Tetris-like stacking + LEGOish shelves: modular minimalist furniture (BrickBox)
BrickBox(es) are modular shelves/boxes that can be stacked like bricks- or LEGOS- and fit into any sized apartment, even in tough spots like under the stairs. Stacked high enough, they can create a wall and divide an apartment or office into separate spaces, or even rooms.
Industrial designer Antxon Salvador came up with the idea while writing a book on Spanish cinema 11 years ago. As he bought more and more books and DVDs for research, he had an ever-expanding need for shelving. He couldn’t find a high-quality modular shelving system so he decided to create one and BrickBox was born.
Given his nomadic nature, Salvador created shelves that individually serve as boxes for moving and storage, but together they can be stacked and interlocked to create custom-sized shelving without the need of any screws. He also created the option to add wheels and create mobile shelving or even a rolling coffee table.
Since the “boxes” are made from high-quality laminated birch plywood, they are sturdy so shelves can be stacked high enough to create a wall, or to create load-bearing furniture like chairs, benches, and tables.
Each individual BrickBox can be flat-packed for easy storage (when your shelving needs diminish). There are 2 sizes: the large box (36 x 27 x 54 centimeters) and small (36 x 27 x 27 centimeters). Currently, they are only for sale in Europe (at €39.95 for the large and €29.95 for the small), but Salvador and his business partner Roger Zanni are currently looking for a U.S. distributor.
More info on original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/tetris-like-stacking-legoish-shelves-modular-minimalism/
BrickBox: http://brickbox.es/
Music credit: West Coast by Paperhand Lincoln http://www.paperhandlincoln.com/
I’m going to buy one and then copy it
01:54 The boxes perfectly fit the magazine files shown. I guess that was another design constraint for the boxes. The question arises though: what do you do with that one item that is slightly too tall to fit in a box? The encyclopedia or vintage world atlas, or expensive coffee table book of photos that has lost its place on your coffee table? However tall these boxes had been made, there would always be some usage that required a slightly higher one, and at any height there would always be a compromise of wasted space for shorter items like paperbacks which didnt fit an even number of times with inset shelves.
80.00 USD each is not the ideal price for the mass market, Needs to be at least half that to work.
what about doors.
I like my stuff, to be shielded from dust.
I had this exact same idea (great for moving and 1-person assembly), I wanted exactly this, but I couldn’t be bothered to make it (it’s a lot of work if you do it by hand) so I’m happy someone made it for me at a very very reasonable price.
This is a good idea.
Hola, ¿en algún momento hay que atornillar a la pared?
At the prices on the website, could be a good idea to just buy a C&C machine, have the robot cut out all your pieces, assemble them yourself, then sell the C&C machine…
Only 7 years later and these boxes have doubled in price. Who’s buying these?
cant buy in uk
¡Fantástica idea!
The bottom row needs a mechanism to account for non-level, non-flat floors as most are in old houses.
i wonder if they are more susceptiple to tipping over due to the simple locking points.
Love it
I’ve been thinking of something like this for years. You came up with a great design!!
Que bien ya llego esta opcion a Centro America? Cuanto cuesta?
It’s a great idea! But one box costs around 40€. If you want to build a shelf like in the video you need a lot of money obviously 🙁
Que gran invento. El color me encanta. Felicidades desde Tenerife islas Canarias España.
they are so fucking expensive these :D:D
What are the sizes of the boxes, or at least the size of the largest box?
They’re like banana boxes you can get in supermarkets! I’m right after moving, most of my stuff still in those banana boxes, thinking about doing exactly that…
I love this.
too expensive if you need a wall
Love this idea . Single women can do it by themselves! No help needed.
I use old fruit cases for this purpose.
I think the should be cheaper if they want to sell a lot of those though.
Man, this is my dream come true! I have 3 thousand books and moving is a NIGHTMARE
I love you
Intriguing. They would look much nicer if there was a ‘handle delete’ option. I have seen the new oak upgrade, but the white look nicer.
Very nice idea.
This is incredibly useful, thanks for sharing this video. Great work, love your channel!
expensiiiiive
Hate the idea oh having so much stuff anyway
Can these be used as stairs
I like the concept but is there one with a door?
if anyone finds a more lighter cheaper eco friendly version of this, I wanna be notified.
Nomadic furniture book had this featured. Wonder it’s the same company they recommended. The book was written many decades ago.
00:35 A row of DVDs, a shelf, and a row of CDs pack perfectly into a box. I wonder if that determined the internal height for the design. Two rows of paperbacks would not fit, however and a box of paperback books would have a large wasted space of empty air, decreasing the storage per unit floorspace compared to a conventional bookcase with movable shelves, and increasing the cost per unit volume of stored objects. A general problem with having fixed standard box heights is not being able to set an optimal shelf height for the box contents. I note several boxes here are made to look full by packing a row of CDs above a row of unrelated larger items within one box, but storing CDs is an increasingly niche application, and wouldn’t you want all your CDs together under some organisation scheme rather than scattered among your other belongings to fill in vertical gaps in underutilized boxes?
Home depot has a similar wood boxe with whole for handdle…a bit smaller but it cost 20$ canadian. You can easily add whole and screw to make those fixation.
Good idea but way too expensive in the US. Why should I pay twice as much as Europeans? This is flat pack furniture in the style of IKEA.
Bravo! I was thinking about how to do this for a while. Very ingenious. Best of luck to your company.
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I must be slow. I’ve been following Brickbox and Kristen Dirksen for a while now …and just figured out Kristen shot this video. Serendipity I guess 🙂 …thank you!
Thank you. This is exactly what I have been looking for.
have these folks found a US distributor?? it’s been 5 years since this video was put out…
where can I get those crates to make a bookshelf?
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN all my life…..
And a "lifetime later" I find, it’s just too expensive. :-((((
Of course it’s a very good idea and perhaps they were innovative at the time. Doesn’t seem exceptionally brilliant to me though – many people I know have been doing this with wine boxes or similar things for ages. Definitely better than the IKEA solutions, but pretty pricey. The wooden shelves that I have been buying cost 16€ apiece – 180 cm tall with 5 shelves. It allows me to cover the whole wall for the price of 1 of these boxes.
After a small amount of digging on the manufacturer’s website, I learned that ModMobili is their US distributor. The units are still pricey (US$65 for a large BrickBox in white), but at least there’s free US shipping. I love the BrickBox concept, but don’t know that I could afford it for yarn stash shelving in my craft room. (I have a rather large stash!) Clever design, though, Sr. Salvador!
I’ve been looking around for something like this.
this is perfect. love it first sight. but they are way to expensive for me. what a pity.
Absolutely love it! Simple and Effective! Form and Function 😀