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lets not forget the opus incertum
http://www.dwr.com/productdetail.cfm?id=10360

do they make sense? My opinion is the same for these as it is with the "diagonal" bookcases which i absolutely adore; if you are only using them to hold books and not for display, they make sense, but otherwise they seem to be totally impractical.

However, if you would like that Alice i wonderland look, you could use some museum putty and affix something to a sloping surface.

I was going to agree that these are big statements looking for the right home -- but they're really more ironic quips about the nature of shelving. Five years from now, these are going to feel as fresh as following every pronouncement with "Not!"

it's a fun element, nothing more, nothing less. It's not meant to re-define every precept of furniture making, or challenge political views, it's just cute and fun. F**k it.

The zig zag one in the middle pic would be a funny place to store books if you're a wine buff - it kinda looks like it's had a few too many!

A- the Opus bookshelf is made out of styrofoam. Gross.

B- books are meant to be kept vertically, with their weight resting on the bottom edges of their covers. Its very bad for your books to store them at angles - it puts stress on the sewings (or gluings) along the spine, opens up the head to dust & dustmites, and will cause excessive wear on the covers. Bad bad bad!

Yes, a fun element that wastes too much space. I doubt this concept will become a trend but these pieces are certainly good for capturing the attention of passer's by--a perfect marketing ploy for a trade show, possibly unintentional but possibly it's real purpose? And definitely my first thought was the same as Modfan's thought/statement B.