String bookcase system
The String Shelf or String Bookcase System was designed by Nisse Strinning and his wife Kajsa Strinning in 1949. It consists of veneered shelves and plastic-coated wire ladders into which the shelves are hung. In addition to the book shelves, there were closed, small cabinet elements with sliding doors or drawers, and free-standing shelving systems in individually combinable dimensions were developed from the pure wall shelf.
In 1949 the Bonnier- Verlag initiated a competition in which he was looking for an expandable bookshelf for his book series Bonniers Folkbibliotek . Nisse and Kajsa Strinning submitted their proposal, which was a kind of further development of the slightly older Elfa draining board by Nisse Strinning. The shelf that became known as the String won the competition. It was then exhibited at the H55 exhibition in Helsingborg in 1955 . The shelf became a widespread everyday item in the 1960s, which was also sold in Germany.
The shelving system is currently being manufactured and also sold in Germany.
Similar shelving systems are offered by the company DIY Element System under the name Basics wire ladders .
Web links
- Official website for the Swedish String shelving system
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog of the current series as PDF ( Memento from March 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Wire ladders at ELEMENT System accessed on August 2, 2020