But when Rams was asked to reimagine a Braun showroom, his sketch featured a new sort of display system: streamlined wall mounted shelves that elevated goods off the floor, achieving visual lightness.

As well as shelves for books, objects and records, the system includes desks, cabinets and hanging rails, which can be lowered and raised on the pins to create an array. Vitsoe is only one of the ...

His latest apartment, a one-and-a-half bedroom in Bedford-Stuyvesant, embodies everything he has worked for, particularly the rows of Vitsoe shelves ... and colors on full display.

Of the ten Vitsoe pieces on display, only the 620 chair programme is still in production; the rest became early victims of plastic’s cost. Looking back, it’s clear that these early pieces were ahead ...

full size: 96.6×202×24(d)cm(variable size)shelf: 23.5×66.2×11(h)cm(8pcs)1) 2×2×57(h)cm(3pcs)2) 2×2×39.5(h)cm(4pcs) ...