Sculptural bookcase features 34 integrated compartments for books and fun objects, distributed across the human body like a grid.

Designed in 1977 by Ueli and Susi Berger, the Fächermann is a human shaped bookcase made of plywood.

Unlike traditional bookshelves that disappear into architecture, the Fächermann bookcase claims space as an object.

Storage is expressive and narrative, suggesting that home furniture we keep is extensions of ourselves.

For the initial design, Ueli Berger’s body was used as the template, lying on the floor to trace the outline that defines the figure’s human proportions.

Fächermann transforms the act of shelving into an anatomical logic. Books inhabit shoulders, torso, and legs, distributing weight like lived experience.

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