- Product:
- "This Mortal Coil" bookshelf
- Manufacturer:
- Phillips
- Architonic ID:
- 4109500
- Launched:
- 1993
- Country:
- United States
- Category:
- Furnishings
- Address
- Telephone
- Website
Key facts
Product description
Blackened tempered steel.
87 x 86 5/8 x 13 in. (221 x 220.5 x 33.1 cm)
Produced by Ron Arad Studio. Number 8 from an edition of 20. Engraved with signature "R. Arad" and "8/20."
Ron Arad’s “This Mortal Coil” bookshelf’s free-standing circular shape and partitioned, hinged form changes and sways with the weight of the books set upon it, allowing the user to change the bookshelf’s form by adding or subtracting books. “This Mortal Coil’s” shape and philosophy stem from Arad’s wall-mounted “Bookworm” bookshelf, a version of which was mass-produced by Kartell, and is part of a ‘family’ of designs inspired by the idea of escaping the boundaries of traditional, linear shelving.
Literature:
Deyan Sudjic, Ron Arad, London, 1999, p. 104; Gareth Williams, The Furniture Machine, since 1990, London, 2006, p. 114
87 x 86 5/8 x 13 in. (221 x 220.5 x 33.1 cm)
Produced by Ron Arad Studio. Number 8 from an edition of 20. Engraved with signature "R. Arad" and "8/20."
Ron Arad’s “This Mortal Coil” bookshelf’s free-standing circular shape and partitioned, hinged form changes and sways with the weight of the books set upon it, allowing the user to change the bookshelf’s form by adding or subtracting books. “This Mortal Coil’s” shape and philosophy stem from Arad’s wall-mounted “Bookworm” bookshelf, a version of which was mass-produced by Kartell, and is part of a ‘family’ of designs inspired by the idea of escaping the boundaries of traditional, linear shelving.
Literature:
Deyan Sudjic, Ron Arad, London, 1999, p. 104; Gareth Williams, The Furniture Machine, since 1990, London, 2006, p. 114