Written on September 17, 2008 – 2:59 am | by Maria Mihale |


I’ve always had a problem with reaching all kind of things I used to deposit on very high shelves or in drawers which overtopped my height. This isn’t my problem and my problem only, I suppose there are millions of you out there who lack space and try everything in order to conserve it by stuffing things in unreachable places.

Therefore, I applaud the apparition of the StairCASE, created by the Chinese designer Danny Kuo for the average human height – 1,8 meters. “This is one of my favourite projects, which realized in 8 weeks, from assigned theme to an almost finished and working prototype”, says the designer on his official website.

The StairCASE is a smart solution for people with limited space and, why not, “limited” height. It’s a standard bookcase where each shelf is a box that slides out and becomes a stairwell. Alright, such an amalgamation of shelves and stairs isn’t the greatest novelty of them all. We have seen before, in London, a similar concept, but StairCASE has the advantage that it can be put just about anywhere.

The concept is based on three initial keywords: space, storage and future. The designer understood that in the future space will be an urgent problem because big apartment buildings are taking over normal 1, 2 or 3 level houses. The main reason for something like this to happen is that building vertically is the most efficient way to save space because it uses less ground square meters to house people. The same rule should be respected regarding the interior design also: focus must be on height rather than width.



The StairCASE allows you to have a much taller bookshelf and reaches the ceiling, making the topshelves easier to reach without getting into awkward positions or getting help from another furniture piece.

(Source gizmodo.com)