Sallie Trout designed this bookcase for a house in Austin dubbed the Jackalope Ranch. If I understand the arrangement correctly, she took out a set of stairs and used the hole to create a very tall bookcase. It's accessible with a bosun's chair suspended by a chain from the ceiling. Link -via Boing Boing | Designer's Website | Photo: Trout Studios
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Yes, Andrew. I understand that they chose form over function. They could still have used the chair. It's just typical that the appearance of having books is more important than the books themeslves.
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Yes, maybe, but it wouldn't have looked as cool, and that was, I think, the whole point. I mean she used a bosun’s chair instead of what most librarians would use, called a sliding ladder.
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Could have packed way more books in if she just had regular shelves.
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