String shelving in light oak with a desk and cabinet along a kitchen wall

String • Nisse & Kajsa Strinning

Design your own String system

The modular shelving system Nisse and Kajsa Strinning designed in 1949, planned to fit your wall. Slim wire side panels with shelves, cabinets, desks and racks that hang between them, in wood or metal.

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  1. Plan it

    Build your system in String’s planner below: wall or floor, shelves, cabinets, desks, in any finish.

  2. Add it to your cart

    One click adds every part of your design to the cart, with the design name on each line.

    Trade: your design is saved as a new quote at your trade price.

  3. We follow up

    We get in touch about lead time and delivery once your order or quote comes in.

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.

Plan your system

Choose a starting combination or build from scratch. When you’re done, the planner’s cart button adds every part to your cart. You can also save or print your design from the planner’s toolbar.

Trade: the planner’s cart button saves your design as a new quote.

The String planner needs a larger screen. Open this page on a computer, or call 800-913-0071 x107 or email info@aplusrstore.com and we’ll help you plan.

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Galvanised String shelving with pots and garden tools on a wooden deck

Rather plan it together?

Send us a sketch or your wall measurements and we’ll plan a system with you, then send a quote with lead time. String works indoors and out, from a single wall shelf to a whole room.

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