Monday, 7 December 2009

Fold

Fold is a striking metal shelf made from a single sheet of steel hand folded into shape along lasercut perforations. The complex folded form, inspired by plant growth and structures, is efficiently manufactured using minimal processes which result in a product exhibiting no joints or welds and holds an air of mystery as to how it could have been made. Its assymetrical form is dynamic with clean and precise lines, which due to the lasercut perforations appear stitched providing a crafted and tailored aesthetic. As a collection the shelves work together creating a striking graphic pattern of cellular structures which branch out and colonise the wall creating a decorative and functional 3D feature. Usable in two orientations it allows the customer to create unique arrangements adaptable to their environment.
Gilbert13

Friday, 4 December 2009

Itaipu


La libreria Itaipu è caratterizzata dalla successione ritmica di volumi, di pieni e di vuoti che si alternano. La sua composizione tridimensionale permette di creare gerarchie mettendo ordine nel caos di libri ed oggetti dalle forme variabili. Gli elementi, che hanno funzione di ferma-libri, alternandosi creano nicchie e rialzi per mettere in mostra libri ed oggetti. Itaipu trae il suon nome dall'omonima diga sudamericana che affascina per la forza del suo rigore architettonico. Composta da mensole componibili e regolabili in orizzontale o verticale, disponibili in due lunghezze L.1000 mm. e 1600 mm.
Pallucco

Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Mini warp

The Mini Warp is designed as both an exhibition system and as a bookshelf. The object is realized by thermoplastics, and thermo molding of acrylic, however a metal version is also possible.
Onur Müştak Çobanlı

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Longue

Longue è un piccolo-grande sistema da parete che racchiude le funzioni di libreria ed home office, postazione computer.
Massimo Mariani

Friday, 27 November 2009

Bookrest

Bookrest is a practical and colorful spot in every room! It gives your book a new and graphical expression while hanging and has a small hook for reading glasses. Made in lacquered steel. Dimensions: Height 4 cm, depth 24 cm.
Lars Nilsson

Thursday, 26 November 2009

Booktower

Elk boek z’n eigen plek, liggend of staand in één van de vele vakken. Maar ook een vaas voelt zich thuis in dit praktische en veelzijdige ‘boekenhuis’ van Samuel Chang. Leverbaar in verschillende formaten, in matzwart gelakt of naturel.
Linteloo

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Library

'library' is a furniture piece designed for modern living. integrating a seat intended for reading with a bookcase, it's a product of an investigation into personal space combined with a love of books.
Guy Eddington

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Bookshelf

Composite shell injected polyurethane foam with metal legs (either crome or soft touch paint)
w 175 cm; 69"
h 160cm/95cm; 63"/37"
d 30 cm ; 12"
Colors: white, black, green, purple, navy blue, dark brown, red, turquoise, sand
GAEA Forms

Monday, 23 November 2009

More

The furniture can serve as shelving, a resting platform, display or even as a seat. It can act as a suspended wall unit, an open bookcase against the wall, or it can be used as a dividing wall to separate the spaces in a room or other environments, thanks to the innovative possibility whereby it can be anchored or suspended from the ceiling.
Caporaso Design

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Droopy

Keep your books in order with this minimalist approach to an angled bookshelf. This design relies on material properties and gravity to keep your books stacked nice and neat instead of using book ends.
Jillian Davis

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello® Revolving Bookstand

Among the many ingenious devices found in Jefferson's Cabinet, this one perhaps most clearly suggests Jefferson's passion for knowledge. One can imagine him turning the stand, completely engrossed, consulting five books at once to find the answer to a burning question. Our bookstand is a line-by-line reproduction of the original, which was made in the joinery at Monticello, probably from Jefferson's own design. It's great for cross-checking information from several sources or just keeping reference books and current reading handy. Made of solid mahogany with a soft, hand-polished finish, the rotating stand holds five books at adjustable angles on rests that fold down to form a 12" cube.

You can spin the original one by clicking here.Monticello and here

Friday, 13 November 2009

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Book Sconce

The studio favorite, the book sconce shows off those favorite books that get lost in the stacks. Made of hot worked and powder coated steel, the mounting cleat hides nicely behind the displayed book. Cleat and screws included. 7 x 6 x 6 inches
Iron Design Company

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Kurl

Modular book-case in trasparent and painted curved glass, 12 mm thick. Standard colours green PMS 379C, Pink PMS 1895C, metal brown PMS 8021C. Protective hardware in stainless steel and silicone rubber. Leg in brushed polished aluminium.
zeritalia

Monday, 9 November 2009

Scalo

Beyond being a multiple-use object Scalo – like many of us – has two souls. Normally it is a wooden monolith, lacking handles or other external protrusions. Only two side openings allow to catch a glimpse of a colourful inner world. Those who see it from this point of view can use it as a sidetable or a stool. To access its other soul one only has to remove from its side a stainless steel lock. This will allow Scalo to open, to rotate and to become a new form, revealing its hidden identity that gives it its name: a small colourful library step ladder (scala) that doubles as a small bookcase. Like a magic key that opens up new uses, the stainless steel lock, once re-inserted in the back of the object, will set it in the open configuration and allow it to be moved around. Beoc and cerruti baleri chose a traditional manufacturing technology to make it precious, with a noble structure of bent plywood that reveals itself on the edges of the internal panels and steps. Scalo’s introverted nature - it doesn’t reveal any hinges or other mechanical component when it is closed - makes it a simple and yet sophisticated character.

