Artist Guy Laramée Carves a Mountainous Landscape from an Encyclopedia Britannica Set | Best of Design Art, Inspirational Ideas for Designers and The Rest of Us | Scoop.it

In one of his most ambitious book sculptures to date artist Guy Laramée (previously here and here) created an homage to the printed Encyclopedia Britannica by transforming a 24-volume set into a sloping mountainous landscape. Titled Adieu, Laramée says the work was inspired in part by Encyclopedia Britannica’s announcement that after 244 years the would cease printing its iconic multi-volume book sets.