Climb Shelving System

The playful simplicity of this graphic shelving unit belies the clever design, a tension of wires that grasp the wood shelves and serve as part of the structure. The powder-coated wires alternate in height, a visual cue of the unit's name, Climb. And the solid shelves are beveled on all four sides, a detail that is as much about aesthetics as it is structural utility where the come into contact with the "hugging" wires.Climb arose out of the graphic-minded mind of Bashko Trybek. Before the Polish designer established his studio Mundaka in 2010, he applied his eye as an art director for various magazines.Bashko is among the coterie collaborating with La Chance, the new Paris-based design house emphasizing furniture, lighting and rugs with a "strong personality" made from "noble, durable and natural materials" and all in "European human-size facilities" Got to love that.La Chance is also entrepreneur Jean-Baptiste Souletie and architect Louise Breguetbeen, who got together in life and work because of, well, la chance! The French duo have lived in India and China; designed offices in London and built homes in Haiti; and have lent their know-how to established luxury companies and start-ups firms.La Chance launched at the 2012 Milan Salone at Tom Dixon's MOST, a 5-building design world in Milan's National Museum of Science and Technology. The debut collection was based on the concept of Jekyll & Hyde—one item, two moods (hence Bashko offering Climb in color or black). We zeroed in on their colorful exhibition inside the railway hall, and it was love at first sight.