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Simple but unusual bookcases by Faktura Designs

By Rain Noe - August 6, 2010

in Object Culture

It's hard to make a bookcase interesting, but I'm digging NYC-based Faktura Designs' efforts with their Scala (above), V (below) and Twig (bottom) bookcases.

I'm not totally sold on the 45-degree-angle thing--the book I want will invariably be underneath 20 of its brothers and sisters--but I appreciate their experimental aesthetic, and the way that the edges of the shelves themselves act as bookends in the Scala, my fave of the bunch.

Faktura also makes a variety of tables, you can check 'em out here.

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Leszek Cyfer

14 years ago

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I imagine the functionality would be great on the last one in a bookstore, where on one shelf sit securely a stack of identical books - only first is ever picked up and there's no worry about books falling. Good for display of new books.
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Matt Dawson

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I love the V bookcase design. I had a similar idea a few months ago, and never really did anything with it. Does anyone know of other similar designs (tilted bookshelves)?
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Adam Sturm

14 years ago

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I totally agree, the Scala is the best one of the bunch. I really like the way it looks. I wonder how much weight it can hold? That would be my only concern. The other designs look cool, but I agree that the functionality isn't quite there.
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