Comments on: chairs for reading http://www.librarian.net/stax/2087/chairs-for-reading/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:56:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: starr hoffman (geeky artist librarian) http://www.librarian.net/stax/2087/chairs-for-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-101164 starr hoffman (geeky artist librarian) Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:31:36 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2087/chairs-for-reading/#comment-101164 You'll love this bookcase/chair/cave mashup by Sakura Adachi... but sadly, it's around $7,000. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/business/yourmoney/24goods.html?ex=1183867200&en=bc83afac96069329&ei=5070 This is like a cross between a blanket fort, a cafe table, and a library. YUMMY!!! "...a bookshelf called the Cave, which allows readers to curl up in a form-fitting seat, surrounded by their beloved books. The Cave features a blob-shaped, human-size recess at its base. Sitting in this upholstered niche is supposed to make a reader feel secluded — akin to being lost among a college library’s dusty stacks — but still remain visible to passers-by." You’ll love this bookcase/chair/cave mashup by Sakura Adachi… but sadly, it’s around $7,000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/business/yourmoney/24goods.html?ex=1183867200&en=bc83afac96069329&ei=5070

This is like a cross between a blanket fort, a cafe table, and a library. YUMMY!!!

“…a bookshelf called the Cave, which allows readers to curl up in a form-fitting seat, surrounded by their beloved books. The Cave features a blob-shaped, human-size recess at its base. Sitting in this upholstered niche is supposed to make a reader feel secluded — akin to being lost among a college library’s dusty stacks — but still remain visible to passers-by.”

]]> By: Books on (eco-friendly) wheels! « Level 1 Librarian http://www.librarian.net/stax/2087/chairs-for-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-101053 Books on (eco-friendly) wheels! « Level 1 Librarian Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:58:24 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2087/chairs-for-reading/#comment-101053 [...] I’m not a big friend of modern design, but with these two characters I might not mind it (found via librarian.net): [...] [...] I’m not a big friend of modern design, but with these two characters I might not mind it (found via librarian.net): [...]

]]> By: Ellie Dworak http://www.librarian.net/stax/2087/chairs-for-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-101015 Ellie Dworak Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:26:33 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2087/chairs-for-reading/#comment-101015 All I can think is . . . so much to dust. All I can think is . . . so much to dust.

]]> By: Brian http://www.librarian.net/stax/2087/chairs-for-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-101008 Brian Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:01:14 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2087/chairs-for-reading/#comment-101008 My cat would *so* destroy books shelved in the sides of a chair. My cat would *so* destroy books shelved in the sides of a chair.

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