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Wavy

Wavy is a bookshelf system that rigorously combines design and function. It is a minimalistic product in which the thin structure and the wavy design, both vertical and horizontal, gives the ensemble an image of great solidity and lightness. With its extremely characteristic accuracy of detail and use of materials, Wavy is made entirely of "HI – MACS Natural Acrylic Stone" by LG in S28 Alpine White colour. Composed of blocks that can be laid one upon another and combined, Wavy conceals any kind of joint, thus becoming a highly elegant furnishing element with an extremely formal linear nature. It may be arranged as desired: superimposed vertically with module H.36, or horizontally, composed of 3 elements which may be combined: cm. 63 – cm. 124 – cm. 185.
Alivar

Chicane

Design by De Pas D Urbino, Lomazzi. Sinuous forms that move along the wall, a bookshelf that becomes a design feature.
Unique Interiors

Composition 653

Glass, pistachio bright lacquer.
Interni

Mission Inspired Revolving Bookcase

My revolving bookcase lets you keep a whole bookcase full of books close at hand next to your desk, couch or reading chair. With twelve 8 1/2" wide compartments on its three 12" high shelves there is space for up to 8 1/2 feet of books or magazines and the clever design means you'll never need bookends. The rugged ball bearing turntable is rated for 1000 pounds ensuring that the bookcase will revolve easily even when fully loaded. This design is also available in a smaller model with only two 12" high shelves and a total height of 28 1/4".
Richard Bissell

Rolo lounge

Eric Pfeiffer for 10 Grain

4° (four degrees)

Bookshelves are flat, so if your collection is incomplete, you have to put the books on an angle so they don’t collapse, and as a result they bend and become damaged. Because ‘4°’ leans on a 4 degree angle it allows gravity and math to protect your books, leaving your unique bookshelf neat.
Microworks

Stack

Dror for Target

Origami bookcase

Marigami on YouTube

Soundshelf

Why has the traditional speaker to be put away in the corner of the room or hidden in the wall? Speaker could be displayed, and the additional function could be imparted. The object becomes the item of furniture by a simple arrangement of dvd and books. Two suggestions of shape give the possibility to arrange the interior in the modern style and to achieve a good quality of home video amplification.
designboom

Collect

Designer : Normann Copenhagen - Ole Jensen.
It's all about the pleasure of recognition.
With its oblique expression and spring-green colour, Collect is a bookcase that has been designed for all lovers of good design who like edgy furniture and who want to use Collect as a framework to store important things - things that awake good memories. Ole Jensen explains: 'We all have special objects that refresh memories - things that have a meaning and create the pleasure of recognition.It could be anything from a football to a stone found on a walk on a beach. I wanted to design furniture that arouses immediate recognition in both design and use.'
Boudie & Fou

Book satchel by T. Anthony

The case was first spotted 30 years ago on a baggage carousel at Kennedy Airport by Mr. Stoppard’s wife at the time, Miriam. Curious, she approached its owner, a young man who told her what it was, and that he had obtained it from the Manhattan luggage maker T. Anthony. She promptly bought one for her husband, who, at least while traveling, has scarcely ever let go of it.
The New York Times and T. Anthony

iPhone bookshelf skin

iPhonehelp

Anne Frank Bookcase

annefrank.org

Penguin Donkey 3

Storage unit for books/CDs and occasional table based on the original design from 1939, which was designed to hold Penguin books.It is made from birch veneer and painted MDF (grey painted interior). Penguin donkey 1 and 2 are also available, please click 'penguin donkey' range for details. Dimensions 60w x 35d x 41h
Height: 41 cm
Depth: 35 cm
Width: 60 cm
Colour: grey
Designer: azumi
Twentytwentyone

Isokon Penguin Donkey Bookcase

Designed by Egon Riss and Jack Pritchard, 1939, Manufactured by Isokon Furniture, London. Plywood.
V&A

Book mountain project

MVRDV

Woody

Frame in solid soap treated oak
Shelves in powdercoated steel
Hay

MPs expense scandal bookshelves

Tam Dalyell, the former Father of the House of Commons, attempted to claim £18,000 for bookcases two months before he retired as an MP. Mr Dalyell wanted to buy a set of 12 designer shelving units for the House of the Binns, the 200-acre estate in Scotland where his family have lived for almost 400 years. He had accumulated a considerable library working as Labour MP for Linlithgow since 1962, and was able to make the claim because he designated one of the estate’s rooms his constituency office.While officials in the fees office told him that the claim was excessive, they agreed to pay £7,800 for book cases from John Lewis. An official told Mr Dalyell that the cases they had selected were from “the middle to upper echelon of the range”.
Daily Telegraph and John Lewis

Richard Younger-Ross, one of his party’s spokesmen on culture, also claimed on his parliamentary expenses for a top-of-the-range stereo system that cost more than £1,100, and a bookcase called the “Don Juan”.His purchases were approved without comment by the Commons authorities even though they are in clear breach of guidelines that state members must not use public funds for “extravagant or luxurious” goods.
Daily Telegraph and Lombok

