We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Aliki Rovithi about their original and creative Fabric Bookcase design work. Aliki Rovithi is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original fabric bookcase works.
Aliki Rovithi ("AR") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work The FA.B. Fabric Bookcase. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
AR : We wanted to create a book storage arrangement, outside the rationale of the traditional shelving system.
AR : Considering the fact that we live in a global community, we wanted to achieve an eco-focused, sustainable book storage system with minimal "carbon footprint".
AR : It took us two months.
AR : We pursuited our inspiration.
AR : Anyone who wishes to escape from the boredomness of one more shelving system and minimise his environmental impact.
AR : The “Fa.B.” contributes to achieving a "greener" environment, by concept, design, production and usage. “Fa.B.” is made of birch plywood. Birch wood- a tree native to Europe- when harvested from sustainably managed forests poses lower environmental and biodiversity risks than those from tropical and subtropical trees.The fabric units are made a recyclable, resilient, stain resistant, wrinkle-free fabric. It is derived from 100% annually renewable resources such as field corn already grown for many industrial & functional end-uses. The castors allow you to move your fully loaded “Fa.B.” around the room effortlessly– as opposed to the traditional bookcase. They are made of steel and rubber. Steel is a 100% recyclable metal and rubber can be turned into rubber mulch which is used to make playgrounds safer for kids. The “Fa.B.” is a foldable – literally!- and easy to assemble flat-pack furniture. Self-assembly helps to reduce volume and thus carbon dioxide’s emissions, during transportation.
AR : The name "FA.B." consists of the initial letters of the words "FAbric Bookcase" and at the same time is short for "fabulous".
AR : The “Fa.B.” is a fabric bookcase and a fabulous new way to store, arrange and protect your books and magazines. It is suitable for your home and office and it can be used as a bookcase and a room divider at the same time. Outside the rationale of any shelving system, “Fa.B.” offers the user renewable storage space. A single or more modular fabric units can be added to the wooden stand in a few minutes. In this way, every time your storage needs increase you don’t have to purchase more shelves or even a new bookcase. The durable fabric along with the wide open wooden sides of “Fa.B.” gives us the opportunity to use as little raw materials and natural resources as possible, according to the "dematerialization" approach that our times require.