Cerruti Baleri

Friday, 6 November 2009

Catcher

Dit is Catcher, een multifunctionele en innovatieve boekenkast. Catcher wordt zoals jij hem hebben wilt. Of je nu de hoogte, breedte of de lengte in wilt gaan. Catcher kan aangepast worden aan iedere leefruimte. Catcher is geen reguliere boekenkast. Catcher bestaat voor 90% uit stof. Door een heel simpel ophangsysteem hang je hem tegen elke wand. Creëer met Catcher een sierraad aan de muur, creëer een echte eyecatcher.
Rosalie de Boer

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Kruis

The book as bearer of the cross, in religion. The cross as bearer of the book.


Casimir Meubelen

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Yamakoya


Yamakoya is a shelf-like mountain for a library. It also makes 4 different small spaces where kids enjoy staying.
Point

Monday, 2 November 2009

Deep bookshelf rack

Deep bookshelf rack with added handy 3" accessory shelf for spices or utensils.
Enclume

Friday, 30 October 2009

De Batavier



Facade design in Lootstraat, Amsterdam, a 'library' of 250 ceramic books with spines featuring the works of 18th and 19th century Dutch writers and poets who lived in the street.
Sanja Medic

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Letters

Door verschillende letters en kleuren te kiezen kan een mooi en spannend beeld worden gecreëerd. De letters zijn gemaakt van EPS met een slijtvaste coating. De twee houten letters bieden de mogelijk om als zit meubel gebruikt te worden.
Pieter de Leeuw

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Friday, 23 October 2009

Salvadrawer

This piece offers a combination of functional and esthetic quality aiming to prick up the mundane book shelves. The 39*42 cm mirror and the terracotta pot plant as well as the decorative back offer a different approach to books and artifact showcasing in the living space. Materials: reclaimed oak, Douglass fir, plywood, brass.
Ubico Studio

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

YPS (Your Private Shelving)

This modular storage system is based on construction elements of bridges, and old steel buildings. Chains of diagonal supporting beams, creating strong construction triangles, are fixed on the shelves. The repetition, and flow of the diagonal lines give the system an exciting, and characteristic appearance. The system is expandable with walls, and doors giving the opportunity to create closed compartments customisable to ones wishes.
Jochem Faudet

Saturday, 17 October 2009

Pair of George III Mahogany Library Bookcase Cabinets

Featuring glazed doors with astragal molding over cabinet doors. Refurbished hardware and interiors. Provenance: Vanderpoel Group, New York, NY. Part of the Barbra Streisand auction.

Friday, 9 October 2009

Tree

Often the books about design, art and architecture don’t fit on ordinary book-shelves. The Tree shelf-stand allows keeping and using albums of any format.
Kibardin Design

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

MoMA Book/Shelf

Featuring works that transform books through a variety of mediums, Book/Shelf stresses an expanded notion of the illustrated book. The exhibition begins with a documentation of Marcel Duchamp's Unhappy Readymade (1919)—a work created when the artist, while traveling, asked his sister back home to hang a geometry book on his balcony in order to let the wind flip and tear the pages. It continues with works in which artists appropriate books by others, such as a sculpture by Martin Kippenberger made partly of books, and a copy of Duchamp's catalogue raisonné rebound by David Hammons under the title Holy Bible. Artists who tackle the idea of books in film (William Wegman), sound works (On Kawara), prints (Edward Ruscha), and drawings (Steve Wolfe) are represented as well. Finally, the exhibition surveys a number of artists who have created installations that display books in public contexts, including Brian Belott, Allen Ruppersberg, Josh Smith (pictured above), and Lawrence Weiner.
MoMA

Tuesday, 6 October 2009

book shelf

These shelves use the wall to redistribute weight, allowing a wide span with minimal hardware. Segmented compartments accommodated oversized art books and the frame functions as bookends. Like a built-in, that you can take with you.
Jason Neufeld

Monday, 5 October 2009

Embrace

The original brief was set to design a modern take on the Isokon Penguin Donkey, that was within 10% of the originals dimensions. The outcome was “embrace” an award winning piece of furniture, designed to store modern media such as DVD's, CD’s and Magazines. This smart piece of furniture naturally forms two low modern tables that are then 'embraced' together in order to form a storage unit / magazine rack / occasional table. The flowing curves are produced by laminating plywood, which is then skillfully veneered. Laminating consists of bonding together many layers in order to produce one solid shape. Embrace is available in a variety of materials and finishes. Modeled below in cherry veneered plywood and glacier white corian.
John Green Designs

Friday, 2 October 2009

Bookshelves by Hans-Peter Feldmann

"Bookshelves" is a 5-panel, life-size photograph of Feldmann's own bookshelves at his home in Düsseldorf. As an artist renowned for using found and discarded objects of others, "Bookshelves" is a rare look at the personal world of a voyeur through the looking glass. The dialectical tension between the banality of the shelf itself and its physical size becomes paramount, as there is a counterintuitive ruse in showing an everyday object shown at a grandiose scale. This idea, however, is unexpectedly met with the fact that the everyday object exists in actuality at the same size. Feldmann mocks photography's promise of a replica of reality, as the obvious impossibility of browsing a fake library (even at life size) becomes an endearingly cruel gag.
303 Gallery