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Frame Shift
Frame-shift bookcase by Gabriele and Oscar Buratti, 2021, with sliding doors on double-sided tracks
2500 × 1760 × 470 mm
2021
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Description
Overview
Frame-shift is a modular bookcase by Gabriele and Oscar Buratti for Moroso, from 2021, listed under Bookshelves and sideboards. A few repeated elements overlap vertically with horizontal shelving to form the compositions.
Construction
The shelves are MDF with Alpi veneer, fitted with guides for sliding doors in extruded aluminium anodized black. The uprights are steel sheet, powder coated matt black, and the bookcase stands on adjustable black polypropylene glides. Doors are lacquered MDF, matt or gloss, or tempered Stopsol glass, and each shelf can hold one door per side. Five door colours and two shelf finishes are offered.
Specifications
- Overall size: 2500 x 470 x 1760 mm (code L1D)
- Shelves: MDF with Alpi veneer
- Guides: extruded aluminium, anodized black
- Uprights: steel sheet, powder coated matt black
- Doors: lacquered MDF or tempered Stopsol glass
- Glides: adjustable, black polypropylene
- Designer and year: Gabriele and Oscar Buratti, 2021
Story
Overlapping lines
Oscar and Gabriele Buratti describe Frame-shift as a multilevel structure of horizontal lines placed at intervals and overlapping, with sliding doors and backs that can be placed as desired to create open and closed compartments. They call the sliding panels magic and the double-sided track a sophisticated piece of design.
Surfaces and panels
The surfaces are always finished in wood while the longitudinal edges are in extruded aluminium. The closing panels are available in black or white glossy lacquer, in two matt lacquer colours and in silver Stopsol glass. The designers are the architects Gabriele and Oscar Buratti, who form the studio Buratti Architetti.
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