Raw Edges designers Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay created The Booken as a joint project with Italian furniture company Lema.
Combining a simple wooden finish with intelligent design, this book holder becomes a standout piece that fits right into your home library or office. The designers wanted to work around the idea that although people enjoy reading their books, they hardly reread them, leaving them to collect dust on the shelf. When you use this shelf unit, you hang finished books on the supporting slats, creating a new surface out of book spines.
Instead of forgetting about old favorites, you can give already read novels a new purpose by using The Booken as a shelf or even a table upon which you read new books.
What's Driving This Trend
- Upcycling Furniture
- Using old novels as furniture accessories is a creative way of upcycling to give them a new lease of life as functional pieces of furniture.
- Smartwaste
- The Booken provides a practical and stylish solution for reducing the amount of waste produced by books.
- Compact Living
- In an era of downsizing and minimalist living, The Booken offers a versatile and compact solution for book storage and display.
Who This Affects Most
- Furniture Design
- Furniture designers can explore innovative and sustainable design ideas by using unconventional materials such as books to create unique furniture pieces.
- Publishing Industry
- Creating interesting book accessories such as Booken can help publishers to revive the book industry by reimagining its uses.
- Interior Design
- Interior designers can incorporate unconventional pieces of furniture into their designs, such as book spines on a shelf, giving the space a more personalized and unique feeling.
