Circular Bookcase/Chair

Thomas Mills made this piece of furniture which he calls “Long Form Library.” It’s a combination bookcase and reading chair:

As you sit within the cradle, it rocks gently back and forth. Don’t get going too fast or you’ll roll all the way away. This library can hold its own weight in books (and I’d wager even more, by the looks of it), the cushioned seat a nod to the futuristic furniture found in Stanley Kubrick films, especially 2001. Reading lamps are placed for reading in the most obvious manner, while lights placed around the circumference act as a clock, timers changing the brightness of them to its highest at the equinox of the day, dimmed to nothing at midnight. Strange!

Link, Via: Born Rich | Designer’s Website | Photo by the designer |Via: Neatorama

Circular Bookcase

Designer David Garcia made this circular bookcase that the reader can use for both storage and transportation:

ARCHIVE II, a round wheel book archive, functions as a nomadic library, where the user can travel with his own books. Once still, it creates a room for meeting and inspiration, generating a special acoustic echo for the reader inside the wheel.

Link, Via: DVICE, Via: Neatorama | Photo: David Garcia

Ron Arad’s Bookcase Shaped Like the United States of America

The meaning behind the name of Ron Arad’s USA-shaped bookcase (Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends - whaaaa?), but it’s easy to see how cool it would be hanging on the wall!

It’s currently being exhibited at the Timothy Taylor Gallery: Link - Via: otto, Via: Neatorama

The Infinity Bookcase

Dutch artist Job Koelewijn sure knows how to make an awesome bookcase. Behold his lemniscate (look it up) bookshelf that represents the infinite power of books and learnin’. LINK

Sofa/bookcase

If you know me, you know I love bookcases built into EVERYTHING. This sofa (the Flexform Oltre) with bookcases in the arms: no exception. Link, (Via: Cribcandy), Via: Boingboing