Saturday, 28 June 2008

Ready made

More than any other object, a filled bookcase reflects the identity of its owner. At the moment of purchase this Ready Made reflects the collective intellect of centuries of literature: the Top 100 of all time, everything you ought to have read – but never got around to. Filling the case means replacing classics by a personal selection. Great works become bookends to personal favourites.
Next Architects

Friday, 27 June 2008

There is Nothing Wrong in This Whole Wide World


Adobe Book Shop in San Francisco agreed to allow its estimated 20,000 books to be be reclassified by color. Shifting from red to orange to yellow to green, the books will follow the color spectrum continuously, changing Adobe from a neighborhood bookshop into a magical library—but only for one week.
Chris Cobb and McSweeney's

Thursday, 26 June 2008

Prince of Siam and Readers Digest

Prince of Siam: Plywood, oil, semi-transparent white varnish, 200×85×30cm
Readers Digest: Prototype, plywood, oil, 160×30×30cm, fitting for 3 folders
Studio Proxy

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

ZiG

Ryan’s new creation is called ‘ZiG’ a modular display/storage system made from solid bamboo. The unit’s castor wheels allows for ease of movement – linking these units creates a continuous array of striking negative spaces. ZiG will be available in a variety of naturally stained colours.
Ryan Frank

Friday, 20 June 2008

Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Bruno Petronzi

Scultura Luminosa portariviste e libri. Realizzata in serie limitata in ferro acidato.
Versione aggiornata della celebre libreria. Realizzata in ferro acidato. Mis. 205x33 H183 cm
Mensola/libreria modulare da parete in ferro spazzolato o acidato con piano in plexiglas.
Bruno Petronzi

Modular Pole Shelving blog + pogohome

This site is dedicated to helping you understand and evaluate tension pole, compression pole, and wall-mounted shelving units for your home or office... From designer Julie Scheu comes the pogoHome collection, a functional and witty system well suited to loft spaces, in which threaded steel poles function as room dividers and, indeed, rooms themselves. .
Modular Pole Shelving and Julie Scheu

Monday, 16 June 2008

Insert coin

Trays are inserted into a wall panel in any order, so that each shelf system has its own unique look. Insert Coin provides an attractive place not just for books but for everything else that we want to have a special place on the wall.
Nils Holger Moormann

Friday, 13 June 2008

Book in a chair

There’s this preconceived notion that books have to be displayed on shelves, ala library style but our modern lives don’t exactly allow for large shelving units and so we find other creative solutions such as smaller floating shelves. “Book in a Chair” takes a similar approach by integrating slats inbetween seat cushions along a bench. That way, a good book or magazine is always within arm’s reach. Designer: Sang-Hoon Lee.
Yanko Design

Thursday, 12 June 2008

Random

A bookcase made of 6 mm thick medium-density wood fibreboards, in micro goffered white lacquer. Back of melamine - coated board (thickness 10 mm). Shelves at various standard heights, fit into the backs through concealed slots. Adjustable feet. Ready for wall attachment. Height 216.3 cm and length 81.6 cm. Depth 25 cm.
mdf italia

Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Waaz AL

Waaz is a shelf connected to a computer that doubles as a device for audio diffusion and archiving digital music files (MP3). Waaz also offers alternative protocols to those for the archiving and playing of audio files. The interface for selecting and playing music is original because there is none. The mere presence of an audio CD or of specific labels launches or stops the music in the play slot: the cover is the wand. The materialization of the performing artist’s world and image are relayed by a physical support. A device and a piece of furniture, a stereo set and a shelf, Waaz is an interface-object that fills the gap between immaterial music and tracks stored on physical supports. Wazz AL is a piece of furniture in wood. It is also an audio-stereo set connected to a computer. It has a 2*30w amplifier, two medium bass loud speakers, a communication system at radio frequency (Wifi) and a detection interface that uses RfiD chips. The system works in interface with a computer that stores MP3 files. The piloting software is composed of independent units (Widgets) that enable the user to produce his or her own disc covers or compilations and to connect them to the system.
NoDesign


Wazz AL from NoDesign on Vimeo.

