The design is inspired by Japanese joinery that interlock components with no hardware. There is hidden hardware used here, but only to facilitate both assembly and disassembly.

• The three stretchers on the left fit into the slots on the uprights (three on each side).

• The bottom two slotted shelves slide over the stretchers and ‘clothes pin’ connectors - interlocking seven of the ten components!

• The top shelf connects the uprights by insertion into key slots.

• The remaining shelves simply slide over the remaining connectors.

No additional hardware required: only a rubber mallet may be needed to snugly fit the three interlocking shelves.

Awarded Best Design in Show at the WaterFire Arts Center Fine Furnishings Show in Providence, Rhode Island.