Tom Gauld's Colour-coded Library

Archive quality giclee prints on 300gsm Hahnemuhle photo rag paper in editions of 100 signed and numbered copies. The image size is 16 by 9.5 cm and the paper is 25 by 20 cm.

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November 2014

BOOKS READ

1. Damnation Alley, Roger Zelazny. ISBN N/A (1969, G.P. Putnam's Sons). 2014.11.02
2. The Law of Nines, Terry Goodkind. ISBN 978-0-385-66738-8 (2009, Doubleday Canada). 2014.11.07
3. Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics, Ed. Chris Duffy. ISBN 978-1-62672-065-7 (2014, First Second). 2014.11.11
4. The Outsider, Albert Camus, Tr. Joseph Laredo. ISBN 0-14-00-6158-4 (1983, Penguin Books). 2014.11.16
5. Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny, John Himmelman. ISBN 978-0-8050-9970-6 (2014, Henry Holt and Company). 2014.11.26

October 2014

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood, Gwen Raverat. ISBN N/A (1954, Faber And Faber). 2014.10.10
2. L'Héritage Des Whiteoak, Mazo de la Roche. ISBN N/A (N/A, Librairie Plon, Genève). 2014.10.10
3. The Postman, David Brin. ISBN 1-56865-500-2 (1997, Bantam Books). 2014.10.10
4. The Book Of Morgaine: Gate Of Ivrel, Well Of Shiuan, Fires Of Azeroth, C.J. Cherryh. ISBN N/A (1979, Nelson Doubleday, Inc.). 2014.10.10

BOOKS READ

1. Halo: Helljumper, Peter David, Ill. Eric Nguyen. ISBN 978-0-7851-4051-1 (2011, Marvel). 2014.10.03
2. Celeste, I.N.J. Culbard. ISBN 978-1-906838-76-8 (2014, SelfMadeHero). 2014.10.03
3. China Mountain Zhang, Maureen F. McHugh. ISBN 0-812-50892-0 (1993, Tor). 2014.10.03
4. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot, Ill. Edward Gorey. ISBN 0-15-668568-X (1982, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers). 2014.10.06
5. Le Chien Dans La Vallée De Chambara, Hugues Micol. ISBN 978-2-7548-0373-1 (2011, Futuropolis). 2014.10.15
6. Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness, Joshua Wolf Shenk. ISBN 978-0-618-55116-3 (2005, Houghton Mifflin Company). 2014.10.27
7. The Quintessence Of Sartrism, Maurice Cranston. ISBN 0-06-131639-3 (1971, Harper & Row). 2014.10.28

September 2014

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Beyond The Blue Event Horizon, Frederik Pohl. ISBN N/A (1980, Ballantine Books). 2014.09.03
2. Three Complete Novels: Children Of The Thunder, The Tides Of Time, The Crucible Of Time, John Brunner. ISBN 0-517-12310-X (1995, Wings Books). 2014.09.03
3. Venus Plus X, Theodore Sturgeon. ISBN 0-312-94447-0 (1984, Bluejay Books Inc.). 2014.09.12
4. The Divine Comedy Of Dante Alighieri: Inferno, Trans. Allen Mandelbaum. ISBN 0-553-21339-3 (2004, Bantam Dell). 2014.09.24
5. The Divine Comedy Of Dante Alighieri: Purgatorio, Trans. Allen Mandelbaum. ISBN 0-553-21344-X (2004, Bantam Dell). 2014.09.24
6. The Divine Comedy Of Dante Alighieri: Paradiso, Trans. Allen Mandelbaum. ISBN 0-553-21204-3 (2004, Bantam Dell). 2014.09.24

BOOKS READ

1. Lyrics And Longer Poems, Ed. A.H. Humble. ISBN N/A (1959, The MacMillan Company Of Canada Limited). 2014.09.01
2. Almost Fairy Children, Edwin Herbert Lewis. ISBN N/A (1909, The Bobbs-Merrill Company). 2014.09.08
3. Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino. ISBN 0-15-645380-0 (1978, Harcourt, Inc.). 2014.09.15
4. Mome 22, Ed. Eric Reynolds. ISBN 978-1-60699-395-8 (2011, Fantagraphics Books). 2014.09.20
5. Quester's Endgame, Jo Clayton. ISBN 0-88677-138-2 (1986, DAW). 2014.09.27

