Albert Einstein has been attributed the quote, “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales; if you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” Today’s roundup of inspired modern bookshelf concepts definitely sparks the imagination in a way that would make Einstein smile, if we do say so ourselves. Some dance around themselves in a dreamy, snakelike fashion while others are unabashedly angular and aggressive; all of
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The ever-stylish tech peripheral innovators at Moshi have done it again. Fresh off the heels of the buzz they’ve been generating over their old-school telephone receiver attachment for mobile devices, they now offer tangle-free headphones in a sleek little stone-shaped case. Moshi’s Moonrock earphones come in black, white, crimson, gold, lime or pink and promise to protect your 1.2-meter cord — and your sanity — while delivering premium sound. Built with high-efficiency Neodymium drivers and
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Sleek, airy and altogether chic – that’s an apt description of the Channing Desk from Horchow. The contemporary work surface is presented in composite wood with a white lacquer finish and polished nickel legs forming X’s slightly reminiscent of an ironing board. The simplicity of the piece from Jonathan Adler is in part what makes it so likable; the unpretentious, rather straightforward desk has two drawers with circular nickel pulls. It stands 30.5” tall, 54”
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The traditional Japanese step chest, or “Kaidan Dansu,” emerged in the late 18th century and has since become a staple of the country’s most universally-recognized design archive. Made of a combination of drawers, open shelves and sliding doors, the massive wooden stairs were originally constructed as one large, immutable element, and only later began showing up in stores and living spaces as conglomerations of three smaller pieces that could be split up or rearranged in
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The traditional coffee break gets quite the reboot with ThinkGeek’s Ctrl+Alt+Delete barware series — a set of three dishwasher-safe black plastic cups emblazoned with the notorious keystroke combination used to reboot any PC with an attitude problem. The series’ tongue-in-cheek humor goes a step further with its display tray, etched to resemble a circuit board. Keep it within perfect reach for a much-needed break the next time a blue screen of death threatens to Ctrl+Alt+Delete
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