Waggle Bookshelf

Cut out with a CNC machine and finished by hand, this bookshelf was inspired by previous work making a stool and an impulse to explore the same playful visual language.

Student winner at the 2022 NYCxDesign awards, this design was constructed out of Baltic birch ply and without any glue or fasteners.

Joinery

The shelves have innovative snap fit joints hidden inside slots on the interior of the vertical side components. The shelves also wrap around the exterior of the sides with cross laps, pushing them together and apart. These structurally integral shelves hold books in sizes from mass market paperback to hardcover.