shelf life

June 29, 2007 10:46 AM

A few cool shelves: a skull shelf and another, made of books by Jim Rosenau, invisible shelf, secret stash shelf, accordion shelf by Thut Möbel, maze shelf and broken shelves.
posted by nickyskye (27 comments total)

These fetish posts are getting weirder and weirder.
posted by cortex at 11:03 AM on June 29, 2007 [3 favorites]

nice post, nickyskye. I especially liked the maze shelf, and the other items they offer.
posted by mitzyjalapeno at 11:08 AM on June 29, 2007

I like the stash shelf. Just saying.
posted by OverlappingElvis at 11:17 AM on June 29, 2007

Am I the only one that was disappionted to see that the skull shelf was not made of skulls?
posted by Pollomacho at 11:20 AM on June 29, 2007

No. I was also disappointed. What the heck kind of bait-and-switch is that?
posted by agregoli at 11:26 AM on June 29, 2007

I like the maze shelf, although I could have done without the blurb. But the shelf is really cool.
posted by OmieWise at 11:32 AM on June 29, 2007

From the secret stash shelf:

designer's own words:
Quick hide your porn!” 72 degrees* is a bedroom shelf for teenagers - designed to provide a place to store and hide pornographic magazines.

That this was the purpose behind it's creation makes it so. much. better.
posted by quin at 11:34 AM on June 29, 2007

That lower picture of the maze shelf reeeeeally makes me want to take it off the wall and tilt it in various ways until I can get the apple to roll through the maze to the exit.

Even then, it's quite attractive. Filled up, it has a bit of a Cornell box quality to it.
posted by LionIndex at 11:47 AM on June 29, 2007

72 degrees is the average angle of a healthy erection.

Phallicfilter: My penis hangs at about 120, maybe 115 degrees when erect. Should I be concerned? Please hope me! I'd really like to put...
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 11:55 AM on June 29, 2007

I was also expecting some sort of ossuary action from the skull shelves. They're pretty cool in their own right, though--a kind of goofy "memento storage".

A few years ago my brother built a slightly skewed shelf that eliminates the need for bookends. I also know a guy who builds shelves around his objects as he acquires them. His walls end up looking like apocalyptic lumberyard tetris.
posted by phooky at 11:59 AM on June 29, 2007

72 degrees* is a bedroom shelf for teenagers - designed to provide a place to store and hide pornographic magazines.

Kids still look at magazines? ;)

Great post. The "broken" shelf is most excellent.
posted by mrgrimm at 12:10 PM on June 29, 2007

My penis hangs at about 120, maybe 115 degrees when erect. Should I be concerned?

Either you are standing on your head or you should be concerned.
posted by Pollomacho at 12:13 PM on June 29, 2007

And if you're standing on your head and measuring the angle of your penis, you should maybe be concerned anyhow.

[NOT CIRQUE DU SOLEILIST]
posted by cortex at 12:41 PM on June 29, 2007

Pollomacho: Am I the only one that was disappionted to see that the skull shelf was not made of skulls?

I know! Why, exactly, are those called skull shelves?
posted by dejah420 at 12:42 PM on June 29, 2007

Because they look like skulls?
posted by OmieWise at 12:54 PM on June 29, 2007

Because you can see the optical illusion of a skull face, with the wineglasses/bottles for teeth, the clocks for eye sockets, etc.

Where's the first flickr photo from - whose account? I'd like to see more of their stuff.
posted by iconomy at 12:55 PM on June 29, 2007

iconomy, the skull shelf design was created by James Hopkins, as is noted on the second image. The first skull shelf image came from hoggardb's Flickr set (should have given him credit earlier).
posted by nickyskye at 1:17 PM on June 29, 2007

Am I the only one that was disappointed to see that the secret stash shelf was not designed for storing weed?
posted by Meatbomb at 1:51 PM on June 29, 2007

Pollomacho: Am I the only one that was disappionted to see that the skull shelf was not made of skulls?

I'm not nearly as disappointed about the skulls as I am that the accordion shelves weren't made out of accordions.
posted by lekvar at 1:58 PM on June 29, 2007

Hah! Mediocre minds think alike nickyskye. I was just talking to an artist/woodworker friend of mine today asking for help in designing some new shelve for my living room. These will come in handy. The maze shelf is interesting, but I would be afraid that the "broken" shelves would cause my ocd to flare up.
posted by vronsky at 3:15 PM on June 29, 2007

The broken shelves make me angry. I have shelf rage just looking at them.
posted by Area Control at 4:38 PM on June 29, 2007

Thanks nickyskye - it was the first photo I was talking about. I can never figure out how to trace a flickr photo back to the photographer.
posted by iconomy at 4:53 PM on June 29, 2007

Tetris shelves.
posted by hattifattener at 5:11 PM on June 29, 2007

Am I the only one that was disappointed to see that the secret stash shelf was not designed for storing weed?

That would be dope.

72 degrees* is a bedroom shelf for teenagers. 72 degrees is the average angle of a healthy erection.

Nice wood.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 8:06 PM on June 29, 2007

Quote/unquote bookends

Fake bookshelf wallpaper

See-saw bookshelf

Gravity bookshelf
posted by Rhomboid at 1:42 AM on June 30, 2007

Books to go
posted by drill_here_fore_seismics at 6:10 AM on June 30, 2007

That website the "stash shelf" is from has some freaky spirituality and ecology online classes.
posted by sweetkid at 3:42 PM on June 30, 2007