Objektrahmen Pablo Hochformat

"Wie wunderschön" dachte sich Pablo. Dieser herrliche Duft und diese Blüten - ein Bild von einem Blumenstrauss!
Pablo ist ein Objektrahmen. Er gibt den schönsten & liebsten Dingen zuhause endlich ihren angemessenen Platz. In diesem Rahmen werden Erinnerungen an schöne Momente, sowie das bewusste Erleben von Lieblingsgegenständen möglich: Das erste Paar Schuhe,der schöne Bildband, der herrliche Blumenstrauss von dem unbekannten Verehrer, das Souvenir aus dem Sommerurlaub ... So beleuchtet, erstrahlen diese Schmuckstücke immer wieder aufs Neue und erfreuen das Herz.
design300

The Queen's College, Oxford

There has been a library at Queen’s ever since its foundation in 1341 by Robert Eglesfield, Chaplain to Queen Philippa, consort of Edward III. The Upper Library was built between 1692 and 1695 to house large donations from Thomas Barlow, one-time Provost of the College and later Bishop of Lincoln, and from Sir Joseph Williamson.
The Queen's College

Melted

A collection of melted blue furniture by Pieke Bergmans and Peter van der Jagt. This completely blue collection is as extraordinary at first sight as it is after close inspection. From afar, the forms look strong, fluid and natural. Even though their bright blue skin is deeply contrasting, the objects are by form connected to whichever surface they rest on. This makes the alienating Melted Collection adapt and become part of their environment. From up close, we notice that the edges of these objects are deformed and melted. The slight gradient of colour that follows the natural curves of the material indicates that these objects were in fact baked to achieve their final forms.
Pieke Bergmans

Piniwini

Piniwini är en väggfast liten pinne som fungerar som en hylla. Genom en genial konstruktion som är patenterad kan du stapla böcker, tidningar, CD skivor och DVD så att det ser ut som de balanserar på pinnen, maxlast 10kg. Piniwini finns i tre olika längder 120, 175 och 240 mm. Metalldelarna är i borstad rostfritt stål och pinnen är i svart- eller vitbetsad massiv ask. Piniwini är en liten behändig hylla som passar i alla typer av miljöer som i hallen, sovrummet, köket, student-, barn-, hotellrum, i lobby, på cafe, bibliotek - det är fantasin som begränsar!
Design: Linus Svärm
Karl Andersson & Söner

Pet cave

Animals' territorial behaviour is innate and essential among them. They always look for a comfortable place to be in. A bookcase PET CAVE provides your pet (dog or cat) with such space. The pet house, which is surrounded by shelves, comes with a little cushion for them to rest in comfortably. The shelves can be used to store books as well as display your favorite objects. Therefore, PET CAVE creates a little space to encourage the relationship between you as owner and your pet.
Size: W1600xH728xD400
Manufacturer: Campeggi Srl
sakura adachi

Barrister bookcase

Traditional lawyer glass front bookcases are not only versatile but functional. Our manufacturer has been making these fine solid cases since 1907 and the product has only been IMPROVED through time. Sectional cases offer the option of buying only what you require now. Add more only as you need them. Made of solid wood - oak, birch with cherry stain, walnut, or walnut with mahogany stain. Our cases have equalizers to keep the doors from binding and allow one handed operation. In situations where books are continually in use, these sectional doors are preferable for easy accessibility.
For Counsel

Merduban

lab: istanbul

Pyramid

Struttura aluminium Silver
Schienali mdf silver e rosso
Misure L.730 x H.412 x P.34
Fitting

Easy Reader

Reading, sitting, loading, relaxing. - Quite simply.
Nils Holger Moormann

Crash

Crash plays with the visual tension between chaos and order: the shape might be perceived as chaotic and out of angle, yet the construction is highly stabile. Each panel slots and interlocks itself with each other, creating a stabile structure without any metal parts or glue. Crash can be used as bookshelf standing next to walls or as a stand-alone room-divider. The bookshelf is easy and fast to assemble and disassemble without the help of any tools.
Rainer Mutsch

Das Brett/The Board

Because of the concave surface of the board the books support each other.
Kaspar Hamacher

Alphabet Soup

Levels of Discovery

Of Wars & Wits & Power

Driven by the recent crisis of certain countries who got very uptight over issues of being asked to disarm their missile test launched, their alarming action to remain hostile and persistent in their belief had stirred me to create this part of a furniture combination to depict their behavioral trait, a bookshelf with their golden army, strategically placed underneath, to uphold and to protect their ultimate plans,frozen in time for all to see.
Daniel Loves Objects

Baroque Bookshelves

Avant-garde baroque style metal bookshelves
Graham and Green

Wisdom Tree Bookshelf

Jordi Mila

Kaos

Some people sort their books alphabetically by title or author, others according to the theme or style, while still others base the organization on color or size. There is no ideal system as organizing based on the one perspective always causes chaos in terms of the other. kaos makes productive use of this disorder: books are stored in little groups, which makes it possible for various organizing systems to exist alongside one another. The result is a three-dimensional picture composed of books – unpredictable and, by principle, chaotic.

