From the category archives:

bookshelves

A step stool for bookworms

May 30, 2010

A special 50th anniversary version of the Kik-Step stool has a moulded grip made of words from classic writers including Hemingway and Twain.

STAFF PICK | A step stool for bookworms – KansasCity.com.

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A couple of interesting bookshelves.

January 18, 2010
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I’ve mentioned the Bookshelf blog at least once or twice before. It really is quite wonderful. Here are a couple of my favourites from there more recent postings. The blog is well worth a browse as there is a whole lot of fascinating book furniture there.

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Spiral bookshelf

December 8, 2009
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I quite like this shelf. Obviously not the choice for storing a huge number of books, but I’m a big fan of bookshelves being art themselves.
[quadelle sent me to apartment therapy to see it]

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Read a rainbow: arranging books by colour

November 30, 2009

A few years ago I visited the Seattle Public Library and was struck by this display in the children’s library making the most of different coloured spines on the books (photo by Quadelle).
Every now and then I get the urge to run a similar display in my library. I tend to get blank looks or [...]

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Assorted linkage

December 29, 2008

A few bits & pieces from around the traps…

The Book Design Review has a list of favourite book covers of 2008, including one that nearly gave me vertigo:

Book Patrol has a post about some fascinating book-related art by Marina Camargo.

The appropriately named Bookshelf blog continues to post a fascinating collection of interesting bookshelves. This one [...]

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