the front face of a storage box consists of a row of book spines. The phony front makes it blend among the other books on your shelf, ensuring nobody will be able to tell there's a secret storage ...

Those rows upon rows of book spines are mostly images printed on the aluminium plates that make up the backs of shelves. / AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR / To go with AFP story China-library-architecture ...

You might not be looking forward to starting a new school year but your spine may be dreading it even more, what with all the heavy books you ... to leave on the shop shelf.