Weinberg Modern Books

An experimental bookstore specialized in visual culture and intellectual history, located in the heart of historical downtown New York.

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Have you ever wished you could visit a bookstore in a movie?? 

While the fictional #EmbryoConcepts of #FunnyFace did not exist on the fabled #BookRow of Fourth Avenue, which has itself disappeared since, you can certainly visit #WeinbergModernBooks in downtown New York!  (📧 or dm for your appointment today!)

Our book-lined #Tribeca loft houses subjects in #VisualCulture and #IntellectualHistory, with a distinct #NewYork character, as many of them came out of the collections of local artists, scholars and collectors. 

For those of you home and abroad who can’t make it to lower Manhattan just yet, we encourage you to explore our website (link in bio👆) — while it only represents a tiny fraction of our collection, it’s an Alice-themed book wonderland into whose #RabbitHole you may disappear. 

And now, please enjoy a fantasy ballet sequence in the grand tradition of #GoldenAge musicals, starring our own #JoStockton, the ballerina and designer, #XiaoxiaoCao. 

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“It is not a 🦋 that emerges; it is a #BirdOfParadise!” @weinbergmodernbooks’ reimagining of “Funny Face”, set in New York City, is coming to a screen near you on Thursday, December 1! 📚🎈🚂💐🎼🎣⛲️💃🏻👰🏻‍♀️ Have you ever wished you could visit a bookstore in a movie?? While the fictional #EmbryoConcepts of #FunnyFace did not exist on the fabled #BookRow of Fourth Avenue, which has itself disappeared since, you can certainly visit #WeinbergModernBooks in downtown New York! (📧 or dm for your appointment today!) Our book-lined #Tribeca loft houses subjects in #VisualCulture and #IntellectualHistory, with a distinct #NewYork character, as many of them came out of the collections of local artists, scholars and collectors. For those of you home and abroad who can’t make it to lower Manhattan just yet, we encourage you to explore our website (link in bio👆) — while it only represents a tiny fraction of our collection, it’s an Alice-themed book wonderland into whose #RabbitHole you may disappear. And now, please enjoy a fantasy ballet sequence in the grand tradition of #GoldenAge musicals, starring our own #JoStockton, the ballerina and designer, #XiaoxiaoCao. 📚👒🩰 . . . . . #audreyhepburn #audreyhepburnedit #audrey #balletcore #edithhead #repetto #neuedesign #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstore #bookstoresofinstagram #xiaoxiaodesigns #stanleydonen #libraryladder (à Tribeca) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClPHS3bp3oP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Whether you are in search of the perfect 🎁s for all the bibliophiles and connoisseurs in your life, or you are in need of a #selfcare retreat ahead of the impending holiday stress, come visit us in Tribeca! We even made this neighborhood dining guide (👆in Highlights) so you can make a whole day of it! Our very own #JoStockton, the ballerina and designer #XiaoxiaoCao, strikes her best #Clara pose with a pristine copy of the #FirstEdition “The Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment” by #ReynerBanham in 1969. . . . . . #audreyhepburn #audreyhepburnedit #audrey #balletcore #edithhead #stanleydonen #repetto #neuedesign #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #thenutcracker #bookstore #bookstoresofinstagram #xiaoxiaodesigns #berthardy (à Tribeca) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClHawBSJOxR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[weinbergmodernbooks]

Have you ever wished you could visit a bookstore in a movie?? 

While the fictional #EmbryoConcepts of #FunnyFace did not exist on the fabled #BookRow of Fourth Avenue, which has itself disappeared since, you can certainly visit #WeinbergModernBooks in downtown New York!  (📧 or dm for your appointment today!)

Our book-lined #Tribeca loft houses subjects in #VisualCulture and #IntellectualHistory, with a distinct #NewYork character, as many of them came out of the collections of local artists, scholars and collectors. 

For those of you home and abroad who can’t make it to lower Manhattan just yet, we encourage you to explore our website (link in bio👆) — while it only represents a tiny fraction of our collection, it’s an Alice-themed book wonderland into whose #RabbitHole you may disappear. 

And now, please enjoy a fantasy ballet sequence in the grand tradition of #GoldenAge musicals, starring our own #JoStockton, the ballerina and designer, #XiaoxiaoCao. 

