The Graffititek Bookshelf by Charles Kalpakian

Posted by John Brownlee, December 30, 2008 3:24 AM | permalink

I absolutely love this strange Graffititek Bookshelf by French designer Charles Kalpakian. For one, it looks like a bookshelf hewn out of the inside of a massive tree root by a bibliophile Baggins. For those who look for pure efficiency in their book stacking, this will annoy, but I love the higgledy-piggledy jumble of disproportionate book spines rioting on the shelves.

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#1 posted by dacker , December 30, 2008 6:13 AM

I think it is intended to look like a giant aluminum or plastic extrusion.

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#2 posted by historyman68 , December 30, 2008 9:27 AM

That is a lot more accurate as to the way i actually stack my books on my shelves. I'm always a little suspicious of things that are designed to look/feel haphazard, but it might be fun to try out for a bit.

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#3 posted by MomTheBlog , December 30, 2008 4:23 PM

great for a students room - i'd buy it LOL

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#4 posted by Tenn , January 2, 2009 12:47 PM

Oh dear! Does not maximize storage space but it is beautiful. Of course, probably less so with actually random books with odd covers and page colors and tatterings...

Actually, that would probably make it look all the better.

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#5 posted by Tenn , January 2, 2009 12:48 PM

Addendum:

Those are lights? BRILLIANT.