Premier’s Design Award

Premiers Design Mark

Winner Premier’s Design Award 2008. Award Program recognises the very best of Victorian Design practice and rewards designers that “produce exemplary approaches and outcomes”.

Category Self-initiated Hand Made Object

Year 2008

Design Paul the Bookscreen

Judge’s comments “Paul the Bookscreen stands out for its design simplicity and elegance. As a hand made object it embodies a fascination with craftsmanship and construction while providing a wide range of functional applications. The symbolism of thrift or reuse that it evokes sits comfortably alongside its bold and adaptive use of colour. This is a visually arresting, well-considered project with a thoughtful approach to making.”

Exhibition Melbourne Museum July 2008

Design Made Trade 2008

Date 17-20 July 2008

Location Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Australia

Products exhibited Elliot the Bookscreen, Siena the Bookblock Table, Betty the Blue Range

Photographers Peter Bennetts (top) and Mat Moore (bottom images)

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Green and Gorgeous

green and gorgeous

Publication The Age Newspaper, Metro Life and Times, p. 13

Date 16 July 2008

Article Green and Gorgeous, by Liz Cincotta

Product Elliot the Bookscreen and Siena the Bookblock tables

Photography Eddie Jim

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family of sam

Family of Sam is the brand name for the diverse range of products designed by Samantha Parsons.

Siena the Book Block table

siena

Date 2007

Description “I am obsessed with books – every part of them! After making a bookscreen I am left with a lot of pages, many of them are quite beautiful in themselves. Not wanting to waste any paper I started bending the left over ‘bookblocks’ to create bookends. The resulting forms were very sturdy. As a natural progression I started to play with the pages from larger books”. Siena the Bookblock Table was born. They work as an individual table or in clusters. They can be used with or without a tray / plate / book sitting on top (whatever you have at home).

Sizes various

Photographer Peter Bennetts (top) and Matt Moore (bottom)

Stockists Format furniture (Melbourne and Sydney), Safari Living (Melbourne), Antipodes Bookshop Gallery (Sorrento Victoria)

bookscreen

Date initial mock-up 2005. Several screens made since

Description Bookscreen is a flexible screen constructed from pre-loved, hardback books. Each one is hand made, individual, an exploration into colour composition and builds on the qualities of the original books.

The collected books, which have outlived their intended function and have been discarded in good working order, are dissembled. The covers are then arranged according to the colour and reassembled utilising traditional book binding techniques. The integrated book spines provide pliable hinges for the concertina screen and enable it to have greater movement than many screens. The back of each screen is also treated in a unique manner.

Bookscreen would be an ideal privacy screen for reading, as a feature in corporate foyers, or for delineating space and providing a haven in the open plan house. The screens pure colours, simplicity, and existing patina would add an element of personality to any interior.

Awards SMH Young Designer of the Year 2005

Sizes Although each of these pieces are unique, a typical size is 48 books: 8 books high and 6 books wide. Lower screens 1 to 3 books high are also made to provide table/desk top privacy. Bookscreens can also be custom made to a specific size or colour composition.

Colours The bold colours of the covers provide an integral part of Bookscreen. Hard back books can be found in a range of colours and tones. The different coloured books can be arranged in a variety of ways, for example a gradation of a range of colours, a variation of a single colour, or a composition of colours.

Photos Peter Bennetts

Stockists Format furniture

Price Available on application. Price depends on: size (eg height, length and number of books), colours selected and the level of customisation required.

TCL tenancy

Client Taylor Cullity Lethlean

Category Interior design (boutique corporate)

Location Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Date of commencement April 2007

Date of completion July 2007

Builder Clarke and Doggett

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Harper’s Bazaar

Publication Harper’s Bazaar Australia (page 196)

Date March 2008

Article Burning Bright:cutting-edge design stores nominate the Australian shining stars to watch

Product Bookscreen

Eco Modern

Publication Inside Out 71, Australia (pages:45-50)

Date Jan/Feb 2008

Article Brave New World. Eco Modern: The Hottest Trend in Design, by Heidi Dokulil

Product Siena the Bookblock Table

loaf store and cafe

Client Hamton

Development Society

Location South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

Category Hospitality (produce store and cafe concept design)

Date 2007

Architect Plus Architecture

Images Evolv3 Design