Emily Honnor

Presentation

(untitled) - Our public libraries are typically furnished with high, straight rows of bookcasing that cut off sight lines and light and organise the space in a hard rectilinear grid. There is an abrupt demarcation between these structured spaces and the more open communal areas of the library: the entryways, the sitting and service areas. If libraries are to compete for their customers against other institutional and commercial attractions their interior furnishing has a part to play to enhance the library experience. This design for library shelving is a response the structure of the straight and enclosing shelf systems. It innovates in a number of ways. Its curves can be arranged in a number of different ways to soften the appearance and access to the books. The shelving is seethrough; there are no back panels in the construction. This allows better light and sight lines and better interaction between library users. Books are loaded and accessed from both sides of the shelves using a system of extruded ticket strip and plug-in bookends along each curved shelf edge.

Curvature - Our public libraries are typically furnished with high, straight rows of bookcasing that cut off sight lines and light and organise the space in a hard rectilinear grid. There is an abrupt demarcation between these structured spaces and the more open communal areas of the library: the entryways, the sitting and service areas. If libraries are to compete for their customers against other institutional and commercial attractions their interior furnishing has a part to play to enhance the library experience. This design for library shelving is a response the structure of the straight and enclosing shelf systems. It innovates in a number of ways. Its curves can be arranged in a number of different ways to soften the appearance and access to the books. The shelving is seethrough; there are no back panels in the construction. This allows better light and sight lines and better interaction between library users. Books are loaded and accessed from both sides of the shelves using a system of extruded ticket strip and plug-in bookends along each curved shelf edge.

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