Bookends need not be the most boring piece of fixture in your living room or study. In the previous post, we featured unique and creative bookends with designs that are inspired by the hands. This time around, let us take a look at other creative bookends with quirky and fun designs. These are bookends that you would not want to wait to get your hands on!

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Rila Monastery or The Monastery of Saint Ivan Rilski is the largest Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria.Situated in Rila mountain,near Kyustendil ,Bulgaria, this monastery owns an unique architecture with its outward 24 meters stone walls,which form a pentagon,the monastery has a vision of a fortress. Thats why when you enter through the iron gates  in the inner yard, you will notice the multitude of the arches, colonnades, covered wooden ladders, the wood-caving balconies and behind them – the cells,about 300 or 400. (more…)

The BMW 328 Homage Concept was created on the occasion of 75th anniversary by representing the first 328. One model that has played a key role in the development of the Bavarian brand. While the BMW avoid making the connection, 328 Homage Concept is also based on the experimental model, Vision ConnectedDrive roadster, which premiered at this year’s in Geneva Motor Show.

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Helea is a new brand of olive oil and other olive products in Greece, and the manufacturer wanted a corporate and brand identity that would also be versatile enough to be used in the product packaging.
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Indie-Scent is a family-run cosmetics and beauty supplies gift shop in Athens that offers luxury products at affordable prices. Thanasis Kamenidis was tasked to come up with a corporate identity for Indie Scent.
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Who said vinyl records are a thing of the past? There are still a huge market for vinyl records, and there are still large corporations that cater to this market. Take Vinylia Library, for instance. This company still promotes the idea of using vinyl records, making it a fresh concept even in this day and age of compact disks and digital files. A fresh concept calls for a fresh look, and graphic artist Barry S. shares his vision of a branding design for Vinylia Library.  (more…)

In Greek mythology, there was a man from Crete Minoas, who went around telling people that he was chosen by the gods to be the King of Crete. As proof of this preference, he asked Poseidon, god of the ocean, for his help in raising a white bull from the sea.
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Tired of all those plain, four-legged stools which, while functional, fail to add anything, much less character to a room? Then do something about it, as did the creative minds of Chinese design studio Kan & Lau Design.

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Pythagorean cup, also known as the Pythagorean Glass, Fair Cup and Pythagoras Cup. The Pythagorean cup is a form of drinking cup, which is a deep sense of control measures of a drink.

Tradition says Pythagoras, during water supply works in the island of Samos, around 530 b.C. moderated the workers’ wine drinking by the inventing the “fare cup”. When the wine surpasses the line, the cup totally empties, so the greedy one is punished.
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The Greek-produced Carmi Olive Oil has a new look, this time by Sereal Designers. Clearly, from the photo above, one could glean the inspiration of this packaging design: the earth and nature: the source of this extraordinary extra virgin olive oil.
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