Designed by Bruno Rainaldi, winner of the 2004 Compasso d’Oro award, Original Ptolomeo is and remains a furnishing icon. As a self-standing bookcase, it presents itself as a steel column to which thin shelves are joined – also in steel – that disappear as the column fills with books. Original Ptolomeo thus translates a simple yet ingenious idea into a piece of furniture: transforming a stack of books into a design object.
