Gizmodo: bookshelves

Comic Book Speech Bubble Bookshelves

John Mahoney — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:20:00 EDT

To store your collection of Wittgenstein treatises on the representation of language, of course. [Fusca Design via Design Spotter]

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]

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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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]

Unal & Boler Salkim Hanging Bookshelf

gizmodo.com — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:54:00 EDT

Moco Loco recently spotted these beautiful hanging bookshelves by Unal & Boler at the Milan Satellite Furniture Fair. You rest books in a hanger and then hook hangers together vertically to create a shelf; we like the way multiple shelves look in a row, very quirky. If we ever live somewhere with pretty brick walls we'd look into getting these so we could show off our books without covering the wall up.

Unal & Boler Studio [via MoCo Loco]