Round bookcase made of
lacquered white MDF and teak wood or zebrawood. This original round bookcase is obtained with the same technique that is employed in the creation of wooden drum shells for percussion instruments that are made of wooden horizontal layers
Villa
A modular shelf resembling herring fish bones that can be arranged in a variety of ways. The back panel is made of multi-layered plywood while the shelving surface is made from extremely thin curved sheet-metal.
Fancy.com
The ‘mobile library’ project is part of a larger initiative by the Seoul Innovation Park, and the city of Seoul, South Korea to revitalize a site
originally occupied by the ministry of food and drug safety. a
number of social companies and startups have been gathered, and will
continually work from the site to address various social issues in the
city.
Designboom and Archiworkshop
Mark Sutton and Zoe Norton Lodge love libraries. In fact, Mark’s parents met in a library and his mother is a former librarian. But when in history did the concept of a library first emerge? What were some of the most famous libraries from history? What are some of the most unusual libraries around the world? And what challenges assail the library in the modern day?
[I'm talking about unusual libraries around the world from around the 36:30 mark]
ABC
Dotting the countryside of New Zealand are dozens of tiny libraries –
freestanding buildings that serve as meeting places, resource centres
and lending libraries for the smaller regions located between larger
urban areas. While New Zealand’s national public library culture
thrives, these unassuming structures, having survived regular floods,
aging populations, and the rise of the Internet, are mostly alive and
continue to provide books for local readers.
BBC World Service
Antiquity
is a homage to the historical icon Venus D’Arles... In full view, an
intricate system of strategically placed mahogany shelves surround and
veil the marble statue, allowing an interesting play with the seen and
unseen. This wooden framework functions as a bookshelf that can hold
eclectic items, but it also doubles as "scaffolding," paralleling the
experience of a tourist visiting an antique sculpture under
conservation.
Sebastian ErraZuriz
A single module, a piece of bentwood, the logical result of the meeting with a carpentry workshop specialized in bending wood.
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