Built-in solutions are cool for modern homes because they save space and look stylish: even if you have enough space, why not get some more? They also give you the chance to create your very own design that suits your space, style and specific needs. So, let’s have a look at a few great examples...
Bookchair: A Bookshelf And A Reader’s Chair In One
If you are a book lover and looking for ideas to accommodate your books and other reading-connected furniture with style and without wasting much space, here’s a great idea. Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto’s Bookchair slots in and out of its surrounding shelving to double as both storage and seating. The bookcase becomes an element of...
RE:BOOK Storage Unit From Fabric And Wood
Traditional bookcases always take a lot of space, and I’d say that even open shelving does take enough. Modern apartments, most of which are tiny, just can’t afford to accommodate all these things but what can one do if there isn’t enough space but there are quite a lot of books? There are a lot...
L Shelf System Made From Simple Bent Plywood Pieces
Designer Aurélien Veyrat of Objet Optimisé, has created the L Shelf. Made from either bent birch or walnut, it requires no glue or screws to assemble. L is a single module, a piece of bentwood, the logical result of the meeting with a carpentry workshop specialized in bending wood. Its genesis lies upstream from the...
Modern And Versatile X2 Bookshelf From Solid Oak
X2 is a smart bookshelf, designed to adapt to the different needs and spaces. Designed by Laurindo Marta for WEWOOD, it is a versatile bookshelf in 100% solid oak with a high-level of customization, once it is made from two blocks with the same size that allow a free composition. With a square shape, each...
Dynamic, Graphic And Modular Hash Bookshelf
Max Voytenko of Line Studio designed a modular bookshelf with graphic, diagonal lines. Depending on how you hang the Hash shelves and how many you put together, you can create a really cool, visually dynamic wall piece and personalize it according to your needs and desire. Made of black painted steel, the shelves house your...
Paper Shelf To Celebrate The Invention Of Paper-Making
A shelf made of paper? Unexpected? Just have a look! Designer Willy Chong created Paper Shelf as a part of a project titled The Synthesis of Dual Heritage that cultivates Chong’s dual heritage, Paper is a material with roots in both Chinese and Swedish culture and history. The shelf sides consist of overlapping paper sheets...
Original Batman Bat-Shaped Bookshelf
Go go, Batman fans! If you like these films and want to have something connected to them in your space, then this Batman bat-shaped bookshelf is an ideal variant for you! Actually, it’s also ideal if you are looking for something original to store the books. And just imagine – it comes in two versions:...
A Cross Between A Shelf And Sideboard – Etage By Moritz Schmid
Moritz Schmid created ‘Etage’, a cross between a shelf and sideboard completely made out of wood for the Röthlisberger Kollektion. Etage is original in its shape: there’s a surrounding shell made of moulded plywood, which covers a horizontal segment of the structure at all times. With the help of a slide, it can be moved...
Max Shelves: A Reinterpretation Of A Mid-Century Bookcase
There are more and more smart and stylish storage ideas, and designers create really unbelievable things. But sometimes there’s nothing better than classics, and architect Olivier Chabaud reinterpreted a traditional open bookcase into Max shelf for Company Edition. The piece is done in mid-century style combined with modern trends. It’s green (of different shades) MDF...