Folding Poster/Shelves

"Tableau pliant / étagère d'appoint"
Plenty of pictures here : http://flic.kr/s/aHsjvcr15A

And a vid here : http://youtu.be/SoM2HjQwqPU

That's one of the 4 finalist project of the Unlimited Design Contest 2011
http://unlimiteddesigncontest.org/fr/product/tableau-pliant-%C3%A9tag%C3%A8re-dappoint

It's a folding system, allowing to create structures, from the small shelve to the huge book-shelve (whether we use foam-core light cardboard or heavy cardboard with triple ondulation). Many variations are possible, just take care when altering the 2D plan cause any modifications will impact the 3D folded structure.

The surface is optimized to avoid almost any wastes, and both states of the object (folded or not) are exploited : when folded it's a shelve, and when flat its eventually a poster or a painting (that's will be very practical for when you have to move)

The grid-unit system allows to apply this concept to different scales. Just don't forget to to adjust the notch co