We’ve got all of our noses in books at PH Design Shop! And we’ve got you covered too, with our fresh shipment of Book City Jackets.
Book City Jackets are updated versions of the classic paper bag book cover. The company, founded in 2008 by Emma Gaines-Ross and Jeremy Schwartz in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, turns books into a new kind of affordable art that can be displayed on bookshelves and coffee tables, in cafes and classrooms, on planes and trains . . . anywhere people bring their books. The covers are off-set printed on recycled kraft paper in downtown New York and “fold-to-fit†almost any book. A Book City Jacket isn’t just beautiful — it also protects from spilled drinks and prying eyes and provides a convenient space to doodle and jot down notes.
What’s more, a few covered books make a striking uniform design element amidst the rainbow of colors on your bookshelf:
Book covers were a good idea in junior high school and they’re a good idea now.
