Book Art

In an Outward Bound column of SF Weekly, Karen Zuercher, describes two innovative book shows in the City by the Bay. There Is Nothing Wrong in This Whole Wide World by Chris Cobb rearranged most all the books in the Adobe Book Shop by color. Meanwhile, down the street at the San Francisco Center for the Book, AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers is a juried show of the best designed books and covers published in 2003 put on by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Books as works of art isn't a new idea. We see many such exhibits, but whole bookstore as a work of art--wow!