Shelving systems

All-new: Ikea’s modular Svalnas Scandinavian-modern style shelving. This is sure to be a big hit: It’s very much in the style of famed Poul Cadovius Royal System / Cado modular shelving — but at a fraction of the cost. The Idea Svalnas shelves and standards are bamboo; the Cados still made today in Denmark have…

Not only the origin of the notion, but most certainly the future of the shelf currently seems undecided. There are high-bay warehouses with them – and they’re booming. But shelves in apartments, homes, or libraries are in crisis since the digital media have seized control over the book.

A look around Tokyo's newly renovated Kinuta Terrace - a beautiful collaboration from Copenhagen-based Norm Architects and Japanese designer Keiji Ashizawa

Confessions from the shelf-obsessed

Alba is a bookcase for exhibiting and containing, with an extraordinary creating versatility.‎ The glass colored shelves allow to create round compositions, thanks to the fixing with one single joining element.‎The colored glass half circle-shape element creates also a geometric decoration, in addition to the function of hanging the books.‎ Frame in metal and shelves in colored glass.‎

Ample storage, good design, and countless configurations

The advantages to wall-mounted, modular shelving systems are myriad: They can be engineered to fit any space, and unlike built-ins, they can be disassemble

Good design endures. Today’s case in point: Vitsoe’s 606 Universal Shelving System. Designed in 1960 by Dieter Rams, this modular shelving system has been in production ever since. Isn’t it beautiful! Photos courtesy Vitsoe. I originally saw this Vitsoe classic in the Bicentennial Chic den — shown above — created by Ben Sander. I guess…

Sticotti ahora es La Base — una sinergia entre arquitectura, diseño de muebles y paisaje.

Berlin-based label Studio Hausen designed a minimal shelving unit made of steel mounting brackets and wooden boards that can be customized to cater to an individual’s needs and environment. The shelf comes with four boards in varied lengths as well as several different steel hangers and mounting triangles. According to the designers, all parts of […]