Animal silhouette bookshelf dividers

Love these Japanese bookcase animal silhouette dividers -- $15 each, give or take. Link (via Cribcandy)

[#1 posted by LogrusZed, May 7, 2008 2:57 PM]

What an awesome new way for me to gouge the shit out of me ankles when I walk past a book-case.

[#2 posted by Calton, May 7, 2008 4:18 PM]

You need wider aisles between your bookcases, then.

Looks to be the work of a designer named Hiroshi Sasagawa -- c'mon guys, you need to give credit where credit is due -- and I think I'll be looking for these the next time I go browsing through a design store.

[#3 posted by Antinous / Moderator, May 7, 2008 4:22 PM]

What an awesome new way for me to gouge the shit out of me ankles when I walk past a book-case.

Just put them at eye level.

[#4 posted by Jim Dandy, May 7, 2008 5:39 PM]

Cute idea, but $15? For something that looks like a child's craft project? Heck, I'll have my kid do it for you for only $10! (Actually, no, I don't have kids.)

[#5 posted by Sparrowhawk, May 7, 2008 7:30 PM]

What, no horses?

[#6 posted by Tenn, May 7, 2008 10:41 PM]

It looks a bit more than a child's craft project- all the metally ness- but yeah, 15$ for a pair is a bit much on my budget. I think we've all gotten used to mass production from China, though, and factories pumping these things out by the dozens, which is why the price is horrifying.

I like, though. The swine would go perfectly in my Orwell / Doctorow / Huxley collection.

[#7 posted by NidSquid, May 8, 2008 6:29 AM]

These are wonderful. But no, at $15 a pop, I can't afford them. :-(

[#8 posted by Jeff, May 8, 2008 6:58 AM]

Reminds me of the song The Animals Were Cut In Two by Half-handed Cloud. Strange but catchy.

http://www.asthmatickitty.com/musicians.php?artistID=3

[#9 posted by Metlin, May 8, 2008 7:52 AM]

@ #1:

Exactly. Pay money to add something frivolous that could potentially hurt you.

Not to mention the fact that it would get in the way (what happens when you need to take a couple of books out?).

-shakes head-

[#10 posted by MarlboroTestMonkey7, May 8, 2008 8:23 AM]

Easily done with scissors and plastic placemats (so it doesn't maim the fragile boingboinger) or thin copper plates (steampunks only).

[#11 posted by assumetehposition, May 8, 2008 8:57 AM]

Actually $15 sounds quite reasonable, compared to the $62 cardboard boxes from the other day.