Artistic Bookcases

anamardoll · 03-01-2012, 09:06 AM

Really cool bookcases, although I don't recommend the accompanying "No Kindle, no way" article:

http://ceresmodo.wordpress.com/2012/...in-bookcases/#

QuantumIguana · 03-01-2012, 09:53 AM

The bookcases were very cool. Some were very practical making a virtue out of necessity, and some were impractical, but still cool. I liked the one that used the space under the stairs.

The author might be just a little bit surprised how many people have both paper books and e-readers.

Belfaborac · 03-01-2012, 10:26 AM

I'd happily give my left nut for a room like the one in the second picture!

Dr. Drib · 03-01-2012, 11:10 AM

I'm a book collector with over 2,000 titles in my collection.

Most of these bookcases (as well as the books, I would imagine) make me drool with desire and anticipation.

Thank you for the link.

Don

RainingLemur · 03-01-2012, 11:19 AM

Some of those look REALLY cool. I wish I had a wall big enough to have the "READ" book shelves.

Pomtroll · 03-01-2012, 11:23 AM

I still have plenty of books on bookshelves. So I enjoyed looking at these. But it's getting so I could use a bookshelf for my e-readers.

anamardoll · 03-01-2012, 02:08 PM

I agree on the staircase one -- I like it! Sleek use of 'dead' space.

ilovejedd · 03-01-2012, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by anamardoll

I agree on the staircase one -- I like it! Sleek use of 'dead' space.

Definitely! If we had a staircase that is... Hmm, are there beds with built-in bookshelves? I think that might be nice.

Timoleon · 03-01-2012, 03:11 PM

Those pictures are filling me with some of the Seven Deadly Sins!

ATDrake · 03-01-2012, 04:08 PM

The under-stair case looks really nifty and I like the visual aesthetics of the two round ones and the surrealist-looking left-hand on the bottom and 9th down in the centre column ones, although I question their practicality in easily allowing access to the books to be read.

Apparently not included, but also nifty: the modular Tetris bookcase, for which you can find DIY instructions or apparently buy pre-made components commercially (more action pics which seem to be made from those). Here's another variant which can be rearranged in neat formations, and here someone's combined the bookcase with foldout bed storage.

And via neatorama, the bathtub made of old books, which is apparently intended to eventually be functional.

ETA: Apparently that circular bookcase in the OP link is supposed to function like a hamster wheel, in theory at least.

CJJ · 03-01-2012, 04:29 PM

Glad to see the "books all over the damn place" approach included. Legitimizes my er, ah, "bookshelves".

CyGuy · 03-01-2012, 04:48 PM

What a great link, thanks for sharing. I liked everyone of those but this one felt the most comfortable to me:

carpetmojo · 03-01-2012, 05:32 PM

Early Hay on Wye, unless I'm much mistaken ?

Apache · 03-01-2012, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CyGuy

What a great link, thanks for sharing. I liked everyone of those but this one felt the most comfortable to me:

I like it, but it looks like a book store to me.
Apache

carpetmojo · 03-02-2012, 03:36 AM

Actually bears a very mild resemblance to a "library" that sold in Munich for a very large lump of dosh last year.

'Cept for the age & rarity of the books, naturally.

And the 18C bookshelves.............

Come to think of it, it looks more like a very erudite officer's bunker on the Somme in WW1...........

03-01-2012, 09:06 AM	#1
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Artistic Bookcases Really cool bookcases, although I don't recommend the accompanying "No Kindle, no way" article: http://ceresmodo.wordpress.com/2012/...in-bookcases/#

03-01-2012, 04:08 PM	#10
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	The under-stair case looks really nifty and I like the visual aesthetics of the two round ones and the surrealist-looking left-hand on the bottom and 9th down in the centre column ones, although I question their practicality in easily allowing access to the books to be read. Apparently not included, but also nifty: the modular Tetris bookcase, for which you can find DIY instructions or apparently buy pre-made components commercially (more action pics which seem to be made from those). Here's another variant which can be rearranged in neat formations, and here someone's combined the bookcase with foldout bed storage. And via neatorama, the bathtub made of old books, which is apparently intended to eventually be functional. ETA: Apparently that circular bookcase in the OP link is supposed to function like a hamster wheel, in theory at least. Last edited by ATDrake; 03-01-2012 at 04:14 PM. Reason: Turns out it's decorative and* functional, just not in the way I thought it would be.*

03-01-2012, 09:53 AM	#2
QuantumIguana Philosopher Posts: 2,034 Karma: 18736532 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2 gen, Kindle Fire 1st Gen, Kindle Touch	The bookcases were very cool. Some were very practical making a virtue out of necessity, and some were impractical, but still cool. I liked the one that used the space under the stairs. The author might be just a little bit surprised how many people have both paper books and e-readers.

03-01-2012, 10:26 AM	#3
Belfaborac Wizard Posts: 1,498 Karma: 5199835 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Norway Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-950	I'd happily give my left nut for a room like the one in the second picture!

03-01-2012, 11:10 AM	#4
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,342 Karma: 59447733 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	I'm a book collector with over 2,000 titles in my collection. Most of these bookcases (as well as the books, I would imagine) make me drool with desire and anticipation. Thank you for the link. Don

03-01-2012, 11:19 AM	#5
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	Some of those look REALLY cool. I wish I had a wall big enough to have the "READ" book shelves.

03-01-2012, 11:23 AM	#6
Pomtroll Guru Posts: 822 Karma: 1341819 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minnesota USA Device: Sony 350, Sony T1, Kindle Touch, Kindle PW1	I still have plenty of books on bookshelves. So I enjoyed looking at these. But it's getting so I could use a bookshelf for my e-readers.

03-01-2012, 02:08 PM	#7
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I agree on the staircase one -- I like it! Sleek use of 'dead' space.

03-01-2012, 03:11 PM	#9
Timoleon Time Enough at Last Posts: 387 Karma: 1151316 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New England Device: iPad 3, iPhone 5, Kindle 3, Fire, Sony PRS-350	Those pictures are filling me with some of the Seven Deadly Sins!

03-01-2012, 04:29 PM	#11
CJJ Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 189828 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin, USA Device: laptop, iriver Story HD, Galaxy Tab2 10.1	Glad to see the "books all over the damn place" approach included. Legitimizes my er, ah, "bookshelves".

03-01-2012, 04:48 PM	#12
CyGuy Avid Reader Posts: 769 Karma: 7777778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: PocketBook 902, Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, ASUS TF700, and Cybook Gen III	What a great link, thanks for sharing. I liked everyone of those but this one felt the most comfortable to me:

03-01-2012, 05:32 PM	#13
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	Early Hay on Wye, unless I'm much mistaken ?

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03-02-2012, 03:36 AM	#15
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	Actually bears a very mild resemblance to a "library" that sold in Munich for a very large lump of dosh last year. 'Cept for the age & rarity of the books, naturally. And the 18C bookshelves............. Come to think of it, it looks more like a very erudite officer's bunker on the Somme in WW1...........