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

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

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)