Though modular furniture is available en masse, once the user has chosen their unit or combination thereof, there is little they can do to adapt it to a new environment. This lack of adaptability often takes a once highly useful item and transforms it into an object of compromised utility at best, and at worst worthy of discard. Hive is an attempt to make a shelving unit that truly invites change.
Hive utilizes a single repeating form to allow for near infinite arrangements. The five solid units constructed of hexagons can be securely arrange in vertical or horizontal configurations, and even create stable cantilevers all by virtue of geometry and gravity, removing the necessity for hardware which is often susceptible to wear and loss.
Fabrication requires a number of jigs for cutting and clamping. Each hexagon is constructed of baltic birch plywood and is splined together at the corners.
Shellac of varying hues is applied to the interior of each shelf and the exterior is painted with a low VOC cabinet grade satin paint.
Shelves offer more variability with no required hardware, staying in place securely by virtue of geometry and gravity.
The hexagons are of varying depth, creating a dynamic front edge and offering accommodation for objects of a variety of scales.