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Load-it bookcase

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AN EVOLVING CLASSIC

Wolfgang Tolk

Designed by Wolfgang Tolk in 1995 and characterized by protruding shelves that cut through space, the Load-it bookcase system is a Porro’s classic that has managed to maintain its strong iconicity over the years, gradually acquiring new functions and design possibilities. Born as a completely white bookcase that disappears on the wall, creating the effect of a succession of books suspended in the air, it has changed its look over the years, welcoming new materials and finishes without losing the recognizability and expressive power of a design gesture that is as simple as it is radical.

Porro_Load-it — **Load-it**, detail of the adjustable spotlight

Ideal for creating equipped walls and boiserie, over time it acquires new functions from the combination with the Modern storage system: home-working solutions and TV compositions, which further expand the compositional and usage possibilities of this pure bookcase, at the service of creativity and the functional needs of the living area. In 2021 the ingenious project of Load-it is enhanced by the lighting: for the bookcase is studied a dedicated spotlight that can be positioned at will along the electrified profile present under the shelf thanks to the magnetic attachment, which allows to illuminate in a technical and museum-like way the objects displayed on the shelves by orienting the light beam. An idea of light in which the source is designed to be almost invisible.

Its essential idea, which makes the thin L-shaped shelves made of cold-bent steel combined with wall panels made of steel or wood, evolves over time by experimenting with new materials and finishes, following new trends and lifestyles that make it always appear current and contemporary. The simplicity of white, black and steel, the sophistication of metal finishes such as burnished brass, grigio porfido or rosso antico, or the retro flavor of fabrics and textured materials such as natural and black-dyed cannetè: a palette of expressive possibilities, to give the desired look to interiors.