Associated Press article on Bookshelf blog

I had the pleasure recently of speaking to Annie Flanzraich from AP about Shedworking's first satellite site the Bookshelf blog and a couple of my thoughts have been incorporated into her excellent piece 'Artfully arranged books bring life to a room'. It's being picked up by various titles including Foster's Daily Democrat. Here's a taster:
"Now, some designers are challenging the tradition of an upright bookcase with surprising innovations, even building book shelving into a bathtub. Leni Leth, owner of Book Décor, a California company that specializes in refurbishing and selling leather-bound books, suggests forgetting the shelves, instead using books as risers for candles and lamps, on coffee tables and even in bathrooms. "Books can be like flower arrangements, but can last longer," Leth says. Books can even create the furniture. A stack of large art books topped with a piece of glass becomes a coffee table."
Well worth a browse.

Tuesday, 10 June 2008

Sunday, 8 June 2008

PLoP!

PLoP! is a storage shelving system designed for nomadic students on budget. Made from eco-friendly corrugated board, PLoP! weighs a mere 1.8kg and is collapsible, so students can easily carry it home with them, even on the public transport. Once at home, they simply have to remove the packaging, ‘plop’ it open, affix its backing supports and be prepared to be wowed as this humble material of a furniture holds the weight of dozens of books and objects.The great thing about PLoP! is that it is also designed for extendability, which means that apart from the basic 4-section unit, it can be extended to 6, 8, 10, etc. sections and STILL be collapsible! When the students are done with their short-term studies, they have two options in dealing with the shelf. First, and recommended, they can ‘plop’ PLoP! back to its collapsed state and bring it with them to their next destination. Alternatively, being a paper-based product, it can be disposed of and recycled easily if they no longer have the need for it or if its useful life has ended.Designer: Joyce Hong
Yanko Design

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Blitz

Cabinets characterized by one single door, as large as the whole front side of the unit, whose surface is interrupted by wide square openings disposed in an apparently casual sequence. This creates closed and open spaces, pointed out by evident profiles reminding the back structure and hiding it at the same time. The door slides in both directions until it juts out of the unit for 40 cm. opening all the previously hidden compartments.
Lodovico Acerbis

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

B.B. Bookcase

Bookshelf on wheels with porthole-shaped back. Available in all macroter finishing. On demand, shelves can be ordered in different colour from structure/back.
Jasper Morrison

Sunday, 1 June 2008

Zelli

C'est une etagere qui reprend dans sa forme un systeme graphique issu d'une structure en zellige (mosaique marocaine).
extra-d

Friday, 30 May 2008

False door bookshelf


A door hidden behind a false bookshelf leads to a fireman's pole and a hidden media room. Batman would be envious.
Chicago Sun Times Homes

Thursday, 29 May 2008

WaSnake

Made from wood and elastomer WaSnake is a shelf whose topology can be reconfigured to suit any specific space or whim. Developed by Jean Louis Frechin and showcased at the International Milan furniture show it is also a luminous digital object and a device for relaying discreet information in the home – comments, addresses, the useful and the playful. WaSnake displays SMS messages sent to the home address as well as news-sheets from the user-selected RSS. It houses a cluster of coloured LEDs and optical fibres that form a screen. The system is linked to a computer and serves as an interface for selecting and creating information and communication channels. It is also an interface for direct physical contact, by which users choose various display protocols. The operating software is composed of independent units (Widgets) each linked to parts of the shelf.
New Launches

Wednesday, 28 May 2008

The Good Life 2

As part of the installation I made a bookshelf for one book that slotted into a groove on the end. The bookshelf was based on IKEAs 'Lack' shelf and the book was an early edition of Kiplings Jungle Book.
Rupert White

Tuesday, 27 May 2008

Laica - floor bookshelf

Laica is matter in balance: where motion and stillness represent two different ways of being in a unique elegant essence.
Zerogloss

Sunday, 25 May 2008

a more natural way of shelving books. the new structure that appears through the broken shelves gives space to differently sized books. one element provides a place to sit and read inside the shelves. material: black mdf, oiled steel t-profile frame, powdercoated
mareike gast

Wednesday, 21 May 2008

Joe the polar bear + Nimbus

"Joe", pièce maitresse de la collection "mobilier de compagnie" d'Ibride est une bibliothèque en stratifié massif blanc brillant éditée en 50 exemplaires numérotés. Ce site est destiné à suivre chacun des membres de la famille de Joe dans ses périgrinations autour du monde.