📚👒🩰

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Shortly after the launch of our website, we went to work on a project that’s a longtime dream of mine, inspired by the most underrated book movie and this great city of ours: “#WeinbergModernBooks reimagines #StanleyDonen’s #FunnyFace”!!!!!!!!!! A mixed-media serial to be continued from month to month in nine chapters until completed in five month in April. The prelude, “#TheBookstore”, premiers tomorrow afternoon — coming to a screen near you! . . . . . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #darkacademia #lightacademia #audreyhepburn #richardavedon #embryoconcepts #jostockton #bookrow #indiebookstore #doeavedon #dickavery #dianavreeland #maggieprescott (à New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck_ytqvJ36R/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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🥳 It’s been two months of weinbergmodernbooks.com!We’ve added some new books, archival essays, and a few student film homages to my dearest auteurs that Οὖτις asked for…😆 But the most exciting development of all is a dream collaboration to be serialized starting this month! Stay tuned.👀 📚🎈🚂💐🎼🎣⛲️💃🏻👰🏻‍♀️ Our website is the product of a near year-long collaboration with @squareast, who I’m fortunate to have known since Dr. Carol Krinsky’s Art 1 @nyuarthistory.💜 We’ve received many encouraging words over these past months.🥰 I just want say all this was only made possible by Josh’s ability to realize my quattrocento fantasia and XIXe rêverie in good honest codes.👨🏻‍💻 The graphic design of the website is tailored for a desktop, where you’ll enjoy the maximum viewing experience. But Josh was very much able to convey the WMB spirit even in the confined quarters of this device, as you can see in a choreographed video tour of our mobile site.👆 . . . . . #bookstoresofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookblogger #nycbookstores #nycbookstagram #bookphotography #colorpaletting #lightacademia #empirestateofmind #wienerwerkstätte #franklloydwright #dellarobbia #bookmarksofinstagram #aliceinwonderland #lewiscarroll #readme #cheshirecat #bauhaus #midcenturymodern #madteaparty #curioserandcurioser #lookingglass #throughthelookingglass #rabbithole #downtherabbithole #newlook (à NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckbf__bpWFL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Unmistakable silhouettes😎 weinbergmodernbooks.com is live! 🍾🥂 Link above in bio and highlights👆 . . . . . #empirestatebuilding #empirestateofmind #bryantpark #newyorkpubliclibrary #nypl #wienerwerkstätte #franklloydwright #dellarobbia #newyorkornowhere #nyon #newyorknewyork #artdeco #newyorkskyline #newyorkskyscrapers (à Empire State Building) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch-I0yiuzOY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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09. 01. 2022 A Mad #WM📚 Party “Have some wine,” the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. | Alice looked all around the table, but there was nothing on it but #WM📚. . . . . . #aliceinwonderland #drinkme #eatme #teaparty #johntenniel #madhatter #marchhare #dormouse #madteaparty #madasahatter #madhatterteaparty #adventuresinwonderland #lewiscarroll #aliceblue #alicesteacupnyc #lightacademia #colorpaletting #bookstoresofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookblogger #nycbookstores #nycbookstagram #bookmarksofinstagram (à Alice's Tea Cup Chapter II) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch7hDODOGfM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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09. 01. 2022 The Cheshire😺 Grinned Would you tell me, please, which book I ought to get from #WeinbergModernBooks? 🛍 . . . . . #aliceinwonderland #adventuresinwonderland #johntenniel #lewiscarroll #aliceblue #cheshirecat #centralpark #lightacademia #preraphaelite #rapunzelhair #colorpaletting #victorianhair #bookstoresofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookblogger #nycbookstores #nycbookstagram (à Central Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch5DFiJusdH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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09. 01. 2022 Down the 🐇 Hole It is all very well to say “READ ME”… Alice ventured to read it, and finding it very nice, she very soon finished it off. 👀 . . . . . #aliceinwonderland #drinkme #eatme #readme #adventuresinwonderland #rabbithole #downtherabbithole #whiterabbit #johntenniel #curioserandcurioser #lewiscarroll #aliceblue #machineage #peggyguggenheim #maxernst #artofthiscentury #bookstoresofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookblogger #nycbookstores #nycbookstagram #darkacademia #bookphotography #colorpaletting #bookmarksofinstagram (à The Rabbit Hole) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch2cym_u3oY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The eternal paragone between words and images. . . . September 14, 2018: “3. Kabel, designed by #RudolfKoch, released in 1927. When we saw this typeface in #FrankLloydWright’s #ModernArchitecture, we instantly knew it had the perfect pre-war aesthetic that we had been looking for. Bonus point: Koch was as obsessed with #WilliamMorris as the part-time art historian of #Victoriana.😍 #greatminds 😎” https://www.instagram.com/p/ChsmfR3JDrZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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In the distant summer of 2018, we collaborated with the talented @yaffegiraffy to create our branding suite that you see above and below.💙🤍 After that and the debut of #WeinbergModernBooks @brooklynbookfair, we set our sights on *the website* — then life intervened, as it is wont to do: We mounted an exhibition, went back to the classroom, wed, found our home (near amenities that truly matter — Austrian café & German deli!), endured a renovation in historical UES (#iykyk), reimagined and consolidated our business, packed up our entire life and work and made both moves in vicious summer heat, set up our Tribeca bookstore/gallery, and watched many a ballet along the way… Has it really been FOUR years? Apparently it has.🤪 . . . September 12, 2018: “2. Part #FrankLloydWright stained glass, part #WienerWerkstätte wallpaper. Our #WM📚 icon has endless stylish potentials. 😎 #bookishliving #artfulreading” https://www.instagram.com/p/Chp7fUhBBQv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Four years in the making: weinbergmodernbooks.com launching on September 1. (Gosh has it really been that long?😅) . . . September 10, 2018: “1. This icon was conceived in homage to the #WienerWerkstätte: It is not only the obsession of one half of #WM📚, but more important, it embodied the #Gesamtkunstwerk pursuit that is central to our identity, and informs all our endeavors. From our lovely designer, Elizabeth Yaffe @yaffegiraffy, who has worked patiently with us for the past three months: This logo draws from the mid-century use of rectangles and squares - as seen on the cover of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Modern Architecture” - to evoke an abstraction of a book with a “W” and “M” on the cover. The styling of the “W” and “M” are drawn from the Kabel font. The wash of blue on the spine and top edge is #DellaRobbia, chosen by the WW-obsessed part-time art historian, for sentimental reasons.💜” https://www.instagram.com/p/ChndT_JJBVG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=