Impractical storage

Most of me really likes this bookshelf, but even I have to admit it looks like the least-efficient book storage unit on the planet. The artist (Matt Innes) describes it as a "personal typographic bookshelf sized to fit just those books you go back to time & again", but I'm pretty sure that's just a fancy way of saying "ONLY FOR SHOW". Also, I'm not sure if he ever made the shelf available for sale, but judging by the $45 4-pack of coasters he has on his site, I suspect the shelf would probably be priced at roughly one billion dollars.