AFTER GABRIELA NOELLE, EYEFUNNY OBJECTS, PAPELARIA AND TYRSA, HARRY NURIEV IS THE FIFTH SPECIAL GUEST TO DESIGN BOOKENDS FOR JUST AN IDEA BOOKS.
THEY’RE MADE FROM THE ACTUAL BOOKS AND EACH ONE IS UNIQUE. EIGHT REAL BOOKS ARE STICK TOGETHER, EITHER STRAIGHT, EITHER IN A RANDOM SHAPE, AND CUT IN HALF BY THE PRINTER DEUX-PONTS IN FRANCE. YOU CAN READ ON THE BLACK CARD IN THE CENTER, CROSBY STUDIOS ON ONE SIDE, JUST AN IDEA BOOKS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
LIMITED EDITION OF 15, EXCLUSIVELY FOR JUSTANIDEA.COM AND MISE EN PAGE AT LE BON MARCHÉ RIVE GAUCHE.
HARRY NURIEV (B. 1984) IS A NEW YORK AND PARIS-BASED ARTIST, ARCHITECT, FURNITURE DESIGNER, AND THE FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF CROSBY STUDIOS, AN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FIRM LAUNCHED IN 2014. ACROSS A VARIETY OF SPECIALIZATIONS RANGING FROM ARCHITECTURE TO INTERIOR DESIGN AND DESIGNED OBJECTS, NURIEV USES TRANSFORMISM AS A PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK, WHICH SEES HIM TAKING EXISTING OBJECTS, MATERIALS, AND FORMS, IMBUING THEM WITH WITH NOVEL AESTHETIC AND MATERIAL QUALITIES, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO TRANSCEND THEIR HABITUAL FRAMES OF PERCEPTION.