The Inverted BookshelfThe inverted bookshelf turns a bit of your living room upside down as it hangs all of the books from the bottom instead of supporting them from below. It's a satisfying optical trick and doesn't damage any of the books. In fact, you can take books in and out of it whenever you want.
The Chair BookshelfThis bookshelf/chair was made by Elie Nehme and Mani Mani, a couple of young canadian designers from the Fishbol Design Atelier.
The Movement BookshelfThe Movement Bookshelf, by Samulnoli, is about hugging your books! It includes a arrangement of bent nails which can be shaped in the form of legs and arms, acting as book holders, grabbing your books.
The Sexy BookshelfThere is absolutely no doubt that sex sells like nothing else on the planet and is the most searched item on the Internet. Designer Arun Kumar Francis has taken that obsession a step further and nailed it quite stylishly on the living room in the form of a cool little bookshelf. The bold and innovative design borrows quite obviously from the three letter word and the design has a very uncomplicated and ergonomic feel about it. You can of course store all kinds of books in there, but maybe a version of the ‘Kamasutra’ would go perfectly with all the sexiness in the air. Isn’t it?
The Equation BookshelfThe Equation Bookshelf was designed by Marcos Breder and is a simple idea of to divide things in priority order. As you can see the design is quite unique, stylish and original. You can put together the books that you need immediately or more important between (parentheses) or maybe a photo, or something important for you to be the focal point of this bookselhf. Set others between [square brackets] and {braces}
The Infinity BookshelfThe creator is the dutch conceptual artist Job Koelewijn. The shape of the Bookshelf is a lemniscate—a figure 8 and the mathematical symbol of infinity, which is so perfectly combined with the notion of the infinite potential and lasting power of books.
The Circular BookshelfThere are a lot of unusual bookshelf designs but no other one where you can "roll" up with a good book. Here’s a circular bookshelf by designer Zhdanova Irina. Her design also comes with a set of sofas that can be stored as a matching ring.
The Bookshelf with a BenchThis design might look cool for the eye, but it isn’t sure that you can stay too relaxed in that space. The Shelves with a Bench was designed by Stanislav Katz, a designer from Latvia with lots of playful design ideas.
The Pulse BookshelfSwedish designer Måns Salomonsen created this awesome pulse bookshelf shaped like a heartbeat in an electrocardiogram.
The BookmanThe Bookman is a bookshelf in the shape of a man and is a highly decorative piece of furniture as well as a sculpture. Designed by East Anglian artist Kazmierz Szmauz who also designed the CDMan, the DVDMan and Videoman. The Bookman holds about 100 books.
Lovely Rita BookshelfLovely Rita is an unusual bookshelf. At a first glance just arranging books on this bookshelf could be a real adventure. Lovely Rita can live as a single shelf or be repeated endlessly by combining additional units, becoming a bookshelf of the desired length. Thanks to its special shape, it allows two different figures to be designed on the wall, according to the direction of fixing.
The Neverending BookshelfThe Neverending bookshelf, made out of Corian by Italian designers Luca Nichetto and Andreoli.
The Staircase BookshelfTom Sloan at Levitate Architects came up with a neat solution to a storage problem in this London Victorian apartment: He created a ’secret’ staircase, hidden from the main reception room, to access a new loft bedroom lit by roof lights.
The Autumn BookshelfAutum is a shelving system that gives a new take on the standard bookshelf. It is uniquely designed to give the effect of a leafless tree. It is a nice change from ordinary bookshelves and it offers loads of possibilities. The Autum bookshelf measures at 25Wx100Dx200H in a single unit, but it can be paired with more to make it larger as shown above with 3 units. A wonderful idea by designers David Sanchez & PCM
The Rainbow Bookshelf
This is an impressive example of organizing books by color. It’s a very good way of changing the whole aspect of a bookshelf with a little bit of creativity.
