Maybe it's all a lie

blasestudio:

Recently I’ve had this problem where all of the books I’ve collected are haphazardly thrown next to my book shelf, on top of it, and layered book in front of book because I don’t have any more room for them. I decided to make a complete purge of over half of the books I own because that corner of my room felt incredibly dark and heavy.

That got me on the track of looking for ways to display books that don’t make a room feel weighted. When you are doing any kind of design- interior, architecture, urban planning, it doesn’t matter- you have to make sure that there is a balance to your project. For example, if you were doing a commercial project you would never put all of the desks on top of each other on one side of the room. Instead, you’d spread them out to create a balanced feel. Not only does it look better on paper but in real practice, people feel better in balanced spaces.

Point of the story: give your books some room to breathe.

blasestudio:

I stumbled upon this gem earlier today. There are a few things that I absolutely love about this building.

First of all, I am in love with corten steel. It has all the properties of a new product while looking worn and warm. Second, I love that there was an existing building. Brick isn’t a popular building material now-a-day because of its cost. Coming from a town where George Washington used to visit from time to time, I have come accustomed to many brick buildings. Over time, I guess to give them a more clean look, people have painted the brick. The building in these photos leaves the bricks exactly as they are showcasing the history they have for the site.

In one of the above photos, the corten steel is almost rising from the brick as if the brick were an egg that the steel is coming out of. I think that this was an amazing example of old and new complementing each other.