Pimp My [Book] Ride

Unshelved has chosen its picks for their 2008 contest, Pimp My Bookcart. The competition, sponsored by Smith System, encouraged any institutions that utilized the almighty book cart to deck out the rolling shelving units and enter the running. The contest received over 100 submissions this year from places all around the globe — schools, libraries, bookstores, even a jail. 

First prize was awarded to the pimpiest bookcart, Food for Thought, by Student Employees of Columbia University Library. They expanded on the hot dog vendor theme to create a unique literary transporter that looked like Oscar Mayer-on-wheels, but was actually loaded with delicious books. Good on you, Student Employees of Columbia University Library!

Second Prize went to Phoenix Rising by Harlem High School Welding 3. These ingenious students transformed a boring old bookcart into a pretty impressive miniature firetruck. Also notable is the expandable ladder on top of the cart, which has a cherry picker-like bucket on the end — complete with a stuffed, and presumably freshly-rescued, cat.

There was also a Kid’s Special Prize, as well as a whole slew of runners-up. My personal favorite is Joad’s Jalopy, by the Briargate Branch of Pikes Peak Library District. The entry, inspired by Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, is a bookcart pimped out to look like an old-fashioned whitetrashmobile. Yee-haw!

Visit Unshelved to see photos of all the big winners.

 

Story Source  Unshelved  |  Image Source  Bookcases Galore

November 26, 2008 | Filed Under Eyes on the Prize 

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