Gizmodo: bookcase

The REK Bookcase Grows to Accommodate Your Collection

Sean Fallon — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:15:00 EST

Like the Platzhalter bookshelf I discussed yesterday, the REK features an ingenious design that is both visually interesting and practical for those who accumulate a lot of books.

Instead of splitting down the middle like the Platzhalter, the REK expands and collapses like an accordion to eliminate negative space on the shelf. As you book collection grows, the shelves can be pulled apart in a configuration of your choosing. To be honest, I love the design—but if you have ever tried to move even a small bookshelf you know that trying to alter something this large when it is laden with books would probably be more trouble that it is worth. [Dezeen]

Infinity Bookcase Stores Finite Amount of Books, Is Infinitely Cool Anyway

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:40:00 EST

This Infinity Bookcase is almost as cool as the amazing stairs bookcase that made me want to move to London*. Created by Dutch artist Job Koelewijn, it is supposed to represent the power of learning, or the infinite number of books that you are never going to read, or something like that. Whatever. Definitely a solid #2 in the Gizmodo's Fetish Bookcase Ranking. [Knaw via Neatorama]

*Yes, I was lying.

StairCASE's Bottom Shelves Keep Highest Books in Reach

Elaine Chow — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:30:00 EDT

It's no surprise that a dude who lives in a city of 18 million people would appreciate the need to conserve space. Shanghai-based artist Danny Kuo created the StairCASE, a bookcase where the shelves slide out to become a stairwell. We've seen the amalgamation of shelves and stairs before in London, but StairCASE can be put just about anywhere. The design lets you have a much taller bookshelf (most top out at roughly six feet to accommodate human height), or functions as a way to reach a lofted area for sleeping or storage. I could've used something like this in New York. [Danny Kuo via Craziest Gadgets]

Giant LED Clock Stores CDs, Gets You Back to the '80s

Jesus Diaz — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:11:20 EDT

Ooooh. Shelves. And red LEDs. They tell time. They store CDs. Who has CDs? Not me. But I don't care. It's a giant digital clock. Red over black, baby. 1980s, here I come again. Now I just need to rescue my white suit, tight pink T-shirt, and call Tubbs to pick me up in the Ferrari.

Unfortunately, they are not for sale in the US or anywhere else. [Technabob]

Reversible Media Center: Hide That Tech, Look Like a Bookworm

Charlie White — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:23:42 EDT

We realize that part of the thrill of owning high-tech gear is gazing at its sophisticated industrial design, but many distaff members of our species would rather all that high-tech paraphernalia be hidden away. Call a truce with the Reversible Media Center, with a swiveling mounting panel to which you attach the objects of your techno-desire.

It's big enough for 42- to 50-inch LCDs or plasma displays, which you can flip around to reveal a book case and no one will know there was ever a TV there, even the burglars. You might think you're getting burgled by buying one, though—$7000 takes it home, and it's just made of cherry veneer. That might be worth it if it had a motorized opening mechanism triggered by moving one of the books a certain secret way. – Charlie White

Reversible Media Center [Frontgate, via Born Rich]