Nomadic Shelf | MINGDU DESIGN

Nomadic Shelf
流浪者书架

The 21st century is the era of people with no roots, like the nomadic. Their life is like a highly compressed journey. Fluidity brings confusion together with longing for new things. Belonging is what the design attempts to bring to the nomadic.
Centering on this theme, the design employs no single screw for the load-bearing structure. No single tool is required to disassemble the shelf. All parts of the shelf can be flat packed to save the space in transportation. Without fixed screws, the shelf is thus open to individual alteration in modality so as to cater to different customers’ spatial requirements.
More possibilities are created from the missing vertical baffles between the shelf, making room for storage or display of personal items.The bookshelf becomes a symbol of home, to which the person belong.
The materials picked for the shelf panels are bamboo and steel. While the bamboo stands out with both its stability and oriental beauty, the steel offers multiple choices for the surface and the color.

生活如同一场路途，在21世纪对于很多年轻人来说更像是一个“流浪者”的时代。同时，这种流动性也带来了对新鲜事物的憧憬与困惑。如何为“流浪者”创造出一种家的归属感，成为了本次设计的核心。
基于此问题，本书架的承重结构没有使用一颗螺丝，因此，无需任何工具即可快速拆装。拆解之后所有部件可以平板化包装，节省运输的空间。也正是因为书架无需螺丝固定，所以它可以根据房屋的结构去改变自身形态，以适应用户的空间需求，造型的可变性正好提供了个性化的用户体验。
书架没有设置纵向隔板，这样就为物品的摆提供了更多的可能性，书架不仅变成了一个实用的储物空间，同时也可以成为个人展示台。由此，书架就变成了家中的情感符号，为“流浪者”添加几分家的归属感。
本设计在材料上选用了竹板和钢管，其中竹板的具有东方的自然美感，同时也拥有良好的稳定性，不易变形。此外，钢管的表面处理和颜色是多样化的，可以根据用户的需求改变书架的配色。