
Well here's an attractive application of upcycling: A library reference desk at Delft University of Technology is made of old books.
Via PSFK

Well here's an attractive application of upcycling: A library reference desk at Delft University of Technology is made of old books.
Via PSFK
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today's top stories from our friends at pitchfork

Maybe there's life for print publications after all. Or at least an afterlife. Nike has released a set of shoes made from old glossies.

At the new library in Surrey, British Columbia, people can "check out" experts on a topic of interest.

Inspired by "living libraries" around the world, Toronto's Human Library allows you to check out a person for 30 minutes and "read" their life story.

For Occupy Wall Street supporters, crushing a library felt like crushing the collective imagination.
This book-binding video is heartwarmingly wonderful. You can watch after the jump. Via Core77.

The special centennial book, featuring pieces from Stephen Colbert among others, will be left around New York for people to pick up and share.
It's a chair. It's a desk. It's so confusing.Via Treehugger
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For October's challenge, we're asking you to get healthy, from your feet to your teeth to your brain.

Hallway learning stations prove that learning can happen at any time and in any place.
A few months ago, we reported on 48 Hour Magazine, a project conceived by three San Francisco writers in which writers, editors, illustrators...
Joseph Mitchell's Old Mr. Flood is Peter Smith's pick for the best piece of food writing ever. Why?
In celebration of Banned Books Week, we count down our 10 favorite books on the American Library Association's banned or challenged books list.

These snarky children's books, written for disillusioned grown-ups, are full of sarcasm, gore, and curse words sure to brighten your day.

How Bad Are Bananas looks into the carbon footprint of everything from toilet paper to being cremated.
You're forgiven if you've never thought of a book as being stuck inside its own covers. A few years ago, TV still lived in a box (which was still...
The gentlemen over at Freakonomics pose a fascinating question. Imagine if libraries did not exist. Somehow, we had missed out on the whole...
Slate's architecture critic Witold Rybczynski takes a look at the new approaches to designing central city public libraries in an intriguing...
Well, Portland does it again. It's now the first city to have three tool libraries. A tool library, for those who are new to the idea, is exactly...
You'd think that with the advent of ubiquitous digital media, the old brick-and-mortar library would go the way of the video rental store. But...