Look! United States Bookshelf

Before you get too excited, this is only an art piece and not in production - but feel free to get excited about the design! We love maps so a 3-D representation really floats our boat. We're not sure books are the best thing to store in this, however, and would rather see it filled with kids' toys, shoes, stuffies, etc.

Curiously titled ‘Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends,’ (which musical fans will recognize from Oklahoma!) the bookshelf is part of artist Ron Arad's exhibition at the Timothy Taylor Gallery.

Wouldn't this be a fun way to teach your kids geography? "Put the suntan lotion back in Florida, Jimmy." We suppose you'd have to improvise something for Alaska and Hawaii though.

(Via Like Cool)

Comments (5)

I love the idea, but I'm not crazy about storing books in it. I'm very picky about how my books are treated, so this would drive me a bit crazy :)
However, I think it would be fantastic in a play room or kids room for toy storage on the lower shelves, and knick-knacks/keepsakes on the higher ones!

posted by jennkarma on April 2nd 2009 at 9:08am
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In our house we'd just get into arguments like whether The Grapes of Wrath belongs in Oklahoma or California.

posted by mbm on April 2nd 2009 at 1:27pm
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Oh, I want one!

posted by matchbookhymnal on April 2nd 2009 at 5:55pm
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So beautiful!

posted by supapfunk on April 2nd 2009 at 9:39pm
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I love it and I would put my books in it. Our book shelf is kid accessableeee. I would love for this out of reach cool book shelf to hang right there...yes I already have a spot for it.

posted by jackied302 on April 3rd 2009 at 8:37am
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