December 7, 2018
Want your own little piece of Japanese architecture on your bookshelf?
by Erica Huang
We love crafty things and crafty people. Maybe that’s just an extension of being a book lover, but by golly, does it bring us joy. So when we heard about these super cool new bookshelf inserts that’ve been circulating the Internet, we couldn’t resist.
路地裏bookshelf 文庫本サイズ
を作りました。
両面を開くことはできませんが小さくて可愛らしいです。
電源スイッチを表面につけました。制作2018年 材質 木#design #art #bookend #路地裏#文庫 pic.twitter.com/PlW3mtmLiv
— monde (@monde55212068) November 17, 2018
Japanese artist Monde makes incredibly intricate and detailed miniature-scale models of the picturesque tight Japanese alleyways out of wood to be used as shelf inserts, and they’re really damn cool. They even come with working light switches! Perfect for the adult who’s not quite outgrown night-lights, but still wants to affect maturation.
Want one of your own? Monde currently accepts orders through Twitter direct messages, but beware of any online stores that proclaim they stock these crafty inserts; the only official stocker is Monde himself.
Alley back bookshelf seems to be on sale at a web shop I do not know. Please be careful. The window is only DM here. In case
— monde (@monde55212068) November 23, 2018
Erica Huang is former Melville House intern.