I dig this as a piece of high art. Definitely. Although, I need to kvetch that the designer ideas surrounding furniture made out of books only tells me that the owner is someone who doesn’t read. If you dig reading books, you don’t make a coffee table out of them.

[...] Here's more about the Book Cell Project, the work of art pictured above: "The metaphor indicating that all those books are part of and enrich the universal editorial production, gains visibility in the blend orchestrated in the construction of Book Cell, between the Foundation's publications and several other books from around the world." (Via Flavorwire) [...]

[...] Literature as Environment In The Lighter Side of Writing on August 7, 2010 at 12:52 am I’ve been collecting books ever since my parents enrolled me in a book-of-the-month club when I was very young. Over the years, my collection has grown, which is a big hassle when it comes to moving. But the physical presence of my books comforts me. I can’t imagine living in a house without books. So I was tickled to see these two art installations of “book dwellings” by Prague-based artist Matej Kren: passage and book cell. I enjoyed tele well, too, but I think this one is made of phone books. I’m not sure though; this page has yet to be translated from Czechoslovakian. To see more book structures, see Kren’s curriculum vitae and scroll to the bottom. To see larger photos, visit flavorwire.com. [...]

If you love books and reading, you can make a cathedral out of them and
crawl inside and live there, make your prayer a way of opening your mind
and soul to ideas. Just think of the world full of reflective people.

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If you’re an avid reader, you can play the structure like Jenga: pulling out books here and there carefully so it doesn’t collapse.

My room already looks like this, only there are walls behind the stacks… I think…

[...] Books can definitely be the foundation for our lives. Check out the other super impressive structures made of books. [...]

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[...] Slovakian artist Matej Kren‘s installation Scanner. See more here. [...]

This makes me think of the destroyed library of Alexandra in ancient Egypt-