Alex Johnson's Blog, page 4
June 9, 2020
VAC library
A special project that carries the traditional Vietnamese horticulture, aquaculture & animal husbandry, from rural to urban areas... The VAC Library is also geared towards an open library space for children. Children in the area and elsewhere can come here to play together, read books, and learn about this ecological model visually at the building.
Farming Architects
May 7, 2020
Fake wardrobe bookshelves
Hidden bookcase doors are both an attractive and practical addition to any room space but are particularly effective where included as part of a real or false bookcase.
Faux Books
April 30, 2020
What Do Famous People’s Bookshelves Reveal?
Bibliophiles do not approach bookshelves lightly. A stranger’s collection is to us a window to their soul. We peruse with judgment, sometimes admiration and occasionally repulsion (Ayn Rand?!). With celebrities now frequently speaking on television in front of their home libraries, a voyeuristic pleasure presents itself: Are they actually really like us?
New York Times
April 29, 2020
Bookcase Credibility
Bookcase Credibility
Adam Parsons. There are positives, like the shelf of well-worn Penguin classics that have probably stuck with Adam since his English degree, but a bookcase wallpaper credibility grab must overpower to succeed and this sadly doesn't have the horses. Gaps tell. Books look stranded. pic.twitter.com/8WtG4BqHKK— Bookcase Credibility (@BCredibility) April 28, 2020
April 26, 2020
Bookshelves videocall background
Hat tip to Marlies Tiepel.
April 20, 2020
T.S. Eliot inspired sink splash back
Custom design for The Poetry Pharmacy, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire. Hand painted porcelain.
Pretender to the Throne
April 16, 2020
April 14, 2020
March 24, 2020
Please support your local independent bookseller
It's always important to buy your books from your local bookshop, but it's even more so at the moment. Even if you can't visit the physical premises, many (if not all) will take orders online and get the books sent out to you, like mine in St Albans, Books on the Hill, pictured above. There's a good article on the BBC website about 'How bookshops are helping with isolation'.
