Comments on: Coolest bookshelf…

By: Lakshmi

Lakshmi — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:09:09 +0000

It IS a cool book shelf. Just a trifle expensive (at least in INR)..so perhaps I will have our local carpenter make one in that design…
Thanks for the tip.

By: Shripriya

Shripriya — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:24:18 +0000

@ JSK – yep, they are at DWR. They are also at West Elm –
http://tinyurl.com/33m6r6

@ Niranjana and TGFI – LOL!! Sorry, I had to dramatically shrink the file size to post it online and thus lost quality. I will keep the squinting game in mind for future posts!

@ Charlie –

@ Prithvi – you can swing out just one book. You just have to take it out and then put it back – it is quite easy since there are only 5-6 books on each “shelf”. The Kuramata design is hard for books since every single book comes in a different shape and size (while the revolving cabinet has exactly the same dimensions for every “shelf”). This design comes closest to solving the problem.

@ Kushi – as JSK mentions above, you can buy them at either
Design Within Reach:
http://designwithinreach.com/productdetail.cfm?id=5280
or at West Elm: http://tinyurl.com/33m6r6

By: Khushi

Khushi — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:17:29 +0000

Man! where did you find them? I’d love to have one for myself!

By: Prithvi

Prithvi — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:12:56 +0000

I’ve seen this shelving at the Conran Shop and also DWR. I remember thinking that it would be interesting if they had some modularity in the spacing between the shelves. I also want to be able to swivel out a single book even if it might increase the footprint so that the functionality mimics a traditional bookshelf. I have always felt it was possible based on the Kuramata revolving cabinet design from the seventies. I’ve spent ages fantasising about bookshelves but then there are no space constraints in my daydreams

By: Niranjana

Niranjana — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:01:53 +0000

@TGFI,
I’d missed that one…guess your squint is keener than mine

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:48:07 +0000

And here I thought you guys had some kind of paranormal symmetrical bookstacking thing going a la Ghostbusters.

“Dr Ray Stantz: Symmetrical book stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.
Dr. Peter Venkman: You’re right, no human being would stack books like this. “

By: Tgfi

Tgfi — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:22:49 +0000

@ niranjana,
hehe i was doing that too. i got Turkey (Travel?) in addition to yours.

Shripriya, you need to post a better pic. this game is fun!

By: Niranjana

Niranjana — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:51:39 +0000

WANT, WANT.
I spent way more time than I ought squinting at the picture trying to make out the titles. So far: Douglas Adams, The Crusades, Spies, Wisden and umm…Healthcare?

By: Tgfi

Tgfi — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:28:50 +0000

Soon they will come to be known as the blogger’s bookcases, given how much they are popularized through blogs.

By: JSK

JSK — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:54:54 +0000

I found them, on the Design Within Reach Web site: http://www.dwr.com/search.cfm?Ntx=mode matchpartialmax&N=0&Ntt=sapien

I may try one out. Thanks for the tip.