Libreria Newton
Designer Francesco Polare has designed a book holder using in the style of an old clamp.
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Ouch! Poor books!
This is the kind of “Design” that annoys me these days. “In the style of a clamp”? It’s a clamp hung on the wall. It’s not smart repurposing, a hundred other items already serve this purpose way better than a clamp. And I agree with Katie that it’s bad for the books.
You know, unless those end books are fake, I’m pretty sure this isn’t a ‘book holder in the style of a clamp’… it’s a clamp.
I was so glad to see Tyler and Sam’s comments here. I saw this in Google Reader and came here to complain about the same thing. It’s a goddamn clamp, with books in it, on a hook. There is no design here. It’s a shitty thing to do to books, unless you hate books – and it’s possible the designer does.
Just removed Design Milk from my RSS feeds. Ridiculous post.
Fair enough.
Sorry have to agree with the other commenters. It is a freaking clamp. Lazy and a horrible way to treat books. Bibliocidal.
I’ve seen this on a dozen other sites. What an AWFUL idea. Poor books! It’s a clamp, squeezing and ruining perfectly good books. What the hell. That’s not design.
How would you take a book out? Ridiculous, useless, and unpractical design.
One also assumes you have books because you want to read them, yes? This makes them visible but inaccessible. This is either a statement on censorship or a design prank.
Wow… I have some old clamps in my garage I could sell somebody to destroy their books. Bidding starts at $100/each. Small price to pay for art.
@ Hao
How would you take a book out? That’s a silly question. Unless you really don’t know what a clamp is and how it works. Which I suspect otherwise because you won’t be commenting in the first place.
this thing sucks. I agree with all the other comments. if there isn’t good content out there-don’t post anything!!
wow. putting a mix of good and bad design on design milk is definitely a great idea.
this is bad.
or good?
perhaps it makes us consider our reliance on knowledge from books. seeing as this design inhibits our ability to read, perhaps it is suggesting that our own personal knowledge is not limited by access to physical knowledge.
either way it is artsy and is horrible.