Monthly Archives: May 2011

Inspiration at Work Part 2: Eileen Gittins

Today we feature Part 2 of BlogTalkRadio‘s Inspiration at Work series featuring Eileen Gittins. Eileen is Blurb’s founder and CEO, a woman with a passion for helping people tell their stories. She’s also an amazing storyteller in her own right. If you missed Part One, you’ll want to hear that first. It’s all part of the Inspiring [...]

Ambiguous Book Project Links Photographers Worldwide

The Ambiguous Book Project is the brainchild of street photographer and Blurb bookmaker Sean McDonnell. Through the medium of crowdsourcing, Sean has reached out to photographers across the globe to create a truly universal story. The method, centred on street photography, encourages participating photographers to form a chain. A photograph is sent to one contributor [...]

Jim Rosenau makes furniture from books

Berkeley, California-based artist Jim Rosenau has a hefty collection of old books. He does read some of them, but he’s built a name for himself by turning many of them into furniture. It’s an aesthetic that may make some bibliophiles cringe, but his work is undeniably beautiful. And his tables and bookshelves might be just [...]

Blurb Ad Campaign Featured in Communication Arts

Have you seen our new print advertising campaign? It’s been running in magazines like Dwell, National Geographic Traveler, American Photographer and Elle Décor and now it’s a featured “exhibit” on the Communication Arts site. The “Find Your Book” campaign was created by San Francisco ad agency Duncan/Channon and positions Blurb as a champion of artistic [...]