Alex Johnson's Blog, page 2
March 1, 2021
Shelf Isolation
Shelf Isolation is one of Phil Shaw's distinctive bookshelf works, in which he arranges a series of genuine book-titles in an artfully-constructed digital bookcase, so that when you read them in order, from left to right, they spell out an unexpected narrative and a much needed message of hope.
February 22, 2021
February 19, 2021
Travelling library - Diamond British Poets
[TRAVELLING LIBRARY]. Diamond British Poets. -Diamond Classics. London: Jones & Co., 1823-1831.
50 volumes, 16o (88 x 52 mm). Engraved title pages. Engraved frontispiece portraits of the authors. Volumes bound in various shades of straight-grained patterned silk, blue morocco lettering pieces (some minor rubbing to a few volumes, a few spines lightly faded); original morocco-covered wood folding case with pediment shape at top when opened and with four internal compartments and two glass-fronted doors (some chipping to morocco, wood panels on back of case slightly loose).
February 18, 2021
Lucy Throckmorton's Travelling Library
Lady Throckmorton's travelling library. 6 volumes in contemporary case (case is book-shaped). 1637-42.
January 30, 2021
Rory Gallagher's Fender Stratocaster guitar and bookshelf poster
Rory Gallagher's Fender Stratocaster in front of his favourite crime novels including those by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.
Rory Gallagher backstreet merch
January 28, 2021
Virtual meetings spur sales in books for backgrounds
A company that supplies books for TV and film sets says it has seen a rise in sales for home offices during lockdown. More at BBC
Image: Writing room at Sissinghurst, Kent, one of the free downloadable background images for Zoom calls and virtual meetings provided by the National Trust
January 14, 2021
Geoff the Giraffe bookcase
This fantastic animal-inspired bookcase is sure to transform your child’s room into their own personal safari park! Also available: Leon the Lion, Zoe the Zebra, and Una the Unicorn.
January 6, 2021
Flow bookcase
The Flow bookcase was born as a stylistic exercise with the desire to create an object with an "extreme shape", that is a product whose appearance seems to compromise its stability. The sketch of a sinuous serpentine line therefore takes on three-dimensionality, remains light but gradually adds elements that allow its realisation and good functionality.Fiammetta Marasco
November 26, 2020
Mini Maldon Books
November 10, 2020
The London Library Christmas Card 2020
The card features a design of a Christmas tree being dressed in the Reading Room by illustrator Tom Gauld.
Buy copies at The London Library
