LLOYD Oak bookcase

With the Lloyd storage units and bookcases Jean-Marie Massaud designs a system of variable geometries.‎ Thin vertical wooden rods create light grilles that run from top to bottom on invisible horizontal rails.‎ Each grille can be moved as desired to create sequences that are different each time.‎ A fluctuating score of solids and voids, of light and shade.‎ A sensual game that offers a glimpse of the contents, books and objects without fully revealing them.‎ The most advanced technology is combined with traditional materials, wood and saddle leather, to form a solid and minimalist structure.‎

The horizontal elements on which the grilles slide are made from HPL laminate, a material which even in very thin layers guarantees stability and strength, with a natural oak veneer in a matt lead finish.‎ The vertical saddle-leather uprights are placed at regular intervals to give the piece of furniture rhythm and enhance the liberal effect of the grilles.‎ Each individual grille is a painstaking piece of cabinetwork.‎ Made of solid oak, they move along rails carved into the shelves and are furnished with plastic runners to reduce friction.‎ The solid oak rods are cut in different thicknesses and then individually glued by hand.‎ The sides of the structure are closed by fixed solid oak grilles.‎ The Lloyd storage units and bookcases are available in two variants: a wall version and a freestanding version.‎ The latter has sliding grilles on both sides (front and rear).‎ The wall version has sliding grilles on the front only while the back, in contact with the wall, is closed by a matt black lacquered MDF panel which, on the inside, can be upholstered in saddle-leather.‎ The Lloyd bookcases and storage units have steel feet.‎ The exterior feet at the front have a gunmetal grey finish while the central feet, set further back, have a matt black lacquer.‎