Deutsche Buecherei
I visited the Deutsche Bücherei one lovely October afternoon when I didn't have work. The library is sort of like the Library of Congress, only their goal is to have a copy of every book written in German, ever.
You have to pay a fee to be a member, but the guard was amenable to me just taking a look around, although he warned me sternly that I should not sit down.
This poster is advertising "The most beautiful German book 2006" contest, and subsequent exhibition on the second floor. Yes, the books were very pretty. Leipzig is historically a publishing and printing town, so they do crazy things like this. I don't suppose it's a coincidence that one of the three books tied for first place was an illustrated book of poetry about Leipzig.
posted by Liebstes Mädel at 11:41 PM
3 Comments:
dear larissa,
the prettiest books! i am having currently imagining what they might look like. do you have any pictures? if not, maybe you will draw them for me and send them on a postcard. i can respond in kind with what i have been imagining.
hint: in my mind, some are edible. i mean, i guess, all books are edible, but these would be tempting to eat.
love,
bridget
gahhhhhh. my brain is all frothed up at the thought of books.
Oh! You can actually see the books a little bit here: http://stiftung-buchkunst.de/home.html
Click on "Die deutsche Wettbewerb" at the bottom left.
Of course this is not as good as seeing them in person OR me drawing postcard pictures. But I am lazy.
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