sapien. bookcase.
The Sapien Bookcase is a brilliant design that lets you stack books vertically instead of horizontally. Created by Bruno Rainaldi, it's primarily billed as a way to save space. But I think it does more than that. For me anyway, it's a more natural way to store books: in piles.
piles. and. piles.
When I'm not reading books it's pretty easy to keep them in traditional cases. But when I start pulling them out and thumbing through them (a cookbook here, a financial book there, a summer novel over there), there is always a "pile stage" where I might not be actively reading them all the time, but I'm not quite ready to put them away either. I think the Sapien is perfect for that.
10. 14. 9. 5. 50. 70. 180. 230.
There are a lot of numbers involved with the sapien: the small version has 10 shelves and the large has 14. The shelves can hold 9 lbs. each or about 5 books. That works out to 50 books for the small and 70 for the large. And finally, at Design Within Reach (where I saw them) the small costs $180 and the large $230.
posted by Funfurde at 8:43 PM
10 Comments:
I like! Looks handy for those books you tend to want around the desk--reference and stuff--but don't want to take up precious desk space (leaving the space free for toys).
BP
What happens if you want to take out a book at the bottom?
Plus this keeps pressure off books' bindings, so that they don't get damaged.
A design that supports being able to read the titles on most books without having to tilt our head to the right. That is what turns me on about it.
I looove this bookcase, I've been wanting it for months. Perfect for big coffee table art books.
Pottery Barn also has a similar, inferior version that is made of wood shelves of equal sizes and mounts on the wall. It's smaller than the Sapien, but it's still about $150.
ok, its a good idea. but,its steel plates on a support for 200 bucks. i'll wait for a better knock off. its coming im sure.
Scandinavia designs furniture store have the short Sapien shelves in an aluminum finish for $109. DWR is a rip.
anonymous: do you have a web link?
Anonymous said...
Scandinavia designs furniture store have the short Sapien shelves in an aluminum finish for $109. DWR is a rip.
3:27 PM
i just put mine together and i love it! i think i might have to get another one.
A couple of commenters are missing that there are shelves. It's not just one stack of books. You can fit 3-5 books, depending on width, obviously, on a shelf. So you can pull out the bottom one fairly easily, and amaze your friends.
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