lovely. rita. shelf.
You know that really cool long snaky Bookworm shelf that Ron Arad designed for Kartell? The one you always see in Real World houses? The one that costs way too much money? Well, this isn't that one. This is the other cool curvy shelf Arad designed for Kartell, called the Lovely Rita. It's sort of the same, but different. The big difference is that this one's really really curved, not just kind of curved.
high. maintenance.
Rita and her curves are indeed lovely, but she's got a problem: Rita isn't much of a bookshelf. Or an anything shelf, for that matter. I've seen her in many stores, with many things shelved on her, and none of those things looked shelved very comfortably. Books mostly look like you caught them in the act of falling over. Vases look like they're about to crash down to the floor. This blog post from a Rita owner illustrates it pretty well. I want books on shelves to look shelved, dammit, not piled.
crush.
For all her flaws, I still have a crush on Rita. I can't help it. I'm enamored of her looks. Now I just have to find the $225 it will cost to take her on a date.
posted by Funfurde at 8:00 PM
4 Comments:
I think the example from the other blog post looks quite cool. I like how it breaks the rigid academic line of books and makes them more freeflowing and carefree. Buy me one.
BP
I think it looks cool but just as art, not as a shelf. With books on it, it becomes visual clutter.
I think it looks really cool. Dig that.
I too am with Mike on this one. I dig the shelf, but would have put all the books vertically. Still, it doesn't seem to have enough room to make it feasible for my bookshelf needs. I guess for someone that doesn't need a ton of book space it would be fun. It seems to make the books into an abstract art form, rather than material begging to be read.
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