We're suckers for book-related furniture and our first glimpse of the Bibliochaise had us scrabbling around for an online currency converter.
The concept is pretty obvious from the picture, and according to the slightly wonky translation on the Italian website, the chair holds five linear metres of books. Whatver that is, it sounds enough. There's an air of Frank Lloyd Wright about this design, although we suspect that the chair is not built for comfort. And you'd definitely have to watch your shins after a couple of glasses of amontillado.
The Bibliochase has been created by a Milano company called Nobody & Co., and they also offer a rather fetching bookcase called Piola. Check their (less than intuitive) website for more information.
20 Apr 06 | Filed by Chris | Add your comment (12 so far)
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Comment by Mark Hubbard ~ April 20, 2006 10:01 PM
Mmmm. For reading it seems to me they should have structured the concept around a chaise lounge.
Comment by Patrick ~ April 21, 2006 03:05 AM
“the chair holds five linear metres of books. Whatver that is, it sounds enough.”
It sounds like they're saying if you stretched the slots out so that they where all side-by-side instead of in chair-form they'd reach 5 metres.
Comment by Hector Torvisque ~ April 21, 2006 03:17 AM
I would have thought it was obvious what five linear metres of books is!
Comment by Richard ~ April 21, 2006 06:34 AM
5 linear metres: Think a single shelf 5 metres long full of books.
Comment by sdfsdf ~ April 21, 2006 08:55 AM
Looks uncomfortable. Where will you put your arms when you are not reading?
Comment by Craig ~ April 21, 2006 09:16 AM
This is clearly taken from an essay by American novelist Nicholson Baker entitled “Books as Furniture” (in his collection “The Size of Thoughts” I think). I'm not sure he meant it quite this literally though, also ther's no place to balance your cup of tea/glass of whiskey.
p.s. the best essay in that collection to my mind is one about plastic model aeroplanes, and how they are never as perefct as when they are still tucked into their little boxes, snugly warpped in plastic, all full of potential like…..sigh, takes me back….
Comment by Stephen ~ April 21, 2006 12:33 PM
There's nowhere to put the TV remote! That's not good. And it looks like it'd be uncomfortable to have sex on.
;-)
Comment by Kay ~ April 21, 2006 02:17 PM
It could happen.
Comment by Islander ~ April 21, 2006 10:36 PM
Oooo!
*No headrest
*adjustable lamp would have to be floor based
*Strictly limited size for the books
*footrest would be additional too
*however could you sit crosslegged in that thing?
*cheerful colour for main body, I will grant
but it wouldnt *twirl!
Pictures of my reading chairs (complete with additional lamps & footstools & coffee/whisky/wine holders annnnnd! over 90 linear metres of surrounding bookshelves are available for an exobritant donantion to worthwhile projects (TalkingBooks for the Blind etc.)
O, and my reading chairs can twirl!
You've never felt that need to spin? Hmmm…
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