[Photos, from top: skylights at Nobis Hotel, photo via travelinggreener.com; cloud lights at Maison Moschino, photo via Maison Moschino; lightbulb installation, Grammercy Park Hotel, photo via notcot.org]

Bars, restaurants and hotels are all getting in on the books-as-décor trend and my immediate reaction is: A wall of Kindles would never look this good.

[Photos: from top, Michael Berger Hotel (photo via Design Crisis); Viceroy Hotel, Santa Monica (photo via La Dolce Vita by Grey Crawford); Cafe Copenhagen (photo via stylefiles); D’espresso, NY (photo via  The Cool Hunter).