Different materials for bookcases

Alternative materials for modern bookcases

If the books say much about us, the same can be said of the bookcases that contain them.
Fine materials, or humble, to the limit of the artistic craftsmanship or CNC machines, environmental sustainability or oil, are just some of the dichotomies that are involved in this field.


One area that has significant numbers, both in terms of market and of technology research should above all provide exciting products, given their location in physical and mental spaces, very important in our lives.

That is why we placed different products made by big names or small studies but all share a significant component of refinement.

Bookcases of design, in eco-friendly materials

Pirwi offers a range of bookcases that contain many of the elements that we have mentioned.

It starts from the use of sustainable materials, with particular care both of their origin, with a production process that respects the environment and the dignity of workers.

It continues with a careful study of their use and installation, with a few adhesives, highly controlled; Finally, it ends also assessing the impact of their disposal. This attention to detail is presented in all the bookcases in the catalog.

The SP line features a specially shaped bottom, which ensures great stability to a structure characterized by a very sober look.

Seller SAK, instead, is the product of the collaboration of three designers who have realized a composition of twelve identical pieces, held together without adhesives, forming a cabinet that is amplified in three dimensions.


Maroma, instead, is made by the young designer Daniel Romero and is a modular bookcase that consists of three elements almost cubic in wood, connected to each other so that they can also rotate and to ensure the composition versatility.

The inspiration for this library derived directly from a traditional Mexican game that allows the combination of various elements. Also with Maroma you can form compositions suitable to each situation of shape and space.

Sinuous and very special is Quetza or a bookcase that recalls the shape of a snake and is inspired by the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl. The library is available in two different sizes and can be used vertically and horizontally.


Also interesting are the proposals by Enzyma that addresses the issue of bookcases, reviewing the meaning of verticality.

The model Sigma reproduces the turning of pages in a building that supports the movement of the book, while maintaining an excellent correlation between looks and functionality. Made of lacquered ABS is available in the full range of RAL colors and made following the instructions of the customer who will buy it only through the website.

Pisa, however, is characterized by a tilt that gives the library an unconventional trend and is a remake of the normal concept of the bookcase.
As with the previous proposal, the wooden structure and ABS is available in all RAL colors.

New materials for very functional bookcases

Brilliant is also the solution used for Ridà, the bookcase designed by Joel Karlosson for Karl Andersson & Söner.
A library in felt held together by a wooden structure, available in oak or birch, which is characterized by a very limited bulk.


In fact, the books can be inserted into pockets which act, so, as shelf and as bookmark. Also useful as a magazine rack, the bookcase is also fitted with other accessories that can make it more complete and personal.

For Ridà, in fact, there are available a mirror, a glass bottom, a bulletin board in both fabric and in the form of blackboard.
A range of accessories makes this project particularly versatile and functional for different environments, from hotel lobbies to the children's rooms.
The bookcase in question is used as much as a self-bearing double-sided structure and as a wall mounted structure, vertically or horizontally.


In terms of practicality, certainly very ingenious is the proposal by Lucie Koldova for Process, composed by a system of boxes having as the basic unit in wood the shape of a rectangular trapezium and which make an infinite number of combinations.
Cheeky Boxes, in fact, can become a cabinet, a shelf, a partition wall, a bookcase or other according to your needs and imagination.

A kind of game of construction and joints to change and adapt the cabinet according to the needs of magnitude, but remaining anchored in a linear geometry and absolutely color-changing because you can play with the colored panels of each component to create a unique mobile and changing according to your tastes.

This modular system goes then to give a hint to the client to get what he wants going beyond a pre-established object, thus giving vent to that innate artistic talent that, more or less, dwells in all of us.

Cardboard bookcase

An artistic touch also distinguish the bookcase Dickens by Fashion for Home that bears the signature of the German designer Reinhard Deines.


Made of multilayer cardboard, this bookcase allows different solutions for storing discs, books and magazines on a structure characterized by rounded and retro lines both for the compartments and for the cabinet.

Complementing the library is available, always by the same designer, also the cupboard Georgia, ie a structure with three large containers and a flat surface as a shelf.