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This expanding shelving unit by Austrian designer Stephanie Hornig can bunch up or stretch out depending on how much space you have.

The Set shelving comprises a beech-wood frame with scissor-like pivots plus folded steel shelves. These sit over rails between each joint and stop the structure stretching any further.

“Strategic cut-outs form shelves that can be fastened on the axes of the flexible structure in order to fix it in position,” said Stephanie Hornig.

She explained how the positions of the notches allow the unit to rest in three different positions and small bookends can be slotted against the diagonals in a similar way.

Other adaptable bookshelves on Dezeen include interlocking shelves that slide out to make space for more books as required – one of our most popular stories ever – and hinged boxes that can be spun round to create a neat grid or a scattered circle.

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Here’s some more information from the designer:

Inspired by braided structures I aimed to design objects that could create a two- or threedimensional pattern that is stretchable. The resulting shelving system is based on the principle of a scissors grid with extended axes to make room for shelves.

This creates a superimposed image of diagonals, which is adjustable and can be fixed in three different positions. Bended, powder-coated steel sheets with strategic cut-outs form shelves that can be fastened on the axes of the flexible structure in order to fix it in position.

Additionally, simple bookends can be inserted that lean directly against the wooden struts.

Materials: beech wood, steel
Dimensions: variable

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The little brother of OOO My Design’s big PinPres shelving system, the PinPres Mini is lighter and more compact version of the playful storage solution that can actually be mounted on the wall! The interactive design keeps kids’ favorite objects nestled snugly in place and within reach. Simply press a toy, ball or any other item into the pins until its needed again.

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What’s more fun than one of those pin-press needle impression toys that we loved to stick our faces in as kids??? …a GIANT one! Besides being über-fun, the PinPres shelf goes beyond the limitations of other shelving systems that restrict usable space with predefined sections. Simply push the object you want to shelve directly onto the pins and voila – you’ve got a custom space to store just about anything. The best thing about it is that you can actually own this one! Get it here!

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Product news: designer Werner Aisslinger of Berlin and Singapore has created a storage system for German brand Flötotto that’s held together by plastic clips.

The ADD System comprises timber batons joined with plastic connectors hidden on the inside of the frame. Side, front and back panels can then be simply clipped to the plastic components with metal fastenings.

“ADD literally contains a ‘hidden hero’ since the highly complex joint is integrated into the load-bearing wooden elements in such a way that it remains invisible from the outside,” says Aisslinger. “This gives the system an elegant, domestic look.”

Intended for the contract or domestic market, the system can be used to make open and closed shelving units, sideboards and chests of drawers.

The frame is made of bleached oak and the MDF panels come painted in a range of eight colours plus lighter and darker versions.

The product was launched at imm cologne in January, where other products on show included a chair inspired by spaghetti for Ligne Roset and a folding armchair for One Nordic. See all our stories about product launches in Cologne.

Last year Flötotto showed a plastic school chair by Konstantin Grcic, which has been updated this time around with an outdoor version.

Other projects by Werner Aisslinger on Dezeen include a budget hotel designed to feel like staying at a friend’s house, a chair grown inside a greenhouse and a swinging sofa. He’s also the designer behind the Iconograph watch, available from Dezeen Watch Store.

Other storage solutions on Dezeen include a bookcase with a dining table and chairs hidden between the shelves and a mirror and shelf hung either end of a leather strap. See all our stories about storage.

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Cologne 2013: Swiss industrial designer Lucien Gumy has won the [D3] Contest at imm cologne trade fair with his interlocking wooden shelving.

L’étagère-en-bois, which means “wood shelves” in English, comprises various lengths of solid wood that can be assembled and taken apart without tools, screws or glue.

The tapered sections of the uprights slot into the small notches cut into the edges of the boards.

Lucien Gumy created the flat-pack shelves while studying at Ecole Cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) in Switzerland.

Gumy took first prize in this year’s [D3] Contest, the award for young designers at imm cologne. The second prize was awarded to the Tilt clothes rack by Tina Schmid, while third prize went to Dennis Parren’s CMYK lamp, which we featured recently.

We’ve featured several products launched in Cologne this year, including furniture by Nendo inspired by splinters of wood and a storage box and mirror that hang by a leather strap – see all designs from Cologne 2013.

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Photographs are by ECAL/Bruno Aeberli.

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