UNEMPLOYED DESIGNER
You didn’t think we would give away three bestselling books without pairing them with a stunning set of bookends, did you? Of course not. We know many of you make a side game of predicting who or what we will feature in the month, so for those of you who guessed bookends, it’s time to give yourselves a hearty pat on the back. Of course, we could be giving away a month of car parts and we would still figure a way to feature these hip little book huggers by Kim Bonner of Unemployed Designer. And it’s not just because the image shows Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, one of my all-time favorite novels. Fabulous finds wait for no theme.
These leather bookends are as bright as Kim Bonner’s life philosophy. The unemployed designer opened up her lemonade stand in 2009 and put to use the design and sewing skills she has been honing since her first completed garment at six years of age. Having learned from her mother the importance of quality materials and construction, Bonner strives to make each piece look professionally produced. To that end, these books ends are constructed with thick, gold-pigmented cowhide and stuffed with pea-sized gravel for heft–a must for those of us who prefer heavy tomes. A look at her shop makes clear this eye for detail and professional excellence extends all throughout Bonner’s work. We’re not ones to will ill at The Bright Side Project, but we can’t say we would be devastated if Bonner were to stay Unemployed for a little while longer.
Unemployed Designer is giving away to one winner a Pair of Bookends in Modern Pebbled Leather to one lucky winner. The fun part? Kim Bonner decided she couldn’t possibly choose the best answer, so we’ve decided to let this one go to the random generator.
Here is how we are going to do it. We know many of you LOVE answering the questions and like to transfer your answers to a journal later on or even discuss answers with your friends over morning coffee at work. So, we are going to have a question here for you to answer as an additional entry, if you like. Otherwise, it’s the usual random generator business. Comment whatever you like and post to Facebook, Twitter, or your blog for each additional entry. Come back and let us know in the comments what you did. Here is the OPTIONAL question you need to answer by Thursday, January 21, 2010.
What book is at the top of your list to read this year?
Please check back on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 to see who the random number generator picked. Good Luck!
I plan to read Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die as part of the Crafting an MBA website. Love these book ends!
I am reading “One Year to an Organized Worklife” — I need it! Love the bookends!
john adams-by david mccullough.
More Chuck Klosterman! I read Sex, Drugs and Coco Puffs last year and can’t wait to gobble up more of his books!
I can only choose one?
You’re asking a compulsive reader that? LOL I have 15 books (max) on my reserve list at the library. (never married and childless also very fast reader)
Possibly Mitch Albon’s latest “Have a little faith : a true story of a last request” and I was given “Homer”? it’s the true story about a blind cat and his slave.
I easily read 100+ books a year so next week/month it might be different. Always on my list is The Bible… then again that is a daily read for me that I’m always planning on reading.
Then there’s the entire Outlander series. I didn’t realize that I had read the first two years ago before the series really began. I was away from the library for about a year so didn’t have chance to scan the new order/new arrival list.
So in a way the next book that’s on top will be whichever one is available on my arrives on my reserve list!
I LOVE Unemployed Designer’s work. Especially her vegetable tanned leather case… so gorgeous and eco leather too. And these bookends? Fabulous.
Top of my list this year is Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. When I find the time, I relish reading non fiction. I just started needle felting. According to Gladwell’s “10,000-Hour Rule”, I need to put in another 9,800 hours before I “succeed in it” (approximately). I need to figure this out.
it may not be top-top of the list, but pride and prejudice and zombies definitely gnaws on my geeky, yet succulent brain as a sleeper-hit. basically, it’s a no-brainer!
Now that I’ve finished the Twilight series, meatier book like The End to Poverty are at the top of my list.
Oh, that’s a very good question! On my to read list for the next few weeks are “Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell, “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak and (as a re-reading of a classic ;)) “The Princess Bride” by William Goldman, all recommended by well trusted friends.
I plan to read “Since Strangling Isn’t An Option…Dealing With Difficult People – Common Problems and Uncommon Solutions” by Sandra A Crowe. My mother sent this to me after my husband of 20 years walked out the door two months ago and left me with three kids, because he was “done” and every time I see him all I can think about is strangling him – so hopefully this book will give me some insight and ideas on how to handle this situation and others as well –
The Brothers Karamazov.
I’ve started the darn thing three times in the past couple of years and have always been waylaid by lighter fare and a busy schedule. I have a pretty little book cover and bookmark so it should be portable and protected and no one will interrupt me by telling me how much they enjoyed it or by asking me why I’d want to read “that”. :-)
Trail of Crumbs… I have already read it and found it to be so inspiring. It almost made me want to learn to cook. This year I am finally learning how to cook and am loving it. Maybe the book will help me feel extra inspired in the kitchen.
I am a huge Jen Lancaster fan….and she has a new one coming out this year. If you haven’t checked her out, you should read her first book …”Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomanical, Self-Centered, Smartass, or Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office.”
How do you pick just one book? I think if I had to narrow it down to a single book, it would be Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger. Or… maybe Stephen Fry in America: Fifty States and the Man Who Set Out to See Them All. Or… well, my list is long. We’ll leave it there. Suffice to say, bookends would be not only be a beautiful addition to our living room/library, but very useful!
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