In the late 1950s furniture designer and architect Gianfranco Frattini created a revolving bookcase that not only gave books a home, but was fit for displaying other decorative belongings, as well. Today this bookcase was reinterpreted by Poltrona Frau and was named Albero, which means “tree” in Italian. The bookcase’s customization and easy use that...
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How To Display Books With Style: 5 Tips And 26 Examples
Though the 21st century is the era of electronic books and laptops, we still have lots of usual books at home and they should be displayed with style. 1. Get color-coded: arranging your books by color can have striking impact, especially if you have a very large collection. However, for simplicity and practicality, it’s better...
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:...
Creative Sculptural Bookcase In Two Halves
A bookcase today is kind of a survival of times past because we all spend time at computers, laptops, ipads and e-books. But if a bookcase is not only a furniture piece but also an art work, such a piece can be very actual. The Concave Bookcase by Simon Pengelly through Joined + Jointed is...
36 Creative Bookshelves And Bookcases Designs
Most of us still have real books and magazines at home, though there are electronic books now. Therefore, we need a space to store them, and designers give us plenty of variants to choose from. Bookshelves and bookcases have never been so creative as today! Minimalist, rustic, natural and industrial – almost every style is...
REK Expanding Bookcase With Sliding Parts
This cool modern bookcase was first designed in 2008 by de Jong – REK is a bookcase that grows along with a book collection. The more books you have, the bigger the bookcase becomes as zigzag-shaped parts slide in and out to accommodate books in the resulting spaces. Books can be arranged according to their...
Cool Bookcase Ladder For Small Spaces
This cool bookcase was presented by Brooklyn based architects and designers Workstead in one of their projects. A ladder that reaches to an operable skylight forms part of the bookcase structure – isn’t that genial? For small spaces this solution is perfect: you’ll kill two birds with one stone – display your books and accessories...
Tectonic Bookcase By The Young Ossetian Designer
The 21-th century is becoming the age of individuality. Equal consumer goods pall on people, so there is a tendency for exclusive things to be more valuable than even mass brand ones. One of young designers from Russia, the Ossetian Tembolat Gugkaev, decided to experiment on forms of furniture, particularly on bookcases. He implemented his...
Facebook-Inspired Bed To Be Constantly Online
If you are constantly sitting on Facebook and love social networks like this one and think that life is incomplete without them, you’ll like this bed. FBed by Devian Tom is designed for Facebook-lovers because it will make sure that you stay connected to your favorite social network site even when you sleep or relax...
Creative LED Bookcase For Night Owls
From the legends and fairy-tales we know that at midnight some things turn into pumpkins; some people turn into wolves and other animals and this funny bookcase becomes a lamp. Wha Cabinet by Russian designer Tembolat Gugkaev is a nice bookcase which was inspired by a question mark. nside it there is an installed lamp...








