Reading corner ideas

The books are food for the mind, they say. The reading of any kind, is a good exercise to keep coached the imagination as much as to keep alive our heritage and expressive vocabulary, and also, above all, to stimulate different areas of the brain devoted to cognitive functions, the determinants for a being human and make us among the animal species on the planet Earth, the dominant one, for better or for worse.

Who likes to read has often house full of books and magazines scattered 'everywhere, not only in large libraries located in different environments but also on tables and desks, on chairs and chaise-longue, there is never enough space for their love reading. Who has enough money and space makes the real housewives libraries, with walls of books that represent the character and spirit of those who have chosen and read.

But in the end, one of the most important things in a house, for those who love books and reading, it is not only the place where to allocate the books, because sometimes we may find ourselves in reading books borrowed from friends or at your local bookstore municipal , how to find or create a space in the house specifically dedicated to reading, because it can be Dedicarcisi pleasant at any time of the day do not work, and why not everyone likes to read in bed at night only.

Reading corner: a space for meditation

The so-called reading corner, in general consideration, it is a point of a living space where we can sit down (on a chair, an armchair, a sofa, a chaise-longue or other) and enjoy the pleasure of a good read, with the help possibly at least one desk support and / or a small container or mobile from which to take the books or where to store them when needed. The need for a reading area born, often, if there is not enough space to acquire a library or library or a private office to be allocated to this function.

For some, however, even in the presence of enough space to equip a reading room, can be enjoyable and wanted to cut one or more corners of the hall, but also of the bedrooms, not to confine an important and personal as reading at a single point in the home, but to enjoy it in different places and at different times. Often, those who are fortunate enough to have a house with a nice view, choose to place the reading corner near windows and balconies with views of outstanding beauty, to add to those contemplative moments, just as pleasurable reading.

Up a small reading area simply requires minimal equipment already described above relating to a seating element, a free-standing furniture and little else. If we have the will, the money and the space to characterize it in an original and unique here is that the talent of some new designers helps us with ideas eye-catching and unique pieces of furniture.

Certainly unique and carefully designed Kosha is from designer Swiss Italian-born Claudio D'amore: a sculptural piece of furniture that combines a chair that can be used in different ways, with a library that also serves as a booth, creating an angle of meditation visually protected and isolated from the outside when you sit down.

Characterized by a very pronounced concave shape, and enhanced by generous hips for a library, it is strongly inspired by the principles of ergonomics, as is easy to see by trying the two modes of session: straight, like on a bench, if placed transversely to the main structure or semidistesi, as on a chaise-longue, if arranged in parallel to the performance of the structure.

In practice, Kosha is realized with 33 strips of wood, bent by machine and hand assembled with great care, in which there are formed the central seat multipurpose and ten niches to accommodate books. The finish is the main essence walnut and birch plywood painted matt with seat and headrest with leather cushions, black or white. To maintain a perfect balance, having regard to the U-shape that will unbalance its 160 Kg of weight towards the sides, Kosha employs a central counterweight stainless steel.

Equally innovative design and carefully studied, but with a style and choice of colors and finishes and marked by a more playful use of vibrant colors and sharp contrasts, is the library-reading room called Console, designer Stanislav Katz : a library with the outer sides squared and perfectly perpendicular, that form the shoulders to an element inner seat sinuous lines and soft, and that can be used simultaneously by two persons, which can indifferently straight or sit with legs stretched out, one of facing each other.

The color contrast between the black RAL 9005 of the racks and pink RAL 4010-seat central element is visually strong and successful, and corresponds to two different functions further enhanced by the use of different materials: MDF handcrafted and painted to shelves and soft and elastic polyurethane for the seat. The overall dimensions of this furniture are 215 x 110 x 50 cm.