August 2014

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Kiln People, David Brin. ISBN 0-765-30355-8 (2002, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC). 2014.08.02
2. Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World, Haruki Murakami. ISBN 0-679-74346-4 (1993,Vintage International). 2014.08.19
3. The Romance Of Arthur, Ed. James J. Wilhelm and Laila Zamuelis Gross. ISBN 0-8240-9099-3 (1984, Garland Publishing, Inc.). 2014.08.30

BOOKS READ

1. Punk: An Aesthetic, Ed. Johan Kugelberg & Jon Savage, essays by William Gibson, Johan Kugelberg, Jon Savage, Linder Sterling, Gee Vaucher. ISBN 978-0-8478-3662-8 (2012, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.). 2014.08.05
2. The Inspired Home: Nests of Creatives, Kim Ficaro, Todd Nickey, Mayer Rus (Text), Sarah Sophie Flicker (Text), Photo. by Ditte Isager. ISBN 978-0-8478-4243-8 (2014, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.). 2014.08.12
3. Skeen's Leap, Jo Clayton. ISBN 0-88677-169-2 (1986, DAW Books, Inc.). 2014.08.18
4. Space Slaves, James Rusk, Jr. ISBN N/A (1980, Decade Press). 2014.08.30

July 2014

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. 1066 And All That, Walter Carruthers Sellar & Robert Julian Yeatman, Ill. John Reynolds. ISBN N/A (1930, Methuen & Co. Ltd. London). 2014.07.25
2. An Anthology Of Verse, Ed. Roberta A. Charlesworth & Dennis Lee. ISBN N/A (1964, Oxford University Press Toronto). 2014.07.25

BOOKS READ

1. Essentially Irish: Homes With Classic Irish Style, Josephine Ryan. ISBN 978-1-84597-158-2 (2011, Ryland Peters & Small). 2014.07.06
2. Gold Coast, Elmore Leonard. ISBN 0-440-20832-7 (1990, Dell Publishing). 2014.07.12
3. Doctor Mirabilis, James Blish. ISBN 0-396-06325-X (1971, Dodd, Mead & Company). 2014.07.19
4. The Best Of Milligan And McCarthy, Peter Milligan, Brendan McCarthy. ISBN 978-1-61655-153-7 (2013, Dark Horse Comics). 2014.07.26

June 2014

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. A Field Guide To Wildflowers, Roger Tory Peterson & Margaret McKenny. ISBN N/A (1968, Houghton Mifflin Company). 2014.06.11
2. Growing Pains: The Autobiography Of Emily Carr, Emily Carr. ISBN 0-7720-0219-3 (1966, Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited). 2014.06.11

BOOKS READ

1. Modern Originals: At Home with Mid-Century European Designers, Leslie Williamson. ISBN 978-0-8478-4223-0 (2014, Rizzoli International Publications). 2014.06.06
2. Keyboard Presents The Best Of The '80s: The Artists, Instruments, And Techniques Of An Era, Ed. by Ernie Rideout, Stephen Fortner, & Michael Gallant. ISBN 978-0-87930-930-5 (2008, Backbeat Books). 2014.06.14
3. Enemy Ace: War Idyll, George Pratt. ISBN 0-930289-65-X (1990, DC Comics Inc.). 2014.06.22
4. Punk: Chaos to Couture, Andrew Bolton, Richard Hell, John Lydon, Jon Savage. ISBN 978-0-300-19185-1 (2013, Metropolitan Museum Of Art). 2014.06.23
5. Essentially French: Homes with Classic French Style, Josephine Ryan. ISBN 978-1-84597-906-5 (2009, Ryland Peters & Small). 2014.06.23
6. Batman: Harvest Breed, George Pratt. ISBN 1-56389-775-X (2000, DC Comics Inc.). 2014.06.27
7. French Home, Josephine Ryan. ISBN 978-1-84597-450-3 (2007, Ryland Peters & Small). 2014.06.28
8. Space: Japanese Design Solutions for Compact Living, Michael Freeman. ISBN 0-7893-1065-1 (2004, Universe). 2014.06.30

