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Cappellini Bookshelf

BOOKSHELF

Cappellini Bookshelf

BOOKSHELF 

Designed by Shiro Kuramata

Designed by Shiro Kuramata, Bookshelf is a two-sided module made of white matte lacquered panels.

The particularity of this bookshelf is the varying size of the compartments, which perfectly reflects Kuramata’s idea that the volume of space required by each object must be proportionate to its dimensions.

In this piece, the extreme visual lightness is paired with the net solidity.

Suitable for use alone, where it becomes almost sculptural, Bookshelf can also become a continuous bookcase when composed with numerous modules, or be used to divide a space while still allowing light and air to pass through.

Cappellini Bookshelf

DESIGNER

Cappellini Bookshelf

SHIRO KURAMATA, JAPAN 

A design icon, Shiro Kuramata was the Japanese designer who best epitomized the spirit of the era in which he lived, through his highly significant products and creations.

In 1965, he founded the Kuramata Design Office in Tokyo, where he remained until the year of his death, in 1991, working on numerous projects that entered the product and Design hall of fame.

Kuramata first encountered Italian design through Memphis, then in 1987, with Cappellini, for whom he created the Progetti Compiuti chest of drawers series. All of the pieces Kuramata made for the company were incredibly well-received, such as the Steel Pipe Drink Trolly, the Sofa With Arms, the Ko-Ko table, the Bookshelf and the Revolving Cabinet chest of drawers.

Kuramata’s designs are still remarkably modern, and many can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, the MoMA in New York, the Metropolitan Museum, the Vitra Design Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art of Toyama.

INFORMATION

BRAND 

Cappellini

PRODUCT TYPE

Bookshelf

YEAR  OF PRODUCTION

1970

PANELS 

White matte lacquered panels

DIMENSIONS 

252x40x254h cm (99”1/4x15”3/4x100”h)

Cappellini Bookshelf

ENVIRONMENT 

Indoor

AVAILABLE COLOR

1

STRUCTURE 

Medium-density fibre conglomerate panels

Cappellini Bookshelf

FINISH

Matt Lacquers : 01 White

PRODUCTION 

Made in Italy

INSTAGRAM

Cap Design, S.p.a.
T +39 0362 372486
Cap Design, S.p.a.
Via Luigi Busnelli, 5, 20821 Meda MB, Italy