http://inhabitat.com/vintage-book-clocks-transform-dusty-volumes-into-time-keeping-tomes/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/vintage-book-clocks-transform-dusty-volumes-into-time-keeping-tomes/comment-page-1/#comment-380966 Kennbee Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:39:50 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=368686#comment-380966 Maybe it would be better to "recycle" books by passing them along to someone who will read them instead of destroying them. Maybe it would be better to “recycle” books by passing them along to someone who will read them instead of destroying them.

]]> http://inhabitat.com/vintage-book-clocks-transform-dusty-volumes-into-time-keeping-tomes/comment-page-1/#comment-379354 ecoecho Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:01:13 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=368686#comment-379354 I keep seeing these kinds of articles on Inhabitat, and the idea that a book needs to be 'repurposed' may be the ultimate conceit of the electronic age. Green Eggs and Ham with a hole drilled through it is a damaged copy of Green Eggs and Ham. What a shame. Drill holes in something other than people's ideas and art please. Maybe we could 'repurpose' Michelangelo's David into a nice countertop, or maybe the Constitution of the United States would make a good handbag. What do you say? I keep seeing these kinds of articles on Inhabitat, and the idea that a book needs to be ‘repurposed’ may be the ultimate conceit of the electronic age. Green Eggs and Ham with a hole drilled through it is a damaged copy of Green Eggs and Ham. What a shame. Drill holes in something other than people’s ideas and art please. Maybe we could ‘repurpose’ Michelangelo’s David into a nice countertop, or maybe the Constitution of the United States would make a good handbag. What do you say?

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