Stringhyllan – a timeless Swedish bookshelf How to use the video This video is about the String shelf (’Stringhyllan’), a Swedish design classic. When you use the video, please make sure to include the photo credits in the captions below.
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Videos Download video with English text (MP4 87 MB) Video with text in English Download clean version (MP4 57 MB) Video without text (clean version) Download subtitles (SRT 1 KB) Subtitles in English Download cover image (JPG 598 KB) Cover image with text in English Captions Today we give you the String shelf (’Stringhyllan’), a Swedish design classic that’s made its way into many homes – both in Sweden and abroad. 🏠 ✍️ 📐 Designed by spouses Nisse and Kajsa Strinning, the String shelf came to life through a competition organised by Swedish publishing house Bonnier in 1949. 😮
📷 : (1, 6-9, 16-18) String Furniture, (2, 11, 12) Elfa, (3) Jos/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Erich Conard/TT, (5, 13-15) Sune Sundahl/ArkDes, (10) Elis Hoffman/Sjöhistoriska museet, (14) ARKM
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