Thanks for your video, I'm in the UK and would love one of these units. Dieter Rams is a creative genius and these are design classics. The story of Dieter and his work with Braun in post-war Germany is fascinating and makes sense now more than ever (his 10 principles of design below). Like Eames, they have a simple and transparent manufacture and distribution model. Don't accept any fakes folks, these are works of art that will serve and delight you for life. Is innovative Makes a product useful Is aesthetic Makes a product understandable Is unobtrusive Is honest Is long-lasting Is thorough down to the last detail Is environmentally friendly Involves as little design as possible
I hear they are cheaper in the UK so hopefully there's some Vitsoe in your future! Despite my tongue-in-cheek description they really are beautifully designed shelving. It's the perfect expression of the old bromide that "less is more."
Thank you very much for an in depth review. It was a pleasure to watch. It would be great if you could include one minute video of the final result---the shelf installed on the wall.
I agree, and too few that bring my unique brand of low-grade nonsense to the design domain 😎 If only some other fancy design brands would send me stuff...
Hugely helpful review. Thank you. Could you tell us the dimensions of units you installed? It looks like you used two of the "wide" bays and one of the "narrow" bays. Is that right? What was the overall length, depth and height of the finished shelving? Thanks in advance.
Great video - thank you! I'm desperate for one of these shelving systems, and this has provided a lot of useful tips. Thankfully it's quite a bit cheaper here in the UK - I'm guessing the shipping and taxes add quite a lot to the price.
Glad it was helpful! You’re lucky to have more reasonable pricing, although I can’t imagine this stuff is cheap to ship across the Atlantic. I wish they threw a Lion bar or two in the package since I can’t get those in the US easily!
Hi! I'm thinking about buying a small Vitsoe bookshelf soon, but the space I am thinking of for the shelf does not have studs where the shelf would have to fit into the drywall. I'm hoping to put my vinyl records and player on the shelves along with books so I am trying to figure out it the Vitsoe shelving system is sturdy enough to. Did you find the studs in the wall you hung your shelves up on? Thank you.
No, no studs on any of my supports, it’s all using their drywall anchors. The shelves themselves are heavy, and I haven’t been shy about putting weighty stuff in there and it all seems solid after about 6 months. I was also worried about the ability of drywall to support any significant weight, but this is the wall system in most of the US, and I couldn’t find anyone who reported problems. Vitsoe is a bit cagey about their weight ratings, and to some extent I get it since they can’t control the quality of the drywall installation, but it seems pretty solid and the lack of failure reports has me cautiously optimistic.
I am disappointed with your video as it showed only few seconds of your final Vitsoe shelves. You should show your Vitsoe shelves at the end of video for at least few minutes for your follower to see it. This video doesn't serve the purpose after so much talking by you.
