23 Creative Bookshelf Designs

Bookshelves are essential to any home or office where books are valued and treasured. Over the years, bookshelf designs have evolved from traditional wooden structures to more modern and creative designs that add a touch of elegance and style to any living space. Creative bookshelf designs come in different shapes, sizes, and materials, including glass, metal, and recycled materials.

Some unique and creative bookshelf designs are shaped like trees, staircases, or boats. These designs provide a functional storage solution and are eye-catching decorative pieces that add character and charm to any room. With so many creative bookshelf designs, finding one that suits your style and taste is easy.

Can you imagine any of the following examples in your place?

01. The Invisible Book Shelf

“This bookshelf, which holds up to 15 pounds of books, screws directly into a wall stud, and presto – you have an invisible book shelf! The maximum stack height is 16 inches. All hardware is included, so you need a screwdriver. The Conceal Book Shelf, which has already won design awards, is innovative, inspirational, and imaginative.” (Designer: Miron Lior ) (buy)

02. Industrial Corner Pipe Shelf

“The Corner Industrial Bookshelf is a great conversation piece turning heavy iron piping into a modern urban look that will add a sense of history and character to any space.” (Designer: KKatz)

03. Cutshelves

This unique solution lets you find your favorite book at night without waking the whole family. (Designer: Tembolat Gugkaev)

04. Malagana: Equilibrium Bookcase

“With its cantilevered modules stacked upon each other at a single angled point, Equilibrium is a unique furniture piece that immediately catches attention by creating a sense of amusement and surprise. While its compartments seem to float in the air, Equilibrium can hold over 120 Lbs of weight. Its modules allow for keeping books and magazines organized in a natural tilted position, eliminating the need for bookends.” (Designer: Alejandro Gomez)

05. Handmade Stacked Teacup Shelve

A cup of tea and a good read go together well, making it easy to fall in love and crave this stacked teacup bookshelf. (Designer: Scott Blackwell)

06. Has Been Read / Will Be Read

“Simple way of organizing your books as “has been read” and “will be read.” When we look at an ordinary bookshelf, we see a boring stack of books in which all the books get lost in each other. Even when we buy a new book and plan to read it later, it gets forgotten in this chaos after a short time. The aim of the “TarGetBooks” design is based on this point.” Designer: Mebrure Oral

07. Book Tree

If you’re romantic and long for summer afternoon readings out in the park, the Booktree shelves will help you recapture the feeling. (Designer: Kostas Syrtariotis)

08. Bookworm Shelf

“The Kartell Bookworm Shelf, designed by Ron Arad, combines an artist’s creativity with a great company’s technology. A careful analysis of extrusion technology has allowed the creation of a curvy bookcase which assumes any desired shape, without compromising strength and functionality, a bookcase design of industrial scale that can rightfully be considered the world’s most daring and revolutionary.” (Designer: Ron Arad) (buy)

09. Check Creative Bookshelf

“The object that shows the meaning and importance of a book through the V–shape, that is often used in checking, is used as the bookshelf where we can hold up the books.” (Designer: Jongho Park)

10. K Workstation

“K Workstation incorporates Bamboo laminated plywood for creating efficient space managing working space. The folding curved shape creates shelving and desk space within one working unit. K Workstation could be manufactured in each segment for easy fabrication and transportation, yet it could be configured with multiple possibilities.” (Designer: MisoSoupDesign)

11. Bookseat

“The Bookseat is a simple bookcase that playfully curves and becomes a seat. The creative design is a response to the advent of multifunctional spaces in today’s urban living. Noted as one of the “ten must see” at Toronto International Design Show 2008, and awarded for best Design at Montreal’s International Design Show, SIDIM, 2008.” (Designer: fishbol)

12. Kulma Bookshelf

“Kulma, corner in Finnish, is a shelf to be hung either in a positive or a negative corner of a room. The idea is to utilize and highlight both the space within the shelf and the corner surrounding the shelf.” (Designer: Martina Carpelan)

13. Letterkast

What better describes reading and writing in the most basic way, if not a bunch of letters? A witty and stylish bookshelf. (Designer: Pieter de Leeuw)

14. CTline

From a particular angle, this construction looks nothing like a bookshelf but rather a minimalistic art installation. As the shelves are constructed diagonally, you can see only the books from one side. (Designer: Victor Vasilev)

15. Tatic Bookshelf

This original combination of an armchair and a bookshelf allows you to reach for a new book without getting up. (Designer: Tembolat Gugkaev)

16. Read Your Bookcase

Nominated as the Selected Design in the Young & Design 2010, this stylish bookshelf will always remind you to read what you put. (Designers: Eva Alessandrini & Roberto Saporiti)

17. Shelf Life Unit Or Room Divider

“Shelving unit or room divider in lacquered LDF (low-density MDF) with removable chair and side table. Shelflife’s striking angular appearance belies a practical functionality. Angular shelves prevent books from toppling, while the chair and table provide a convenient place to browse the collection.” (Designer: Charles Trevelyan)

18. Equation Bookshelf

“Equation Bookshelf is a simple idea of dividing things in priority order, putting together the books you need immediately or, more importantly, between (parentheses)! Set others between [square brackets] and {braces}.” (Designer: Marcos Breder)

19. Dream Bookshelf

“Daydreaming is an indulgence most of us never grow out of, but plenty of us don’t set aside much time for it. Stay inspired and remind yourself to dream with Dripta Roy’s Dream Bookshelf. Straight out of comic mags and up on your wall, this bubble will hold the most tales you treasure and showcase the trinkets you cherish.” (Designer: Dripta Roy)

20. Ousama Bookshelf

“Ousama bookshelf is another design by Dripta Roy to create some fun in the consumer’s life.” (Designer: Dripta Roy)

21. Wha Cabinet

If only a little light bulb would turn on whenever we have a question. Well, it does when we have this question mark in our room! (Designer: Tembolat Gugkaev)

22. The Cat-Library

“100% Cat-Friendly Modular Bookshelf. The modules are not painted nor oiled, which, after observation, seems to seduce cats more. Paint tends to make “the stairs” slippery for cat paws. The shelf has two kinds of cat baskets, one called hi-top (for bigger cats) and another one called lo-top (for smaller cats), which is the one on the picture here-left.” (Designer: Corentin Dombrecht)