Design Translation · 2011

Shelving System

A bookshelf that uses no nails or glue. Gravity keeps the X-shaped body together, holding books without a stopper. The holes on each piece grip and hold wine bottles.

Date
2011/12/07
Fastener
Gravity only
Joinery
No nails or glue
Holds
Books and wine bottles
A single X-shaped body made of two interlocking plywood boards, each with a round hole near the end, on a white studio backdrop

Structure

Gravity keeps the X-shaped body together.

Two X-shaped bodies joined, the second leaning on the first, each board with a round hole
Three X-shaped bodies joined in a row to make a wider shelf, each board with a round hole

Holes

The holes on each piece grip and hold wine bottles.

Close view of a round hole through a plywood board, with a second, smaller hole showing through behind it
Two plywood boards seen from above, each with a round hole, showing the layered edge of the plywood
The shelf on a desk beside a computer, holding rows of books and notebooks in its angled boards

Modular system

Basic experimental woodwork, but the modular system has potential as custom home furniture.

A single open plywood box with slots cut into its top and side
Two slotted plywood boxes slid into each other, with pencil marks on one side
A tall column of interlocking slotted plywood boxes in a photo studio, with lights and umbrellas on both sides
A compact cluster of interlocking slotted plywood boxes on a white studio backdrop
Nine slotted plywood boxes interlocked in a three by three grid on a white studio backdrop

Closing

Gravity as the only fastener.

2011/12/07

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