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One of my favorite furniture I own is my Tomado shelf from Holland and today I found an amazingly similar book shelf designed by Swedish designer, Nils Strinning in 1949. This is a larger unit that carries characteristics that reminds me of the Tomado shelf such as the thin wood, and the ribbed black sides. This piece is very modular and can be altered to you preferred composition.

It is not surprising that his shelf has been popular for over 50 years because of these simple, practical and functional design. Unfortunately Nils Strinning passed away in 2006 but his legacy lives on and you can still purchase his work here! (Non-US though) The picture above is his iconic shelf, String.

This one is his another shelf called cell. It uses slightly different pieces than the String, but it functions the same way where you can manipulate the position of the shelves to your liking.

Source: official website
Available: Funktionally

I recently updated the layout of my Tomado bookshelf. From the top: Danish candle holder, Lisa Larson’s pottery tabby cats, and five Krenit-bowls (red, green, blue, black and yellow).

This is the another wall shelving system from Tomado.  Similar to the wooden one I put on the wall in hallway, I decided to use this to display some of my Cathrineholm collections in my kitchen. It has red, yellow, and white shelves that adjusts spacing according to my needs. I love this poppy color. They perfectly match the color with the Eames book shelves.

“Tomado is a hugely successful Dutch metal wall shelving system in the 50s/ 60s. You could choose between red, yellow, gray, blue and black standard shelves, plus quite some intricate variations. A functional, affordable and exciting household statement, reflecting the joyous new era of consumer prosperity and technological progress. You screwed it on your wall, and created an instant Mondrian in your home.”

I found this rare wood version on ebay, and it came all the way from Netherlands recently. I also got these color system to display my catherineholm. I will post it once I finish mounting it on the wall.

Source: Atom-A, Apartment Therapy, design addict