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Infinity Bookshelf

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:37:17 +0000

OK, so this one isn’t as accessible as some of our other selections, but you have to admit it’s pretty awesome. Mind you, it doesn’t ACTUALLY hold an infinite amount of books, but it should handle your average person’s (and all of their friends’) collections just fine.

Hmmm… gotta add this to my Christmas list…

The REK Bookcase

Jack — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:21:41 +0000

As you know, we have a serious love for book storage here on the blog. If it’s an inventive way to store books, sign us up.

In honor of that we have the REK Bookcase, which can contract or expand as you need more or less space, eliminating the need for additional shelving or wasted negative space. Blahblahblah, you just want to see the photos, right?

Images courtesy of Gizmodo

More Bookshelf Ideas

Jack — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:50:27 +0000

As you know, here we’re quite serious about finding you new and cool looking ways to store your books. We’re also interested in how you choose to store them (enough that we’ll give you a shirt just to see that and your smiling face).

In honor of that, here’s another concept:

Image Courtesy of Lifehacker

All it takes is a sturdy wire hanger, a nail, and a few minutes and you’ve got a quick rack. The author uses her wire hanger rack to hold library books near the door so she doesn’t forget them on the way out. Make the base a little wider and shorter and it could also be a very cool way to hang some art on the cheap-and-easy.

Bookshelves and Your Collection

Jack — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:22:11 +0000

So we’ve sent out your order of 30 books per month (you and your family are great, love the reading). Everything is going well but trouble is you’ve already filled the basement, the attic and the doghouse with books, and still you find yourself giving some away to random people who may not even want the latest in sci-fi Star Trek spinoffs (who wouldn’t want that?).

Danny Kuo, an artist/designer from Shanghai has got an answer for you. Not all of us are lucky enough to have a east wing for a library and office, and for us city folk, this bookshelf is super sweet, allowing you to walk up the removable shelves to get to those great top shelf books (does this work like the bar? Your first edition Dubliners lives where the 18 year aged Jameson would, right?) It even has two paperback shelves, recognizing that not all of us are hardcover lovers (carrying a hardcover Crime and Punishment on the train isn’t easy…).

Invisible Bookshelf?

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:23:08 +0000

Over at Lifehacker they have an awesome idea that solves two problems: first of all it gives you a place to keep all your books (from www.betterworld.com, natch) and if you’re still hurting on your coolness, the storage technique is aptly known as “Invisible Floating Bookshelves.”

Check out the instructional video and take a step towards a new hipper April.