper used in book manufacturing make their recycling difficult. So, Lucy got the idea and reinvent the term  ‘light read’. Discarded tomes were folded and hung around a ceiling light in a circular…