bookshelf

The chevron and ombre trend have both made their way into furniture in this one piece! Monocomplex's latest creation, the Lean Bookshelf, is a chevron-shaped modular bookshelf unit designed to keep books upright.

Composed of 36 boxes that are 36cm square, Limit is a shelving unit that actually has, well, no limits. You can stack and place the boxes any way you wish, both horizontally and vertically, to create any number of combinations to make the perfect shelf or room divider.

Dutch designer Ka-Lai Chan's latest work, the Gradient cabinet, holds things you want to display while also being a piece of art in itself.

Although not a new design, I just discovered it so it's new to me! Japanese company BCXSY's Seesaw bookshelf is a pretty neat concept. I bet you could put books you've read on one end and ones you' haven't read yet on the other. Which side would be heavier for you?

I think this shelving - called Once Upon a Time - by Fabio Vinella is such a fun idea. It can even be used as seating.

The Third Generation Furniture project is the ultimate in turning trash into treasure. Industrial designer Jason Lloyd Fletcher set out to turn unwanted materials into new, functional pieces of modern furniture. The two main goals were first, to avoid sending items with "functional value" to the landfill by reworking their components into new pieces and second, to promote the reuse of items that can alternatively find value elsewhere.