{"id":392,"date":"2008-08-22T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbicmsblog.reedbusiness.com\/elogic_660000266\/2008\/08\/22\/penguin-classics-adorn-useful-objects\/"},"modified":"2008-08-22T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T08:10:00","slug":"penguin-classics-adorn-useful-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"Penguin Classics Adorn Useful Objects"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The last time I was in London, two and a half years ago, my nerdy heart was won over by a MUG<\/a>, of all things, which I felt the need to bring back as a stupidly expensive souvenir for me + another pair to give as gifts. What was printed on the mug? The old classic Penguin Books cover of Pride and Prejudice<\/em>, as you might have guessed from the photo at right. The store where I bought these mugs had a few other designs in stock at the time, but I went the Austen route, thinking it’d make the perfect accompaniment to many cups of tea. As it has.<\/p>\n

Now that there are MANY<\/a> other designs in this Penguin mug line, though, I can’t help wondering if my P&P<\/em> cup isn’t a little lonely in its cabinet? Were the exchange rate not so ghastly I might try to arrange for it to become part of a set. Or perhaps part of a SEAT. (Read on….)<\/p>\n

\"\"Recently I learned that the design group Art Meets Matter, which created my beloved mug, has come up with another something to woo readers: deck chairs<\/a>, featuring Penguin Books covers printed on cotton canvas stretched across a wooden frame. There are a handful in the original striped classics design, and a few sporting covers from Agatha Christie<\/a> and James Bond<\/a> covers too.<\/p>\n

HAD I a beach house, a yard, or a deck, I’d be coveting one of these, but what Gareth and I have is a windy balcony, destined to turn any of these chairs into a VERY expensive kite! I will therefore have to miss the pleasure of dozing off on an oversized cover of The Big Sleep<\/em><\/a>, turning the pages atop The Common Reader<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> or sitting on a good mystery<\/a>. Perhaps one of you can let me know how that goes?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I’m going to picture myself in this scene, below, the next time I start going stir-crazy within the windowless walls of my office… sigh.<\/p>\n

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