Bookshelf

From the conceptual ‘Read-Unread Bookshelf’ (which weighs books read against those still to be started) to the multi-function ‘Trick’ (a unit that transforms from shelf-space into a table and two chairs), Bookshelf presents over 200 inventive and experimental shelving designs in more than 300 colour illustrations.

Specification details are provided for each bookcase, including materials and documentation, and the accompanying texts by Alex Johnson, author and editor of ‘The Blog on the Bookshelf’, provide a fun and informative look at the history of the bookcase, as well as reflecting on how a new generation of designers have re-imagined a classic.

• Introduction: In Praise of the Bookshelf
• I Bookcases
• II Single Shelves
• III Bookshelf Furniture
• IV Unusual Bookcases
• V Bookcases as Art
• VI Outside the Box
• VII Restricted-size Bookshelves