miriam aust: a book shelf that gives your volumes presence

 

 

 

in almost every household, one can find old books, placed on a shelf like trophies, sometimes never touched or read again. german designer miriam aust offers ‘a book shelf’, a shelving system that offers these books a new presence and function within the home.

miriam aust: a book shelf that gives your volumes presence books are slid into grooves in the shelf frames, forming hinged storage spaces

 

 

 

 

an arbitrary number of shelf boxes of different dimensions, form the base of the shelves. each crate is oriented in height and depth, based on a pair of books, creating an individual frame around them. the books are slid into grooves within the frame, thus forming small hinged storage spaces within. for the construction of such a customized type of shelf, a program has been created which allows one to choose the books from their collection for the individual units, arranging the boxes and drawing up plans for construction.

miriam aust: a book shelf that gives your volumes presence the shelves on display at interieur 2010 in kortrijk, belgium image © designboom

 

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