Hash bookcase

A modular bookshelf. It is possible to make many combinations based on two modules, as well as combine them under different angles (turn to 90 degrees). The shelf is made of steel, powder painting.
Line Studio

INDRA bookcase

INDRA moves and grows much like the stories contained in the books it holds, weaving and tumbling along. Created in response to the strict formal language of traditional shelving and storage, INDRA enlivens space. Divorcing itself from the wall and corner—the final resting place for most bookshelves—INDRA becomes a part of the living environment. When used as a central piece in a room it serves a secondary function as a space divider, allowing its contents to be accessed from all sides.
Bradley Bowers (and here)

Wye Vintage White bookshelf wallpaper

Classic bookshelf wallpaper pattern printed on a high quality uncoated FSC mix paper (dark and yellow versions also available) . This wallpaper is named after the famous market town of Hay-on-Wye commonly know as the 'town of books'. We spent hours hunting high and low for all the old books featured in the design. 
Shufflebotham

Slices bookshelf

Wall modules that interpret the classic bookshelf, turning it into a three-dimensional decorative element, inspired by the world of adventure and nature based on '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' which recalls sea depth, with a double square module that is represented by a pack of sardines, and a rectangular form, 'Scilla', with a tentacle of the sea monster of Greek mythology. 'The Jungle Book' includes two square modules with giant leaves of Monstera Deliciosa shapes.
Alessandra Meacci

Penthouse bookcase

São Paulo penthouse.  The library has floor-to-ceiling wooden shelves suggesting that even the books can serve as future space lining. From this space, there is a spectacular view looking out on the city of São Paulo, framed by a window that interrupts the punctuated sequence of the modules of the bookstand. (h/t Lloyd Alter)
Studio mk27

Wells Cathedral chained library tours

Wells Cathedral has one of the very few chained libraries remaining in Britain. Come and see chained books and hear the history of the unique library which dates from 1450. This is a taster tour of around 25 minutes as part of an Open Door event in Wells and offering an insight in small groups of 8. Unfortunately the tour is not suitable for wheelchairs. 

September 9, 12.30-1pm

Book via Eventbrite

Floating bookshelf

"A pair of Vietnamese high school students from the south-central province of Binh Dinh have developed a bookshelf able to float. The model, recently awarded the grand prize at the provincial inventors contest for students, was created by 11^th graders Le Quang Hoan and Le Thi Bich Quyen in Tuy Phuoc District... The idea of a floating shelf came to the pair when they were the 10^th graders at High School No. 3 Tuy Phuoc. Quyen recalled a deluge that swept through her house and completely submerged the wooden shelf containing her coursebooks and materials."
Tuoitrenews

Bookshelf on holiday

The Bookshelf staff are having a nice sit down and a rest for a bit. We'll resume transmission at the end of the month.

Rubika: Rubik's cube bookcase

 Designed by George Bosnas for Anesis

Stair bookcase

For a private house in Muswell Hill, London.
"We were asked to convert the loft of a private house into a bedroom with a study, which was to include a large bookcase, whilst still keeping to a very tight budget. As the conversion required the creation of a new staircase to the loft, we designed a combined solution that incorporated the staircase and bookcase into a single element."
Tamir Addadi

Transitory bookshelf

This bookshelf responds to a well-known dilemma: books pile up in our homes because we don’t have time to read them. Transitory Bookshelf combines two sloping platforms that help us to manage this problem: the "read!" section reminds us that we should take the time to read; the "read." section helps us to digest recently read books before they blend into our main bookshelf. Made of aluminium composite, this object is manufactured using a single-step digital cutting and engraving process. Once folded and glued, it is perfectly rigid.
Robert Stadler Studio

CTLine

"The profiles of the buildings in big cities have been my source of inspiration. The breakdown of the volumes of the buildings has created a series of staggered floors which may contain several objects, creating a fascinating urban setting.The open side allows you to see the books collection, beyond the limits of narrow frontal view"
Victor Vasilev

Revolving bookcases

A new interpretation of traditional revolving bookcases. Folkform believe, that in this time of increased digitalisation of texts, the book as a physical object will become increasingly desirable and that the reader will prefer a smaller number of well chosen volumes housed in a beautiful piece of furniture to a large number of books in a wall-to-wall bookcase.
Folkform

How to build a bookcase (video)

Rolling bookcase

The designed product is a made from a gas pipe. This bookcase is based on rolling. This unexpected movement of bookcase subverts our feeling. It is ideal for spaces where pressure and stress prevail.
Petroula Labrinakou

Cerridwen Bookcase

Arts and Crafts bookcase offering concealed storage space behind the Glasgow Style inlayed doors. The inlay is maple, pewter and a contrasting dyed wood. Each compartment has two adjustable shelves.
54" W x 17 1/2" D x 38" H
Kevin Rodel

