The Elastic Bookshelf

Tired of how your bookshelf looks and wished it were some other shape? With Arianna Vivienzo’s Elastic Bookshelf, you can change the shape of your bookshelf at any time.

You can sit your books right on top of the elastic bands or stick a piece of wood in between the bands and make a crevice for your books. What a marvellous and simple concept. Definitely going to try and see what I can find to create something similar. I do wonder what will happen to the shelf over time when stacked with items- as with all rubber items, they tend to lose their elasticity after a period of time and may never get back to the shape it originally was. Gotta find an economical way to get hold of large enough rubber bands. After all, we’re in Malaysia- the land of rubber trees.

Here’s a close cousin of the elastic bookshelf- elastic wall straps! Sold at online store- Generate. Manyak mahal man… USD49 a pair. Perhaps I should go look for Ah Leong (no link lah- he not IT savvy, no website), my usual mechanic and ask him to sell me timing/fan belts to make my bookshelf/wall strap?

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