May 2014

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Two Towns In Provence, M.F.K. Fisher. ISBN 0-394-71631-0 (1983, Vintage Books). 2014.05.03
2. Middle English Verse Romances, Ed. Donald B. Sands. ISBN 0030462150 (1966, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.). 2014.05.03
3. Strange And Stranger: The World Of Steve Ditko, Blake Bell. ISBN 978-1-56097-921-0 (2008, Fantagraphics Books). 2014.05.10

BOOKS READ

1. Mastering The Art Of French Eating, Ann Mah. ISBN 978-0-670-02599-2 (2013, Viking/Penguin Group). 2014.05.11
2. Alpha Star, Victor D. Heywood. ISBN N/A (1980, Decade Books). 2014.05.20
3. Drawing Comics is Easy! (Except When It's Hard), Alexa Kitchen. ISBN 978-0-97100-806-9 (2006, Denis Kitchen Publishing Co.). 2014.05.22
4. Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy, Frances Mayes. ISBN 0-7679-1606-9 (2003, Broadway Books). 2014.05.29

April 2014

BOOKS READ

1. The Strange Gift Of Gwendolyn Golden, Philippa Dowding. ISBN 978-1-4597-0735-1 (2014, Dundurn). 2014.04.05
2. Black Easter (or, Faust Aleph-Null), James Blish. ISBN N/A (1968, Doubleday & Company, Inc.). 2014.04.14
3. The Day After Judgement, James Blish. ISBN 978-0-575-10402-0 (2011, Gollancz/The Orion Publishing Group). 2014.04.24

March 2014

BOOKS READ

1. The Wishsong Of Shannara, Terry Brooks. ISBN 0-345-35636-5 (1985, Ballantine Books). 2014.03.14
2. The French Laundry Cookbook, Thomas Keller with Susie Heller and Michael Ruhlman, Photos by Deborah Jones. ISBN 978-1-57965-126-8 (1999, Artisan (Workman Publishing)). 2014.03.17
3. Star Trek: Mission To Horatius, Mack Reynolds. ISBN 0-671-02812-X/978-0-671-02812-1 (1999, Pocket Books). 2014.03.19
4. A Case Of Conscience, James Blish. ISBN 0-345-43835-3 (2000, The Ballantine Publishing Group). 2014.03.24

February 2014

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro. ISBN 0-571-22411-3 (2005, Faber and Faber Limited). 2014.02.27
2. A Murder Of Quality, John Le Carré. ISBN 0-8027-1442-0 (2004, Walker Publishing Company Inc.). 2014.02.27

BOOKS READ

1. Eat, Memory: Great Writers At The Table: A Collection Of Essays From The New York Times, Ed. Amanda Hesser. ISBN 978-0-393-06763-7 (2009, W.W. Norton). 2014.02.06
2. Asterix and the Picts, Jean-Yves Ferri, Ill. Didier Conrad. ISBN 978-1-4440-1167-8 (2013, Orion Children's Books Ltd). 2014.02.12
3. Snakes And Earrings, Hitomi Kanehara. ISBN 0-525-94889-9 (2005, Dutton). 2014.02.15
4. A Welcoming Life: The M.F.K. Fisher Scrapbook, M.F.K. Fisher, Ed. Dominique Gioia. ISBN 1-887178-32-5 (1997, Counterpoint). 2014.02.26

January 2014

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. The World Of Mathematics, Vol. 2, James R. Newman. ISBN N/A (1956, Simon & Shuster). 2014.01.18
2. The Complete Fairy Tales, Charles Perrault, Trans. Christopher Betts. ISBN 978-0-19-958580-9 (2009, Oxford University Press). 2014.01.18
3. OMNI Best Science Fiction Two, Ed. Ellen Datlow. ISBN 0-87455-278-8 (1992, Omni Publications International Ltd.). 2014.01.18
4. Benét's Readers Encyclopedia, Third Edition. ISBN 0-06-181088-6 (1987, Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.). 2014.01.18

