Bookish

Calling all book lovers! Take a look at this collection of interesting and alternative bookcases.

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Bookshelf bike rack

Store your bicycle, books and other gadgets all on the same shelf. The Bookbike shelving solution is ideal for urban spaces.
Modular makings

The Clik Lamp and Treze Library bookshelf by Katarq encourages the user to interact with the products by easily assembling it.
Read-Unread

Almost like a seesaw, the Read-Unread bookshelf reveals how many of the books in your library you have actually read.
Sun shelf

Nendo’s Sundial bookshelf plays with shadows to create different looks.
Books, sideways

A shelf that displays horizontally makes it much easier to read the spine. See Studio Parade’s good idea.
Built to size

A modular shelving solution by Miriam Aust allows for books to take up a new (design) function within the home.

Imagination in graphics What Design Can Do 2011

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Synbio and design

Dr J Craig Venter has created synthetic life. What can design bring to the field of synthetic biology?

From moon boots to banana look-alikes, to modular form shoes and even a pair inspired by squirrels - who ever said shoes had to be practical?

A selection of our favourite, energy efficient, lighting designs.

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The craft debate

Design Indaba magazine asks its network of experts about the significance of craft in the increasingly post-industrial 21st century.