Cell Bookshelf by Peter Cohen Furniture Award Winner 2007

Peter Cohen designer Cell bookshelf Swedish architect filmmaker turned furniture designer Årets Möbel 2007

Cell Bookshelf by Peter Cohen
Furniture Award Winner

Cell is the dream of a bookshelf. A simple architectural expression that both fits in and stands out at the same time. At once low-key and spectacular. As graphically elegant empty, as when filled with books.

All the bulky stuff that used to fill our book cases – televisions, huge stereo components, vinyl records – are on their way out. Left are the books, digital media and constantly shrinking electronic devices.

Cell accommodates all common book sizes. The placement of deeper shelves up top, with shallower shelves further down, makes Cell slender and space efficient. The form and construction makes the shelf appear to float transparently in the room.

 

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Photo: Max Plunger

 

Peter Cohen Swedish furniture designer Cell bookshelf creator scandinavian design collaboration portraitPeter Cohen
Born in Lund, Sweden 1946.
Originally a film a director and producer, Peter Cohen became active as a designer in 2003, and had a rapid breakthrough with his shelving system Cell.

As a film director, he produced and directed such widely varying films as the animated children’s classic Charlie’s Climbing Tree (Kalles klätterträd) and the world-renown documentary Architecture of Doom (Undergångens arkitektur). He has also authored such children’s books, as Olson’s Meat Pies (Olssons pastejer) and Mr. Bohm and the Herring (Herr Bohm och sillen).