Lovely shelf, but about the worst way possible to store books. Ever. Poor unloved books.

That's a bookshelf for people who dislike books.

Not suitable for books one cares about, which should be upright, tightly packed, and level. Not attractive to have books one doesn't care about (and why would one own that sort of book?) just piled any old which way as this picture shows.
Books in a circular shelving unit could work. This particular styling of books in a circular shelving unit does not.
What's the point?

Oh look. It's a bookcase completely unsuited for holding books.

Love the concept.

Would never do that to my books. And you can't even read the titles of the books. All in all, a pretty much useless, though attractive, piece of furniture. You couldn't even use it as a display because of all the curved shelves.

NO!!! Not. Never.

Agreed..not for books; but good for firewood/logs on the bottom possibly, or bolts of cloth or towels.. Very interesting piece!

Am I the only one whose first though upon seeing this was "hobbit hole"?

Must give this look back...

To emend my post, above: I like the design very much. It's the books that bother me. How practical is it if you want a book on the bottom of the pile? And how respectful is it to the binding of the books? I'd modify it.

Same thought as others....it's a beautiful piece of furniture,but NOT for books.

For those who value form to the point that you ignore function, who only buy books to be "decorative," and who thought "must steal this look!" instead "oh, God, the horror." For everyone else, NO WAY.

It's totally unsuited to books - or anything else that depends on a flat base for stability.

Firewood was an interesting idea, but I think it's too shallow.

How about turning this into a drinks station? You fill the bottom three areas with wine bottles & dividers, and then use the top four for decanters and glasses. You could even stick a mirror in the back of the top middle one.

I think that is kind of a terrible thing to do to books...

Massively unpractical.

Beautiful thing, not remotely suitable for book storage.

That's a brilliant idea.

A concession to those taking to their iconic fainting couches; it's just a large round shelf; not a renegade 'bookshelf'. Why not call it a snack or cereal pantry? At least then you could still probably find the one you wanted.

This is not a bookcase. It would be very unkind to the books to store them in this. Yeah, cereal pantry, that's more fitting.

Wrong. Just wrong from every conceivable point of view.

This is a bookcase designed by someone who thinks books are decorative paper bricks.

A lot of passion here! We love our books!

"So Pat said we had to have storage for all these stupid books, which I hate, so I got this shelf and then I added insult to injury by stacking them so nobody can see the titles of those dumb books."

I would LOVE to see what would happen if a designer ever dared to show a storage piece with a big pile of women's shoes randomly jammed in it like this...

It's the Shire!

I personally would not put my books like this, but i do have a lot of old notebooks and sketch pads i don't use anymore that I wouldn't mind putting in something like this.

But that's kind of a waste of space for just stashing stuff I don't even use anymore?

Great idea, maybe just not for books?

MAYBE WINE BOTTLES!!!!

I love the idea that one can be "kind" to books. It's paper, people. PAPER. This kind person allowed a camera into their home, while you hide behind your computer, piously anthropomorphizing paper.

P.S. How kind was your paper to the tree it destroyed? Im quite certain that all your precious books were printed from trees that died of natural causes.