Kartell
Bookworm Bookshelf
Price starting from € 414,00*
*Price valid for the version with n.07 book supports in technopolymer in black colour (cod. 8003).
The Bookworm bookcase by Kartell, designed by Ron Arad in 1994, was one of the great classic protagonists of the relaunch of the brand during the 90s. Still fascinating and very current, it consists of a sinuous plastic material ribbon that winds along the wall and can be mounted in different positions in every home, dotted with some supports that allow you to keep books in place without letting them fall. Sinuous and enveloping, it gives its best in the most daring spiral compositions in which the books seem to defy the laws of physics. Bookworm was originally born in metal as an artistic project by Arad, who had created it for his London home as part of his experiments with welding that had led him to create other acclaimed works such as his Well Tempered Chair, but it is plastic version of Kartell to bring it to homes all over the world and make it a timeless classic.
W.320 cm
Available in several configurations
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Color and imagination, but also an excellent technical mastery of the materials: with these weapons, Kartell has managed to make the most of a traditionally economical material such as plastic, creating products with a high design content perfect even for the most luxurious homes. Founded in 1949 by the chemical engineer Giulio Castelli, Kartell started its production with small high-level design objects, developing over time on increasingly consistent sizes and shapes, thus arriving to offer colorful and functional furnishing accessories with affordable prices to everyone.
Recognized the high potential of plastic materials and thanks to the fruitful collaboration with the architect Gino Colombini, in the following years Castelli was able to undertake a long series of experiments that led to the conquest of the first Compasso d'Oro in 1955. In those same years the lighting division was inaugurated with the first collection signed by the Castiglioni brothers.Read more
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Ron Arad
Ron Arad (1951-) is a British artist and designer of Israeli origins, protagonist of the successful London underground design season of the 1980s and later became a world-renowned designer. Born in Tel Aviv, after studying art in Jerusalem he moved to England at the age of twenty-two and continued his studies under the guidance of avant-garde architect Peter Cook. In 1981 he opened the One Off studio and began the production of unusual furniture-sculptures in a limited series: these are seats and objects in welded metal with a post-industrial aesthetic in which the idea of recycling predominates. His first experiences with series design came with the Swiss company Vitra in 1987, for which he created his famous Well Tempered Chair. He therefore attracts the attention of some enlightened entrepreneurs of Italian design, who give him the opportunity to measure himself with large-scale production: from Kartell, which convinces him to abandon metal and compete with a more accessible material such as plastic, up to brands known for their research activities such as Moroso, Magis, Driade and Venini. He headed the product design department of the Royal College of Art in London from 1997 to 2009.Read more