Making of Tree of Codes
First half of this video reminds me of either Metropolis or first Alien movie. In the second half one can see how demanding it is to manufacture a book. Surprisingly lot of hands, touching, turning,...
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Karakuri Ningyo
Karakuri Ningyo are traditional Japanese mechanized puppets from the Edo period (1603 – 1868). Their exquisite motion is clockwork-powered. Matthew Allard shot a gorgeous video about Hideki Higashino,...
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Extended curiosity
We have started a gallery. It’s inside the bookshop. As you walk in, it’s on your right hand side. It all started as wishful thinking some six years ago. Then a year ago we started to talk about it....
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I wonder how heavy are these bricks. Quite amazing to see relaxed people whilst machines fly over their head with heavy bricks. Everything works, everything functions. Btw, Heidegger said “unheimlich”...
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Franzen, Heidegger, Leisgen
Ana sent me a link to Jonathan Franzen’s thoughts on e-books. I agree. I think the combination of technology and capitalism has given us a world that really feels out of control. However, grown-up boys...
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Bibliomat
A random book dispenser. A Bibliomat. A what? My hero among this weekend’s links. Boing Boing
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