The Bookshelf Apartment

Photo: Pasi Aalto

For the Small Spaces exhibit at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Rintala Eggertsson converted the small space inside a stairwell into a towering bookshelf, and stocked it with 6,000 books!

Jesus Diaz of Gizmodo has more pics and video clip: Link – Via: Cliff Pickover’s Reality Carnival, Via: Neatorama

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Sometimes cleanliness freaks and people who spend hours putting things in order can end up being accidental artists, like James Hopkins here who has created an awesome display case called ‘Wasted Youth’ with disco balls, speakers, wine bottles, a stupefying globe and a rather dull-looking clock, among a dozen other junk items. The end product, of course, has turned out to be a strange, yet attractive skull head (look closer!). For others, it might be the next best thing to the Great Wall of China and for James it is ‘Wasted Youth’, but for us it is ‘music to the eyes’.


One of James’ older works had been showcased last year and ‘Wasted Youth’ is a continuation of the same series. What is baffling (if accidental, really) of course is the fact that every element in the shelf found its perfect position during a ‘reorganization drive’. Well, that certainly gives us a few ideas on putting our junkyard stuff to good use. You never know, the world’s best artists might find their match after all. LINK

Yamakoya: The Japanese Bookshelf Cabin

The gold prize winner in this year’s JCD (Japanese Commercial Environment Designers Association) design awards for ‘communication design in the commercial environment’, Ben Nagaoka’s Yamakoya is a great example of creating space within a space.

Yamakoya, which means ‘wood-log cabin’ in Japanese, is a structure designed specifically for private research focusing on local history within the Ina-Higashi Elementary School library in Japan. Built into the corner of the library, it comprises of open shelving, storage space, a 4-person table for group work and smaller private areas designated for individual study. LINK

Lili Lite Bookshelf

An excellent combination enters a rack, a lamp and a bedside table. Integrated containing LED and equipped with an integrated automatic sensor, the light dies out when a book is posed on the rack. Effective and thought very well. LINK