print email comment close Building With Books URL: http://courses.csail.mit.edu/iap/bookbuild/art.html Description: This site offers an alternative for disposing of undesirable books: build them into furniture. The site documents the exhibition of lamps, umbrella stands, picture frames, and related objects, along with "photographs of the process, [and] publicity posters." The project was the result of a classroom and library collaboration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Discarding of books, periodicals, etc. Furniture design Recycling (Waste, etc.) LII Database Information: Record 2864 created by Ray Van Diest on 11/22/2004 Last modification on 07/11/2007 Published: 11/22/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2864