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)

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.

Date May 2007

Sizes Example shown is made from 18 books: 3 books high (approximately 550mm) and 6 books wide. Various heights are available (eg 1 or 2 books high)

Description This low screen is an ideal privacy screen on a workstation. A composition of yellow, green and maroon is shown in this example.

Photo Peter Bennetts

Stockists Format furniture

Price Available on application.

Date October 2006

Sizes Various. Example shown is made from 72 books: 8 books high (approximately 1500mm) and 8 books wide.

Description This screen is based on a spectrum of colour, spanning across the horizon from blue, to green through yellow, orange, red and finally maroon. The colours of the books gradually become darker as they get higher.

Photos Provided by Format Furniture

Stockists Format furniture

Price Available on application.

Date October 2006

Award On july 16 2008 Paul won a Premiers Design Award in the Self-initiated Hand Made Objects Category and was awarded a prestigious Premiers Design Mark

Size 48 books: 8 books high (approximately 1500mm) and 6 books wide.

Description Paul shows one of the many possible methods of colour composition. He was an experiment with the abstract arrangement of books. Inspiration was drawn from Paul Klee’s 1933 painting ‘Head with Blue Tones’. The reverse side of Paul exhibits a composition of folded pages (taken from the original books themselves).

Photos Provided by Format Furniture

Stockists Paul the Bookscreen has been sold. Format furniture sell are range of other ready made bookscreens or they can be made to order.

Price Available on application