Tag Archives: bookshelf

Armchair / Bookshelf Become One

While bookshelves might one day soon be a thing of the past, especially if projections made by eBook companies ever come to pass, today they still serve a purpose. Not quite everyone is sold on the whole books without paper pages thing. And for those people, there’s the Tatik, a Armchair / Bookshelf hybrid which provides a stylish nook to ...

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Product Placement: Ikea Brings The BILLY to Bondi Beach

In celebration of one of their most popular bookshelf’s 30th birthday, IKEA has decided to give their BILLY fixture a little fun in the sun, setting up a BILLY installment on Bondi beach. The BILLY shelves are loaded with books for the tourists to read. While they might not be expandable bookshelves, they still offer plenty of literature for these ...

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I Don’t Believe in Haunted Animated Books

As a self-declared skeptic, I refuse to admit the existence of these Haunted Animated Books. Theoretically, the books move and slide from their spot when someone passes by, with the purpose of creating the illusion of a so-called ‘ghost,’ which doesn’t exist I might add. I suppose they would be a nice touch to your bookshelf on Halloween if the ...

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America, The Great (Bookshelf)

I was going to rewrite the lyrics to “The Star Spangled Banner” but decided against it. It’s better that way. For the both of us. But yeah! Wow! What a bookshelf, right? Staying true to the lower 48, this United States of Readmerica bookshelf is awesome. It was made by Ron Arad and is titled “Oh, the farmer and the ...

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Pixel Art Book Jackets

For those of you with expanding book collections, here’s a way you can spice up your bookshelf without breaking the bank. Take similar sized books, use printer paper for a cover, draw dots on the spine and, finally, arrange them so they create a unique scene of some sort. Such a simple idea I never would have thought of doing. ...

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DIY Upside-down Bookshelf

Found on Instructables, this upside-down bookshelf is a great party gag for your apartment or home. It actually works as a fully-functional bookshelf despite the books being held upside down. It uses a thin strip of elastic cloth to keep the books in place and shouldn’t take more than an afternoon to build. Quite the illusion… Link [via]

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Parametric Bookshelves Probably Have A Trust Fund

Parametric Bookshelves look hip, sensible and certainly colorful. But unfortunately, there’s more than meets the eye. See, these bookshelves are the product of some clusterfuck orgy between Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Italian architectural firm Tiazzoldi and Research Lab NSU. Essentially, it’s an ivy-league bookshelf that is so pretentious, it only holds Ayn Rand novels. Sounds pretty rad and ...

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