Book Stands

Book stands and reading stands in steel, solid oak, ceramic, and cork — designed for open books, art books, and design monographs on a desk, table, or shelf. Styles range from minimal steel reading stands and solid oak book stands to sculptural ceramic reading stands and cork book holders. Makers include New Mags (Copenhagen) and Virginia Sin; designs span Danish design and American and Spanish studio craft.

A book held open is a different object than a book on a shelf. The stands here — including a ceramic stand made for Apartamento Magazine — are chosen for the quality of their design logic: how they hold, how they sit, how they look when nothing is in them. Each one treats the open book as something worth displaying.