This sounds like a start to a horror movie, an A-plus-plus-plus internet hoax or one of the scariest things you can find in your home. A user on Imgur was horsing around in one of the rooms in his house when his little brother ran into a bookshelf. Turns out, the bookshelf could open up. Turns out, the bookshelf hid a secret spiral staircase that led to a secret crawlspace where a stranger was apparently staying. Yikes… if it’s even close to real.
Google’s New York City office has something that every office in America needs: secret rooms hidden by swiveling bookshelves. If you’re not in the know, you wouldn’t know it existed. But if you do have Batman access at Google, you can pull the correct book and expose a whole ‘nother world. Or something like that. More »
Be careful when you’re snooping in someone else’s bookshelf. When you’re reaching for a text on plantlife, you might be grabbing an entire planter, like YOY’s flower pot, which masquerades as a book. More »
Designer Ivan Zhang has the perfect solution for anyone who’s tired of angling the last book on a shelf so the rest of them don’t perpetually fall over. Instead of some space-wasting bookend, he’s simply added graceful arching shelves to this piece which tasks gravity with keeping them all standing. More »