Leaving a Modern Mark. Israeli designer Yedidia Blonder created her Line series of shelves to highlight the books. In contrast to a conventional shelf, the book standing on the line not only touches the bar, but actually rest against the wall...
Quattro is shown (above) and more variety is available with the other models. We love the simplicity of the shelf by itself and the complexity of combining multiple shelves in the series.
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Comments (21)
but how would I pile my crap?
ok, those shelves are HOT!
I'm undecided. I'm thinking one clumsy move and you're picking up books from the floor.
Clumsy move? One slam of the door would do it.
Those soft-cover books on the bottom photo have to have been fastened in place for the photo-shoot -- have you ever known that kind of book not to flop over the minute you let go of it?
mmmm.... looks pretty unpractical and pretentious to me.
I think is fabulous.
Sure, not entirely practical for all applications .... but form vs. function is fun, not pretentious!
I don't have an application for this currently but I'd definately consider it in the future.
Actually, this could be good at BF's house. May have to show him.
Thanks for sharing... very cool!
OMG! This would be great in my Kitchen for cookbooks! Awesome!
This looks great for my book collection. I don't read or use the books, so practicality is not an issue. I only care about looks.
i would think it might cause an indentation on the bottom of the book over time, with the added pressure of gravity and only having a support in one spot along the bottom that could "press" into the cover and pages.
then again, i never took physics. so this is total supposition without basis in fact. awesome!
it's pretty and dumb.
some people like that, you know
wende!
I know Lily's joking, but that would *have* to be your attitude in order for this to work. You would be limited in how wide your books could be, because if they were too wide, the center of gravity would be off the bar and they'd fall on the floor, and if they were too narrow, they'd fall through on the wall side.
Wow, you'll need to touch up the paint quite a bit if you 'use' the books a lot.
I love that special brand of 'science' deployed by apartment therapy readers...it's why I come here every day.
Maybe you could hang them at an angle so the books don't fall off.
like this: _/
That's insane. Does it work?
bad, bad, BAD design
intellectually and psychologically perfect for a hidden door.
forgot the link... or did i forget to read...i cant remember where the door is.
http://hiddendoors.com/home.asp
Absolutely gorgeous.
Someone mentioned uniformity and another person mentioned rigidity, the shelves are perfect for cd cases. If you still have cds.
now the childhood marks of height represented as growth carved into the door frames of empty kitchens and unclean bathrooms............
'timeline shelving'
children dont grow tall,they grow long and forgiving.