BOOKS READ

1. The Lady In The Car With Glasses And A Gun, Sebastien Japrisot. ISBN 0-14-00-536-1 (1980, Penguin Books). 2014.01.04
2. The Camel In The Sun, Griffin Ondaatje, Ill. Linda Wolfsgruber. ISBN 978-1-55498-381-0 (2013, Groundwood Books). 2014.01.14
3. Ten Birds Meet A Monster, Cybèle Young. ISBN 978-1-55453-955-0 (2013, Kids Can Press). 2014.01.14
4. Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles For Web Design, Khoi Vinh. ISBN 978-0-321-70353-8 (2011, New Riders). 2014.01.16
5. Southern Makers: Food, Design, Craft, and Other Scenes from the Tactile Life, Jennifer Causey. ISBN 978-1-61689-164-0 (2013, Princeton Architectural Press). 2014.01.19
6. Handcrafted Modern, Leslie Williamson. ISBN 978-0-8478-3418-1 (2010, Rizzoli International Publications). 2014.01.24
7. Red Knit Cap Girl to the Rescue, Naoko Stoop. ISBN 978-0-316-22885-5 (2013, Little, Brown And Company). 2014.01.24
8. Circus 1.2.3, Guido van Genechten. ISBN 978-1-60537-162-7 (2013, Clavis Publishing Inc.). 2014.01.24
9. The Uncanny X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, Chris Claremont & John Byrne, Introduction by Stan Lee. ISBN 0-939766-96-5 (1984, 1990 (6th printing), Marve Comics Group). 2014.01.27

Check It Out: The First-Ever 3D-Printed Slipcover For A Book

Books are rectangular blocks. Even e-books, intangible as they are, have a rectangular form when stored in their e-readers. Is there any way to deviate from this?

When considering books as a medium for communicating ideas, convenience and accessibility are important. Having to fiddle around too much with the medium can lead to a distracted reading of the ideas, so the medium's design must consider this. Separate the ideas from the medium, and the book itself can become like an art object.

One way to retain the ideas, and still produce an art object, is to work on the slipcover. Often, a slipcover is a simple open box slightly larger than the book it contains. The book slides into the slipcover with edge in and spine out. Some slipcovers can be highly decorative but they still follow the traditional design.

Let's introduce 3D-printing to book design then. In the case of Chang-rae Lee’s On Such a Full Sea, a limited edition gets a fancy slipcover. On it, the letters of the title rise off the surface at an angle, and line up with those on the book's cover (see photo). There are only 200 copies of this special edition, partly because it took 15 hours to produce each slipcover.

Interested in only reading the book? The regular hardcover retails for US$27.95 with the Kindle edition at US$11.99. Looking for an art object to display on the bookcase or coffee table—face out, right? Let's see your US$150 first.

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December 2013

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Nervousness, Indigestion, And Pain, Walter C. Alvarez, M.D. ISBN N/A (1943, Harper & Brothers Publishers). 2013.12.04
2. Graphic Thinking For Architects And Designers, Paul Laseau. ISBN 0-442-25844-5 (1989, Van Nostrand Reinhold). 2013.12.30
3. An Artist Of The Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro. ISBN 978-0-14-312428-3 (2013, Penguin Books). 2013.12.30
4. Between Worlds: The Autobiography Of Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni. ISBN 0-679-42393-1 (1997, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.). 2013.12.30

BOOKS READ

1. Designing Media, Bill Moggridge. ISBN 978-0-262-01485-4 (2010, The MIT Press). 2013.12.04
2. Bookshelf, Alex Johnson. ISBN 978-0-500-51614-0 (2012, Thames & Hudson Inc.). 2013.12.11
3. Medicus, Ruth Downie. ISBN 978-1-59691-427-8 (2008, Bloomsbury USA). 2013.12.17. Kobo edition
4. Remodelista, Julie Carlson & the editors of Remodelista.com. ISBN 978-1-57965-536-5 (2013, Artisan). 2013.12.26
5. 100 Snowmen, Jen Arena, ill. by Stephen Gilpin. ISBN 978-1477847039 (2013, Two Lions). 2013.12.27
6. Here I Am, Patti Kim, ill. by Sonia Sánchez. ISBN 978-1-62370-036-2 (2014, Capstone Young Readers). 2013.12.27
7. A Calendar Of Tales, Neil Gaiman. ISBN N/A (2013, BlackBerry #KeepItMoving). 2013.12.28. Ebook