Walking Paper » Furniture http://www.walkingpaper.org A library design consultancy, shop and blog by Aaron Schmidt Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:44:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Nice Bookends http://www.walkingpaper.org/5100 http://www.walkingpaper.org/5100#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:47 +0000 Aaron Schmidt http://www.walkingpaper.org/?p=5100

From Jasper Morrison

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“Pin Pres is a kid’s room shelf that makes the act of sorting up the room a playful experience where the shelf adopts its form to the toys, books and other things that are being stored.”

]]> http://www.walkingpaper.org/4571/feed 2 Space Issues http://www.walkingpaper.org/4180 http://www.walkingpaper.org/4180#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:00:48 +0000 Aaron Schmidt http://www.walkingpaper.org/?p=4180 Is the furniture in your library being used as originally intended?

How planners probably imagined people using this space

 

How people are actually using this space



 
Sometimes people use library spaces in unintended ways. This behavior can expose design flaws and offer clues for improvements.

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]]> http://www.walkingpaper.org/4089/feed 1 Lost in Chair http://www.walkingpaper.org/3491 http://www.walkingpaper.org/3491#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:00:40 +0000 Aaron Schmidt http://www.walkingpaper.org/?p=3491 The Lost in Chair turns something annoying and turns it into a feature. This could be a neat way to merchandise some books around the library.

There’s also the Bibliochaise.

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Every library I’ve worked in as an adult has had these step stools but they still remind me of being a kid in the library.

I’d never thought about having one around the house until I saw one on Amazon the other day. This lead me to the manufacturers website where there’s a 50th Anniversary Library Edition .

Timeless!

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Just in case, you can buy them from Ferrol Studio.

]]> http://www.walkingpaper.org/2830/feed 3 Mikado Bookshelfs http://www.walkingpaper.org/1940 http://www.walkingpaper.org/1940#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:00:57 +0000 Aaron Schmidt http://www.walkingpaper.org/?p=1940 Ok, not for your entire collection, but for a special display?

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I love one of the comments on the original post

The author never had books. It looks good, stylish, but absolutely useless. It’s hard to keep books vertically even on horizontal regular bookshelf. This one will make you curse

 
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A nice concept for flexible library or learning commons spaces.

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