designersof:

update: we’ve had over 40 applications to take part in this already! keep them coming guys! we also went and purchased ourselves an nice big wall map and started putting pins in potential contributor locations. lets try fill the whole map! 

sign up HERE

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we’re starting a travelling book project! we’ve just had 3 amazing books made up for us by Helen over at badbooks the idea is to involve lots of our talented contributors to create 3 amazing unique art zines full of your illustrations designs and crafts! we’re now collecting adresses to send these 3 books out to each book will be drawn in had things stuck into it and genrally abused by each person. it’ll then be passed on to the next person on the list and the next and so on, until all 3 books are full and we have an awesome collection of amazing work!  the finished books will be mailed back to us scanned and uploaded for the everyone to see!!! 

if you’d like to take part you can read about it in more detail here and fill out the entry form to be considered as a potential contributor

Source: designersof

Book of Hours, Illuminated Manuscript.

Book of Hours, Illuminated Manuscript.

Source: bencobane

cyanotype-thrill:

Leaves of Grass, Samuel Ellenport. 1940. Bound in full green Morocco leather; sewn on five raised cords; marbled            endleaves; top edge gilt; green and red machine-made endbands; titled            and tooled in gold with leather onlays.
Source

cyanotype-thrill:

Leaves of Grass, Samuel Ellenport. 1940. Bound in full green Morocco leather; sewn on five raised cords; marbled endleaves; top edge gilt; green and red machine-made endbands; titled and tooled in gold with leather onlays.

Source

Book Sculpture. (Unkown Artist)

Book Sculpture. (Unkown Artist)

Pop-Up Books.

Rare Book Covers.

Fannie Merritt Farmer’s What To Have For Dinner (1905). From Cornell University’s Rare Cookery Book Collection.

Fannie Merritt Farmer’s What To Have For Dinner (1905). From Cornell University’s Rare Cookery Book Collection.