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reinierdejong.com - 12/5/2008

Concept Shelf Grows With Your Book Collection

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Have you ever gone out to buy a bookshelf, only to find that once you’ve filled it with all of your books, it still looks a bit empty? Sure, you can put some knick-knacks here and there to fill the void, but that doesn’t always do the trick. So what if you could buy a bookshelf that expanded and ...

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ohgizmo.com - 12/5/2008

Concept Shelf Grows With Your Book Collection

— ohgizmo.com — By Luke Anderson Have you ever gone out to buy a bookshelf, only to find that once... you’ve filled it with all of your books, it still looks a bit empty? Sure, you can put some knick-knacks here and there to fill the void, but that ... (more) Concept Shelf Grows With Your Book Collection

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Concept Shelf Grows With Your Book Collection
OhGizmo! — ... what if you could buy a bookshelf that expanded and contracted to fit just the amount of books in your collection? This concept design dubbed the REK Bookcase from designer Reinier de Jong is designed with expansion in mind. There are a total of five pieces which slide away from each other to create shelves for your books. As your collection grows, you can simply pull out the next piece to accommodate it. Unfortunately this appears only to be a concept item for now. [ ReinierDeJong ] VIA [ GearFuse ] ...

Expandable bookcase design
Core77 — We're totally digging the new extendable REK bookcase, by Rotterdam-based designer Reinier de Jong. REK is a bookcase that grows with your book collection. The more books, the bigger the bookcase. The zigzag shaped parts slide in and out providing as much space as needed. Regardless of the quantity of books REK will always be full. Also with the different spaces that appear you can arrange your books according to their size. The five-part bookcase is finished with white high-gloss laminate on the outside surfaces, and ...

MoCo Submissions
MoCoLoco — ... + The Seascape glow-in-the-dark children's lamp by Lauren Moriarty has blue lines that show the various undersea depths along with the sea life to be found at these levels. When the light is turned on, the sea creatures are highlighted. + Chair #29 by Paolo Pedretti for Ontwerplabel Vij5, the steel plate result of a form analysis of a traditional chair, was launched during Dutch Design Week. + The REK bookcase by Reinier de Jong can be pulled out to expand ...

A Bookcase Designed to Grow with your Books Collection
Interior Design, Decorating, Furniture, Architecture, Home & House Design Magazine — ... This piece of furniture is something for anyone who loves books. The REK bookcase by Reinier de Jong is designed to grow with your collection, the more books, the bigger the bookcase. The bookcase consists of five parts, the REK can expend and collapse like an accordion. The great thing about this bookcase is that it looks really cool even closed up and equally as cool when fully expanded. - ...

Rek Bookcase
productdose.com — ... From designer Reinier de Jong, this is a bookcase that grows with you. No matter how hard I try not to accumulate stuff, I inevitably am astounded by how much junk I own. I might have gotten to the point where I can no longer live by the criminal's creed, "You can't be attached to anything that you can't abandon when the heat is coming for you." That's sort of paraphrasing from one of my favorite movies, ...