London-based Studiomama created this amazing custom bookshelf from self-supporting oak planks. We love the sub-divided storage spaces, designed to house everything from books to shoes to speakers. The wall of storage fits 96 individual planks into an interlocking system...
To see a video of the bookshelf assembly, click here. For more walls of shelving from AT, see this post.
Photos: Studiomama
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Comments (15)
I'm astonished by such creative work!
I need a couple of these! Great look and wonderful display.
brilliant!
This reminds me that I need to do some serious decluttering.
Ooh, this would drive me bonkers with all the boxes and corners and such. I'm a bit ocd-ish about bookshelves, I like them straight.
However, this is wonderfully executed and very creative. Good job.
Waaay too chaotic for me...
My boyfriend and I did the same thing with wine crates. It's relatively easy and looks really cool.
I like it...but at the same time it kinda gives me a headache. Lots going on.
Anyone can tell me where can i find this shelf?
Thank you,
no way, no how.
it is cluttered and looks cluttered.
the only way this would work visually for me is if it had THEMES and had the heavier stuff on the bottom few sections (books and magazines together).
This is amazing because it is organized but still manages to look cluttered. It's both cool and awful at the same time.
As an afterthought, I think this would work better if they had "striped" vertically with types of items such that where was visual uniformity as the eye traveled down. That is, one section which was all books, another all ornamental objects, etc. The mix is what kills it.
This makes me want to try it, just to see if it would work. It seems pretty impressive structurally. Wouldn't every piece need to be held in tension? Meaning you'd have to jam in those top shelves. Or am I wrong?
This would be great if you need somewhere to store your collection of assorted Star Wars toys and figures (etc). Otherwise, the only three words I can think of to describe this are (1) clutter, (2) dust and (3) um, 'more clutter'.
i'm confused a bit by the phrase "visible fittings", does this imply that there are fittings but they're not visible?
as adam mentions, for this to really work i'd imagine each vertical would need to be held in compression actually. but there are some items that sway me to think that it's not as self-supporting as it seems. there's a section where a tall vase is placed in a l-shaped section where the inner angle of the l is virtually cantilevered overtop... now considering there are books on this shelf i'd imagine that some of the weight could put the vertical out of compression just a teeny bit enough that it could topple over. perhaps the thickness of the board alone prevents that from happening.