Premier’s Design Award
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
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
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
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
