String System: Freestanding Shelf + Back Panel

String System: Freestanding Shelf + Upright

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String

String System: Freestanding Shelf

Name: String System: Freestanding Shelf
Brand: String
SKU: STR-SU-11-1
Price: 108.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$108 – $120

$108

SKU: STR-SU-11-1

$120

SKU: STR-SBP-11-1

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Spec Sheet

Description

A Scandi classic, String System offers a compatible freestanding unit that fits equally well on a smaller balcony as on a larger terrace. A complete section of the freestanding shelf consists of a back panel, 2 uprights and 2 galvanized floor panels—adding an upright and panel in turn for building each additional section. Optional hooks (also at A+R) further increase the storage possibilities.

Specifications

Size

Upright: 34.3" h x 0.8" dia (87x2cm)
Back panel: 14.2" h x 22.8" w x 0.2" d (36x58x0.5cm)
Floor panel: 33.5" h x 11.8" d (85x30cm)

Material

Galvanized, stainless steel

Details

Made in Sweden
Floor panels are available upon request

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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.