tetris inspired shelf with books in it
Photography by Rebus.

March 3, 2025

Words: Rebecca Thienes

Photography: Courtesy of Desalto

Transform Spaces With These Tetris-Inspired Bookshelves

2024 Best of Year Winner for Residential Storage

Italian manufacturer Desalto garnered a win in the Residential Storage category for Rebus, a modular bookcase system that’s molto elegante. Conceived by Milanese designer Francesco Rota (also the brand’s art director since 2023), the sinuous unit neatly corrals clutter. Inspired by the video game Tetris, five multidirectional and stackable square, rectangular, L-, and Z-shape elements, made of 3-mm-thick bent and painted metal, provide endless options for configuration. Ingeniously, the modules inter­connect via magnets. Bold goose-bill orange and cobalt blue are among the 17 standard colorways adding to the fun.

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A shelf with books and a book on it
A man in a white shirt looking out a window
Francesco Rota.
A bookshelf with a book on it
Rebus.
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