For $325, you too can have a mini library hanging from your neck. Yay.
Ryotaro Shiba Museum rendered by Alex Roman
May 6, 2009 @ 2:20 pm
Alex Roman (alias: 3Seventh) rendered these amazing images after seeing the Ryotaro Shiba Museum designed by Tadao Ando in person. Alex then spent 2 weeks modeling, texturing, rendering and compositing the library-museum he remembered in 3D Studio Max, Photoshop and V-Ray.
None of the images in this post are actual photographs. If you want to see more of Alex Roman’s work, definitely check out this post over at Autodesk.
Library waives fee for book lost in Hudson River plane crash
February 3, 2009 @ 12:27 am
Photo: Book under water by Thomas Roessler
The love just keeps coming in for America’s favorite pilot!
Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger called in to the California State Library in Fresno to tell them that the book he had checked out from them was lost in the cargo hold of US Airways flight 1549 which crashed into the Hudson River on January 15. The library personell were so impressed his responsibility in reporting the lost book that they waived all fees for the book and are placing a template of the book on the shelf in honor of the amazing pilot.
Rumor even has it that the topic of the book was “professional ethics”. Wow, can this man be any more cool? I want to meet him!
Design inspiration: Old New York County Atlases
October 9, 2008 @ 1:36 am
I’m falling in love with these vintage New York atlases from various counties in New York State. I’ve literally spent the last hour just browsing through them over at the NYPL Digital Gallery. If I had the money, I’d totally order all of these as prints to hang in my room. They seem so elegant and carefully constructed and there isn’t one that I prefer over another — I just think they’re all great.
I’d love to see more design today take some cues from these late 19th-century booklets. Obviously, that typeface is outdated, but that’s what makes it so beautiful to look at. Ok, I’m gonna go back to the NYPL Digital Gallery now to keep looking.
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