I’m not too much of a bookmark person. I tend to just do that whole fold-the-page-in thing that seems logical at the time that you’re doing it, but never really seems to work. (You would think I would change my methods after an embarrassing number of times when I’ve been being forced to riffle through 200-some pages to find my spot.)
But now, I might have to adapt after seeing these adorable bookmarks by a graphic designer named Igor “Rogix” Udushlivy. (A hat-tip to the blog at New York-based design studio Swissmiss for spotting this.) Inspired by some of the classics, you can get a bookmark attached to a book jacket that holds your spot with a cut-out of, for example, a submarine telescope (Nautilus), a pipe (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s prince (The Little Prince).
My personal favorite has to be the bookmark inspired by Moby-Dick (how cute is that water spout?!), but I would refrain from purchasing the Shot bookmark if you plan on entering a bank at any point in time.
These are quite darling.
It’s a pleasure to find such rtaionality in an answer. Welcome to the debate.
These are absolutely adorable! Does anyone know if they are available to buy? I tried contacting the designer on his website but the mail server was down.
As a librarian and book lover, your comment about earmarking the pages killed me! These are adorable and will save wear and tear on the books. Kudos!
Adorable, but impractical, no? Won’t they get smushed and folded when thrown into a bag, for instance?
Kate, get yourself to the nearest Sherwin-Williams and grab a handful of paint swatches — free, colorful, plentiful bookmarks. Just imagine Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford when I say, “No folded pages, ever!”
The apple on the Robin Hood bookmark puzzles me, since it was William Tell, not Robin Hood, who famously shot the apple off his son’s head with an arrow. But I love the rest of them (especially the Sunset one)!
I love bookmarks! I used to buy a new bookmark every time I bought a new book.
The Little Prince book makes me smile, remembering reading that book!
>>I tend to just do that whole fold-the-page-in thing<< Eek, you just slayed a cadre oflibrarians (me among them). Page folding – horrors!
tbw 30 LOL! No offsnee intended Clot.BC talking head on CNBC this morn Steve Lisemen oil prices going down due to bad economy. Didn’t we go over this a week or 2 ago. These guys get payed for this.
I want one!!!!! They’re so cute!
Sorry, but this project was not made by Swiss-Miss. It was made by me, SwissMiss only put the article about it on their blog:)
You can check it here:
http://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/01/jacketbookmark.html
Text bellow the images:)
“An idea by Igor “Rogix” Udushlivy who tought it would be great if we can use dust jackets and bookmarks together to create a unique image of a paper book”
It will be great if you change this detail in your article.
not actually by swissmiss. she just spotted them. this guy made them http://www.icoeye.com/blog/?p=125
Page-folding should be a crime punishable by death… by paper cuts.
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