Variously shaped shelves are mounted onto a base board. The arrangement as 90 degree angles renders the structure stable and able to withstand heavy loads. kaos should ideally be mounted on the wall.
destilat

Bookshelf annotation

书架-注解
人类语言的诞生基于人与人之间交流的同意,由于事物的变化发展,以及人自身的差别,语言变得更加复杂化,"解释"并成了语言沟通的一个内容.然而解释是建立在智慧与知识在加个人的表达能力的基础之上的,智慧和知识来源于人类从诞生发展到至今的探索和知识的积累经验,以及个人的前瞻预见能力;以及这种能力所解释的未来的发展变化.而不管是过去现在和将来的这些,都被智慧知识的载体-书籍记录下来,并且传于后世.
LAUdesign

Global Warming

Tao Ma

Fingers

Studio Arne Quinze

Mr Moon shelf

Reversible Finger joined solid oak wall mounted shelving, suitable for all wall types. 240x240x720
A good few years back, Keith Moon commissioned me to make him some simple, wooden wall mounted shelves. Having completed the job and delivered the goods, the rest was up to Keith. As we know, Keith was quite prone to the odd drink or two. One night after a near lethal amount of alcohol and various narcotics Keith attempted to put the shelf up himself. Without a power drill to drill the holes in the wall he soon became frustrated and lost him temper. In a fit of rock and roll excessiveness he picked up a shelf and launched it at the wall. One end of the shelf lodged itself in the wall and stuck out at an angle.
Keith then vomited and passed out.
The following morning, Keith and the other members of The Who stood and observed the sight. They all agreed it should go into production...
Richard Shed

How to bling up your 'Billy' bookcase

Dan Black and Martin Blum are behind Anglo-Swiss design consultancy Black + Blum. As well as advising other companies on creative issues, they design their own range of products for the home.

"Our main priority was to give this piece a bit of character. In its basic form, it is very recognisable as the cheapest bit of shelving you can buy from Ikea, so we wanted to give it a new identity as well as a function by turning it into a self-contained home-office unit.

"We joined two of the shelves with hinges to create a work surface that can be folded up to hide a laptop. We hung magazine racks on each side and added one at the top to change the shape – it almost looks like a winged creature now.

"Staring at the back of a bookcase while you work wouldn't have been very inspiring, so we laminated some fake grass to add an outdoors feel to the back and added a blackboard."

The Independent

book book shelf

The idea for the Book Book Shelf came from the realisation of how many books are discarded on a regular basis. These particular books were to be thrown out at the end of a jumble sale and we wondered what more could be made of them. We like the idea that value can be added to many discarded items through ingenuity and redefinition of context.
not tom

Treku

18 in. Complete Unit
Most of the designers we know have fairly large book collections, and with that come storage space constraints. The Treku Shelving System has an architectural soundness and modularity that booklovers and designers alike can depend on. Working with basic principles of gravity, the wall-mounting design focuses all of its weight downward into the floor to hold hundreds of pounds without stressing the wall. Each system includes four wenge veneer shelves, which can be adjusted to any height for customized display and storage, and two aluminum profiles. The profiles feature discreet side channels with sliding brackets that screw into the shelves for a fixed position (brackets must be inserted into profiles prior to wall-mounting). This design allows for sturdy shelves that can adjust quickly and easily without the hassle of separate hardware. Additional shelving units can be added to the system at any time. Plastic leveling feet adjust for uneven floors. Because of the system's small, almost square footprint and height adjustable shelves, the Treku Shelves can efficiently accommodate objects large and small. Assembly required. Made in Spain.
Weight capacity per shelf is 110 lbs.
DWR

The Human Bookshelf

David Blazquez

Shelves for Life

William Warren's Shelves For Life is a self-initiated project to further explore ideas of built-in sentimentality within our possessions. The aim is to make stronger emotional relationships with our belongings and encourage life-long use. The shelves are CNC cut in oak veneered plywood to the customers measurements. They are intended to be used throughout life as storage for personal belongings. On death, the shelves are dismantled and rebuilt as a coffin.London Metropolitan University

FKY

numen/for use

Sudoku

Mario Bellini

Oh, the farmer & the cowman should be friends

By Ron Arad. Stainless and Corten steel
138 3/8 x 224 5/8 x 15 7/8 in. / 351 x 570 x 40 cm
Timothy Taylor Gallery

Bookshelf portraits

Victoria Reichelt paints portraits of bookshelves. Pictured above is The Coorey Family, oil on canvas, 2009, 148 x 37cm.

"While some of these bookshelf paintings are of random books, I’ve recently done a series that are portraits of people. So I’d go to their houses and photograph their bookshelves and then make paintings from the photos as a way of telling the viewer about the person."

Interesting article on Reichelt at Art Monthly and interview at Inside Out blog with details of her exhibition Bibliomania: The Bookshelf Portrait Project at Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts

Victoria Reichelt

Graffititek

Based on Parisian Graffiti art, the bookcase aims to offer new perspective on the craft by reinterpreting it in a three-dimensional way.
Charles Kalpakian