Here’s a nice companion piece to the recent Autopole: though the Denz D5 Shelving System may not share that former’s particular and immediate holiday applications (see Festivus), it certainly partakes of its predilection for convenient set-up and display. D5 is a modular storage piece whose list of functional applications runs the gamut—retail, office, library, and home. Just like Autople, the system is designed for easy set-up and take down, though one wouldn’t know this from its enduring aesthetic.

D5. Designed by Denz.

A Grid Design with a Stylistic Flourish

D5 has much in common with Denz’s earlier D3 Modular Office—both systems support multiple configurations and creative applications, and both start with the basic structural qualities of versatile aluminum. This material serves as the backbone—as it were—for D5’s horizontal or vertical banks of open storage. The shelves easily attach to the aluminum side panels with a simple slide and reliable twist (of an Allen key). The secure fit makes it simple to set shelves at almost any height. Different width (26 and 35 cm) and height (70/100/120 cm) spacing options allow for an array of sizes and featured configurations.

And on that last score, D5 encourages colorful and creative displays. Shelves and back panels are available in a rainbow of finishes and colors, from opaque, transparent, and high gloss to dark red, burnt umber, olive green, and midnight black. This wide spectrum of tints and shades not only makes it easy to spot D5 from across the hall—or even right through the glass curtain wall of a modern office—but also facilitates intriguing panel effects. The entire back of a D5 system can be custom designed for specific product identification, which works in two ways: 1. as a decorative element behind the shelves, and 2. when D5 is set-up as a room divider, as a decorative or informational element on the back of the entire assembled unit. It’s also easy to integrate LED lighting into a D5 display, which offers further incentive to engage its services, whether as “classical office shelf (high-rise or sideboard), room divider, counter, library and archive,” or for “receptions rooms and high-quality product presentations.”