BOKHYLLA Modular Shelving Unit by Jan Schedin for Ikea PS Collection - 1990s

This shelving unit is the "Bokhylla" folding model designed by Jan Schedin for the IKEA PS collection in 1997.
Design: Birch structure with green laminate panels, consisting of four hinged, foldable sections.

• Dimensions : Height 194 cm.
• Square-section modules: 27 x 27 cm.
• Total closed : 55x55 cm
• Dim of the open shelf - Photo 1: W: ~160 cm - D: ~40 cm 

Function: Versatile piece of furniture that can serve as a modular bookcase or a movable room divider, thanks to its hinges.
This versatile folding bookcase was part of a collection of forty products by twenty designers, which the Swedish furniture retail giant IKEA introduced in 1994 under the IKEA PS name.
The PS collection objects were characteristically simple, functional of a new spirit of functionalism that was prevelant in furniture design in the early 1990s.
The name of the collection suggests that these objects were an addition to the regular products by the company, and the PS objects were generally more expensive.
Nevertheless they were more affordable than contemporary furniture by other makers.
With the PS range it introduced more cutting edge design of a quality that could rival the predominantly Italian manufacturers of contemporary furniture.
Through such initiatives IKEA introduced contemporary design to a very broad new market.