Kartell - Bookworm

 

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Thanks to the creative inspiration of an artist combined with technical perfection of a famous company. They gave us this book shelf which was produced industrial, and can rightfully be considered as the most revolutionary book shelf of all times. Bookworm, the bendable book shelf by Kartell.

An exhaustion of the possibilities of the flow-press technology allowed to create a flexuous book shelf, which takes the wishes shaped without losing defensibility and functionality. There are no barriers for design possibilities and you can life out your creativity how you want it.

Bookworm is available in three different lengths and is delivered with several bookends. This special bendable shelf is combines flexibility with capacitance and can hold 10 kg on every element without any problems. It is advisable to fix the boards in curves at the wall, so as to create material tension and improve its resistance.

Supplementary information

• Datasheet and colours from Bookworm (PDF 57,7 KB)

Design: Ron Arad

Ron Arad was born in 1951 in Tel Aviv. After having studied at the Art Academy in Jerusalem, he moved in 1973 to London where he studied until 1974 at the Architectural Association under Peter Cool and Bernhard Tschumi. Designer Ron Arad