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+1 510-845-0106
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2547 8th St. #30, Berkeley, CA, 94710
West Berkeley
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660 ftDwight Cresent & 7th St
0.2 mi6th & Channing Way
0.6 miUniversity Av & 9th
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Specialties
Thematic art furniture from vintage books and found objects. Commissioned work on any theme. Hours: irregular. Drop-ins welcome or call for an appt. at your convenience.
History
Established in 2002.
Jim Rosenau has been building gorgeous and humorous shelves from old hardback books for 8 years. He is probably the only on who will take your old encyclopedias off your hands.
Meet the Business Owner
Jim R.
Business Owner
Jim Rosenau was raised in a house with 5,000 books. He has been making and selling thematic bookshelves from vintage books since 2002. The idea occurred to him years earlier after reading an essay, «Books As Furniture,» by Nicholson Baker. Given his background as the son and grandson of publishers, he assumed the reaction, should he make such a thing, would be furious. The work, once underway, proved him wrong.
His book furniture has since earned him a wide following with work sold in almost 50 states and countries. Primarily shown at closely juried shows, he is also represented by dealers from Vermont to Los Angeles. The work has been widely published in print and on the Internet.
Previously, he has been a carpenter, comedy writer, editor, software developer, planning commissioner and designed and built parade floats. His writing has been published in Fine Homebuilding, The New Yorker, ReadyMade, Salon.com and heard on public radio. He lives and works in Berkeley, California.
