Name: Plate Rack
Brand: String • Anna von Schewen & Björn Dahlström
SKU: STR-SPR20-12-2
Price: 63.75 USD
Availability: InStock

Question? Email us

Spec Sheet

Description

Line up plates either sideways or facing forward with String’s shelving add-on rack. Available in 2 sizes and sold as a pair, it can also house other flat implements like cutting boards or trays. Designers Anna von Schewen and Björn Dahlström regularly conceive similarly fresh additions to the timeless String shelving first devised by architect Nisse Strinning and Kajsa Strinning back in 1949.

Specifications

Size

Small: 3" h x 1" w x 7.9" d (7.5x2.5x20cm)
Large: 3" h x 1" w x 11.8" d (7.5x2.5x30cm)

Material

Powder-coated aluminum, steel

Details

Sold as a set of 2

Brand

String

When a Swedish publisher held a bookshelf design competition in 1946, there was no way of knowing the result would become one of the most iconic concepts of the 20th Century. Bonnier wanted to jump-start sales of its books in the postwar economy but realized customers would need a place to store them at home. The winner, out of 194 entries in all, was Nils Strinnings (with an assist from his designer wife, Kajsa) and his system named String.

Based on a ladder-like, coated-wire framework, it was lightweight, versatile and redoubtably stable. Not to mention quick to assemble, easy to reposition and little trouble to transport. String was an immediate success far and wide—especially with a newly identifiable younger generation. Just a few years later, in 1950, the shelves were even ordered for the new UN headquarters in New York. String continues to produce the timeless original designs as well as updated versions for both residential and office spaces.