Huxley's Ladder

“The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.” Thomas Huxley, “Darwin’s Bulldog”

A bookshelf for full utilization of space just under 8'/2.4m common minimum ceiling height with user accessibility. A pair of A-frame ladder structures with crossing rungs support six shelves loaded with books of virtually all sizes and allows a person to step up to reach objects at the top level. The shelves range from deepest at the bottom to narrowest at the top. This encourages distribution of large/heavy books toward the bottom and smaller/lighter books toward the top for stability. The structures are made of solid quartered white oak and the shelves of varnished MDF.
Marc Scimé

The Last Bookstore

California’s largest used and new book and record store.
The Last Bookstore

Garden Library at RHS Tatton Park

Love this garden library at #RHSTatton by @KTBrown_ @The_RHS @tatton_park pic.twitter.com/l6CNIgD2Nh

— julie miles (@julie_miles) July 20, 2016

The Library Chair

Combining the old school appeal of a ‘club’ chair with a modern and eminently functional design, there are almost 27 feet of book shelf space as well as a concealed compartment under the seat to hide your secrets. The button-cushion upholstery provides a very comfortable deep seat, perfect for sitting and reading, enveloped by your library!

 On rolling castors for easy movement.

 Can be upholstered in any material and painted in any color. Stained veneer available on top shelf at additional cost.


Alexander Love

Drop

The tilted angle of the top shelf provides a variety of options for storing books – they can be opened to display particular pages, for example, draped over the angled top or stacked on a slant.
nendo

Bookworm rug

Using 100% woven polyester, these premium quality area rugs boast an exceptionally soft touch and high durability. Available in three versatile sizes (2' x 3', 3' x 5', 4' x 6') they are the perfect accent to any room in your home, featuring thousands of designs from your favorite artists on a subtle chevron pattern. Machine washable; non-skid pad not included.
Cassia Beck

War of Words: 21st century conflict book press

5 volume extendable little library exploring modern conflict in contemporary literature, consisting of:
– Kevin Powers’ The Yellow Birds
– Owen Sheers’ Pink Mist
– Cara Hoffman’s Be Safe I Love You
– Dan O’Brien’s War Reporter
– Jon Ronson’s The Men Who Stare At Goats
Laminated oak end panels edged in white (300mm x 200mm).
Threaded rods 300mm long with zinc-plated washers and wing nuts.
The Book Barge

Whale bookshelf

Justin Southey

NearSt

We’re on a mission to get all of us back into our high street shops. We believe finding and buying something from a real shop nearby should be faster and easier than ordering it online. You can already shop over 100,000 products from bookshops all across London on NearSt, and we’re rapidly adding more types of shops.
NearSt

Forest

A bookshelf built of a forest of supports of different widths and depths. All of the supports have a standard 9cm2 cross-section, so the wider supports are shallower in depth, and vice versa. As a result, the bookshelf is like a forest full of trees at different stages of growth, in which books and objects can wander like animals between the trees, seeking shelter in different places and directions.
nendo 

Yangzhou Zhongshuge bookshop

A tunnel of books in the waterside bookshop in Zhen Yuan where bookshelves are reflected by the floor below, designed to look like water. The walls are a homage to the local arched bridges.
XL-Muse

Animal bookshelves

Zhongshu Book Store
XL-Muse

Cliff

Can be used in any orientation and freely combined to create a full variety of forms. The system includes four horizontal and four vertical pieces, of which the former can be used as shelves and the latter as bookends. The space between the shelves seems random, but was generated by calculations designed to maximise usable space.
nendo

Cheft seat-shelf

 

Inspired by Persian architectural patterns, The CHEFT Seat-Shelf is a combination of three pieces, each made from several interlocking elements which slide in and out of each other through specifically designed grooves, No nails, glue or screws are needed for assembly
Size: 170 cm X 148 cm x 30 cm
Material: MDF, Walnut laminate
Studio Pousti

Library in the shape of an eye: Tianjin Binhai Library

An oval opening, punctured through the building is propped open by the Eye, a mirrored sphere with an auditorium, which takes the main stage within the atrium and enlarges the perceived space within. Terraced bookshelves which echo the form of the sphere create an interior, topographical, landscape whose contours reach out and wrap around the façade. In this way, the stepped bookshelves within are represented on the outside, with each level doubling up as a louvre.

“The Eye is the centre of the library. It ‘hollows out’ the building and creates, out of bookshelves, an environment to sit, to read, to hang out, to climb and to access, to create an organic social space,” explains MVRDV co-founder Winy Maas. “In its heart is the auditorium which mirrors the environment, giving a 360 degree panorama of the space inside; a truly reflective and pensive environment.”
MVRDV