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Nighthouse by Lianne Siebring

toma — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:17:44 +0000

Nighthouse by Lianne Siebring isn’t just a bedside table but is the result of a search for the most ideal nightstand. Why don’t nightstands have lights? Why can’t you find the right page of the book the next day? With these questions Lianne Siebring designed Nighthouse by Night. A book can easily be placed on the roof, ensuring you won’t have to search for the right page the next day. Another thing that makes the design unique is the lighting that is already built into the nightstand.

In the new production edition a different fitting will be used, Lianne is still busy looking for a nice, suitable fitting. The foot is made from metal and the house of birch plywood.

Lianne Siebring | Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Wooden side table by Jane Dandy

toma — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:46:29 +0000

Amazing and simple idea. Provide the dimensions of your favorite stack of books to San Francisco-based furniture maker Jane Dandy, and she’ll create a wooden side table that perfectly encases them.

Jane Dandy | San Francisco, CA, United States

Deer Shelf by Bette & Cilla Eklund

toma — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 09:14:24 +0000

This impressive-looking bookshelf is inspired by the wild deer in the forest, and their noble nature, which is reflected in the appearance of the shelf. The curiosity-awaking shelf is made of solid oak, while maintaining a lightweight feel, thanks to its airy shelves. The shelf is perfect for storing books, magazines or small items.

BEdesign | Sisters Bette and Cilla Eklund | Finland

Linfa bookcase by Forme di Sophia

toma — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:18:16 +0000

Linfa is something more than a bookcase. It touches the very meaning of a “real” metaphor made up of only two essential materials: wood, and books. For the sense of its leaf shape is clear and complete only when the books are actually placed in the appropriate spaces, as key elements of the structure.
Books, therefore, like lifeblood, able to filter and process existence through a spiritual process of photosynthesis, essential to the human spirit.

“MAN IS A BEING DESIGNED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING.”

Goethe

Forme di Sophia | Bologna, Italy

Soft Cabinet by Dewi van de Klomp

toma — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 13:20:28 +0000

The soft cabinet high is a Cabinet with long weak legs butt strong enough to stay straight up. Place your precious cups, books, or plants in the incisions of the belly to protect or to show them with proud.

Product designer Dewi van de Klomp | Netherlands

Chin up Storage Unit by Lisa Sandall

toma — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:58:25 +0000

Furniture and Product designer Lisa Sandall about project: “A piece of study or living room furniture, ideal for storing books, digital media, and boxed items. Chin up’s tilted shelving presents the spines of products to the user, reducing the need to kneel to find what is required.”

Lisa Sandall | United Kingdom

Extend hold books by Naoki Ono & Yuki Yamamoto

toma — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:29:24 +0000

A bookend on which books can be placed in the air as an extension of a desk. It can be ﬁxed to a tabletop by a clamp and the length can be adjusted as you like. It is formed by bending 2 mm steel plate in order to make it strong enough to hold books.

Designers Naoki Ono, Yuki Yamamoto | YOY | Tokyo