The Way We Read Now

Are some reading materials better suited to one platform than another? Does Philip Larkin feel at home on an iPad, and Lorrie Moore on a Kindle? Can I make a Kay Ryan poem my ringtone? Will any gizmo make “The Fountainhead” palatable? Books used to pile up by my bedside; sometimes it now seems that gadgets do, the standby power of their LED lights staring at me like unfed dogs.
More at New York Times

The Problem With the Web and E-Books Is That There’s No Space for Them

The web and e-books have upsides physical libraries do not, of course, but they are deeply lacking in spatial navigability, and so they don't yet serve the brain-extension role that is within their potential. We should embrace the new technologies, but utilize them in novel ways that take seriously the topography of the information.
More at Psychology Today

Quake

Antoine Phelouzat

Better Bookshelves

Grant Snider (available as a poster)

La Ruche

Inspired by both the natural shelter built by bees and traditional forms of Arab Andalusian architecture.
Mostapha El Oulhani for Darenart

The CSB-1

Inspired by Isokon’s Penguin Donkey, the Chair Side Bookcase was created for us and is exclusive to BOOK/SHOP. A sturdy little animal, it has two sides; each proportioned for different media. It holds paperbacks, hardbacks, cds, lps, magazines and art books with ease– and all at the same time. White painted and edge-banded MDF with birch legs. Made by hand in California. Price includes shipping in the continental USA. 20" W x 14" D x 18.25" H
Erik Heywood for BOOK/SHOP

The Book

What is a book if it is not only a carrier of written words? What else is attached to these objects, besides their content? For ‘The Book’ I created artifacts of my own book collection, focusing on the memory connected to these objects or their physical condition. The bookshelf has been adapted to underline each book’s position, and to house an archive of memories
Isabelle Vaverka

X shelf

Miso-Miso