"Joe" is the masterpiece of the "mobilier de compagnie" collection created by Ibride in France. the bookshelf is made of white laminated wood and its production is limited to 50 pieces. This website aims to locate each Joe's brothers and sisters around the world.
Joe the polar bear


Nimbus
ibride

Monday, 19 May 2008

Barok Etagère livres design (tin shelves)

Barok est une étagère livres originale en tôle laquée noire. Véritable écrin pour les livres qu'elle est censée contenir, l'étagère barok apporte une touche de déco originale à un couloir ou une entrée. 32x32x8.5cm. Marque : Presse Citron. Designer : Clotilde de GRAVE / Didier CHAUDANSON.
Absolument Design

Saturday, 17 May 2008

Padua and Baby Bassanova

Padua

Baby Bassanova

Started in 2001, the Iron Chinchilla combines the talents of Patrick Neuwirth and Michael Holloway. By combining our talents we bring together the relationship between art, architecture and design. Our objective is to create original artwork that stirs the imagination and the soul with fluidity of motion, vibrant color, texture and form.
Iron Chinchilla

Friday, 16 May 2008

Mazellaneous

The maze shelf represents the confusion in our lives by the things we collect and own. By putting our clutter and things on display, it symbolizes, by form and proximity, the resulting confusion of stuff we accumulate in a society with a labyrinth of choices...Available in Birch veneer, Maple, Oak, and Cherry. 30" x 40" x 6" deep. Designer: Perry Dixon
Elseware

Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Multi-level round staggered shelving

Five shelves, small drawers at bottom, Brown see-thru lacquer on Elm wood. 76w x 9-1/2d x 68-1/2h
Asian Dreams Furniture

Monday, 12 May 2008

Bookman

The Bookman is a bookshelf in the shape of a man and is a highly decorative piece of furniture as well as a sculpture. Designed by East Anglian artist Kazmierz Szmauz who also designed the CDMan, the DVDMan and Videoman. However, as booksellers we regard Bookman as his highest achievement. The Bookman holds about 100 books and looks most splendid when they are leatherbound books which we can also supply. He measures 70 inches high by 45 inches wide and is made from Mahogany, although other woods can be used. Shelves are best adapted to books beneath 8 inches in height.
Any Amount of Books

Friday, 9 May 2008

Joy Rotating Shelf

Achille Castiglioni's Joy Rotating Shelf Unit. Honey-comb core shelves, with steam-treated beech finish, natural colour or made of medium density fiberboard, finished with scratch-resistant embossing in the colours shown in our colour card. Black or aluminium colour painted steel supporting joints.
Achille Castiglioni

Thursday, 8 May 2008

Billy Wilder

35 million units have been sold worldwide of the IKEA shelf Billy – making it the world’s biggest seller when it comes to shelves. Following the slogan Pimp my Billy ding3000 have devoted their creativity to this classic IKEA piece. Billy Wilder meets one’s primary expectation of a shelf – to put everything in order. It is meant as a playful approach to the subject “our daily mess” and shall serve as an interim storage place for unsorted books, magazines and newspapers. The wildly growing rack makes Billy “wilder”.
ding3000

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

KC

Rocked,
ready for fall but mastered,
always in balance,
vibrate.
You question me,
impress me.
Your set of attraction disturbes my perception.
Slide, smooth,
Parcy Debons Design

Sunday, 4 May 2008

Pumpkin

It is a 12' diameter, asymmetrical, rounded bookshelf that separates a gathering space on the inside from the office space outside. The space triples as an overflow conference area, the library and the office gathering/eating area. The structure is made of oiled, marine grade plywood and covered with metal mesh and plaster. The outside is plastered with hard troweled, Venetian plaster with a deep yellow/gold pigment, evoking the sun, the core of Powerlight's business.
Leger Wanaselja

Saturday, 3 May 2008

Flylibrary

become your own master illusionist with this amazing bookshelf from the good folks at umbra. introducing the flybrary. this item will have all your friends puzzled. cleverly designed by satina turner, this powder-coated metal, wall mounted bookshelf will have them scratching their heads. books hang on metal strips to create the surface of the shelf as well as the levitating effect. dimensions: 15" x 5.5" x 5"
unica home

Thursday, 1 May 2008

Hackney Shelf

Mobile shelving unit showcasing graffiti art, random tagging and sporadic stencilling. OSB board, white emulsion, castor wheels.
Ryan Frank