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Rubber Band Stretch Shelf Is Storage That Can Kill

Sean Fallon — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:40:00 +0000

The problems that you might have with a Stretch Shelf start with the realisation that you need storage space for something more than a couple of books.

So you try and stretch out the rubber band to accommodate more stuff. If you’re lucky, you might just ruin the wall. If not, you or a loved one could end up shopping for glass eyes and funeral homes. Thankfully, the Stretch Shelf is only a concept at the moment. [Pete Oyler via Designboom]

PLoP! Collapsible, Recyclable Bookshelves Perfect For Students, Greens

Gizmodo US Edition — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:45:00 +0000

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

Gizmodo US Edition — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:00:00 +0000

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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Bathtub Bookcase Is Perfect Match for Stairs Bookcase

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:15:00 +0000

If you thought the London’s apartment stair bookcase was the coolest thing since Martha Stewart introduced you to vacuum-packing underpants with you still inside, check this beautiful bathtub bookcase (or viceversa) by Italian company Antonio Lupi. Part of the Biblio collection, it’s made in wood and corian, the adamantium-hard material made by Dupont. And as their giant UFO and boat after the jump show, it’s not their only cool bathtub.

Balancing Your Books Gets Real With the Scales Bookshelf

Gizmodo US Edition — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:30:44 +0000

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

Gizmodo US Edition — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:36:49 +0000

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]

Elastico: Bookshelf Meets Elastic Band, Has Useful Offspring

Gizmodo US Edition — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:01:29 +0000

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]

Stairs Bookcase Actually Makes Me Want to Move to London

Jesus Diaz — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:20:52 +0000

Here’s a great idea for anyone who loves books and doesn’t have enough apartment space or a Kindle: a “secret staircase” made of English oak, lined with books left, right and center, leading to a loft bedroom in a Victorian 1898 apartments block.

The 70m2 apartment was remodeled by London-based Levitate Architects, who created “a new bedroom level and increasing the floor area of the flat by approximately one third.” The staircase is both the way to access the bedroom and a perfect place to store books, movies or CDs. “With a skylight above lighting the staircase, it becomes the perfect place to stop and browse a tome,” says Levitate’s Tim Sloan, who also pointed out the unique structure of each step, allowing for anyone to comfortably sit down while picking a book. [Apartment Therapy via Boing Boing]

Invisible Book Shelf Gets Cheaper

Jason Chen — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:55:57 +0000

We wrote about this a long, long time ago, but the invisible bookshelf that magically props up your reading material is now available from ThinkGeek at $US12.99—ten bucks cheaper than it was before. [ThinkGeek]