On design: The reading life
"The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read," said Abraham Lincoln, during the Industrial Age. Here's a look at interesting integrations of books--themselves nearly a relic in this Information Age--in a range of interiors.
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- Mon, 21 Jan, 2013 11:00 AM EST
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