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Paperback chair

Look at this amazing chair by David Karoff, on Rag and Bone Bindery's blog - they saw it at Myopic Books in Providence, Rhode Island.

Rhode Island artist David Karoff welded the chair and attached the paperbacks: they have holes drilled though their insides and are slipped onto a hidden rebar frame. All of the materials are recycled - even the books, which are cast-offs from the Rochambeau Library Book Sales.

It even looks like it might not be painful to sit in . . .

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Posted by: Arjan on July 16, 2008 at 12:25 PM

check this

Also nice: http://www.nobodyandco.it/ and then check products -> bibliochaise.

Posted by: Eran A on July 16, 2008 at 1:04 PM

Another way to use our old Paperbacks

This is a great creation.

You can say that we finally are able to really sit down with a good book...or books. Or in another sense, have all the great authors and minds surround you.

Posted by: BigD145 on July 16, 2008 at 5:12 PM

What a waste of books.

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