Gizmodo: Bookshelf

PLoP! Collapsible, Recyclable Bookshelves Perfect For Students, Greens

Kit Eaton — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:45:00 EDT

In between beers, my student days were spent shuttling between at least 10 different homes, and my poor battered library would definitely have benefited from PLoP! This concept from designer Joyce Hong is simply a rigid cardboard bookshelf that collapses up when you need to move it around. It weighs just 4 pounds, and can be extended from two segments up to as big as you like and still remain collapsible. And when you're done with it, you can just PLoP! it in the recycling for eco-friendliness. Simple. [Yanko Designs]

Giant Curvalicious Bookshelf Winds Its Way Through Your Apartment

Elaine Chow — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Brazilian design firm Triptyque has designed an apartment-wide storage solution/book shelf that looks kind of like what everyone thought the future would be in 1965. Custom-made for a private apartment in Sao Paolo, the shelf winds its way through the entire area, pulling double duty as an entertainment rack and a cubbyhole storage system. Add this on the list of things I'll be adding to my bachelorette shag pad once I become a multimillionaire. Check out the layout.

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Balancing Your Books Gets Real With the Scales Bookshelf

Kit Eaton — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:30:44 EDT

We've shown you staircase bookshelves, elasticated ones, bookchair ones and now there's this balancing design. There must be something about the form-meets-function nature of a bookshelf that means designers just can't resist them. In this case, "form" gets an added twist with the addition of a pivot and some sliding weights. So you can have a cookily tilted shelf, or slide the weights around to compensate for an unbalanced library: "Maintain the Balance of Your Knowledge" as designer Denis Oh puts it. Weird concept, but interesting. [Yanko design]

Bookseat: the Book Storage Chair for Small Libraries

Kit Eaton — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:36:49 EST

Useful if you have a really really small apartment, or you just appreciate bookshelf-cum-furniture design, the plywood Bookseat stores your ~~TV Guide~~ copy of War and Peace handily within reach. Alternatively, if you think books are old hat, you could store your DVDs and computer mags in it. Some might think Bookseat is design convergence gone mad, but we think it's simple, neat and that you'll be seeing it in waiting rooms of trendy offices everywhere. Available sometime in Spring, price unknown. [Fishbol furniture via Freshome]

Build Your Own Bookcase Fort: Settle in for a Nerdy Siege

Sean Fallon — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:55:30 EST

The stairs bookcase was cool, but this is an entire igloo-like bookcase structure that you can actually use as a miniature dwelling. In fact, this "Uroko House" is built around a bed, which makes it one hell of a place to sleep for any kid—whether they like to read or not. There are no written instructions on how to make your own, but the images in the gallery help illustrate the process. [Flickr via Freshome]

Elastico: Bookshelf Meets Elastic Band, Has Useful Offspring

Kit Eaton — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:01:29 EST

Designed by Arianna Vivenzio, the Elastico concept is basically an elastic band stretched around a stout pair of metal posts mounted on your wall. Tension in the band keeps your various books standing in place, and you could even insert box-shaped structures for trinkets and the like. Presumably, to avoid sagging it couldn't carry too many books, and lord knows what dramas would happen if your cat leapt onto the shelf and upset everything. Anyhow, we think it's admirable for its simplicity and flexibility (get it?) [Arianna Vivenzio via Oh Gizmo]

Topple Bookshelf Concept Is As Unstable As the Dollar

Jason Chen — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:20:32 EDT

Out of all the furniture we'd safely add the feature of "rocking" to, a bookshelf would be down near the bottom of the list next to ovens, refrigerators and ironing boards. Julian Appelius has the opposite idea, adding a five-degree tilt to the bottom of this Topple bookshelf, which supposedly still keeps books upright as long as you have enough of them to fill a row. Still, the looming threat of being crushed by old copies of National Geographics and Playboys puts us on edge (we always pictured being tickled to death, naked, by a clown). [Julian Appelius via Pan Dan via Core77]

Arrow Bookshelf a Must-Have for Tetris Mongs

AddyDugdale — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:16:35 EDT

Furniture designer Timothy Ben's Arrow bookshelf modules are made from MDF and come in 20 different colors, with either a lacquered or laminated finish. Although they're probably meant to be stacked in that delightful chevron effect, I'm sure you can play a basic form of Tetris with them if you're really bored. [Timothy Ben Furniture via MoCo Loco]

Cave Bookcase Saves Space For Those Who Don't Need It

Adam Frucci — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:25:14 EDT

This Cave Bookcase solves the common problem of having a bookshelf yet having no place to sit in your apartment to read the books it holds. It provides a comfy-looking seat built right into the middle of the shelf, complete with overhead light. It's certainly neat looking, but it seems to me that a space-saving design like this would be perfect for people who live in tiny apartments, and people in tiny apartments can't afford to drop $10,700 on a bookcase. –Adam Frucci

Product Page [via BornRich]

Sony GIGA JUKE NAS-50HDE Bookshelf Speaker System

Travis Hudson — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:00:46 EDT

You know, karma is a bitch sometimes. It was earlier this week that we learned that the Sony Ericsson W580 was going to be a North America exclusive phone, and then Sony goes along and announces this super amazing, badass bookshelf speaker system for Japan and Europe.

The NAS-50HDE includes a fancy LCD interface, 80GB hard drive, and the ability to rip music CDs and MP3s (from players) onto the hard drive with lightening fast speeds. Two 85-watt satellite speakers pump out the tunes for an all-around superb player. All hope is not lost, Americans. This player is set for a summer release overseas and could maybe, possibly come to the States later in the year. Please? –Travis Hudson

Sony intros GIGA JUKE bookshelf with hard drive [Electronista]

Bookshelf Speakers Hide Your Illiteracy

Jason Chen — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:45:58 EST

Although if these are the only books in your living room, we think people will catch on. Call it a hunch. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Amazon via PCnews via i4u]

RCA Shows Off Two iPod Compatible Stereos

Travis Hudson — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:01:42 EST

RCA has two iPod compatible audio systems coming out in 2007. The RP5500i Dual Wake Clock Radio can dock and charge the iPod and provide the usual alarm clock functions. It can play back from any digital audio player, but it looks a lot prettier with an iPod dock. The supposed highlight of the alarm clock is the SmartSnooze feature that allows any button to be used to snooze. Wow! It also includes a Graduwake and Gradusleep that will fade the music in and out for waking and sleeping. It will be available in May for $79.

The RCA RS2130 Bookshelf Audio System also includes and iPod dock that is detached, 160-watt amplifier, CD player, radio, etc. It does use RCA's Rip&Go feature that can rip music from the radio or CD player directly to an MP3 player or other mass storage device. It will also be available in May for $169. – Travis Hudson

Invisible Bookshelf

Jason Chen — Sat, 06 May 2006 21:34:23 EDT

Amaze your friends and freak out little children with this invisible bookshelf. Powder coated stainless steel makes this strong as well as handsome. Which is moot, since you'll never see it. Available now for 18 Euro ($22.92 USD).

Invisible Book Shelf [Singulier via Boing Boing]