These shelves are designed to last you a lifetime. The wood will
colour, the surfaces will mark and stain and over the years and the
furniture will become a part of you. When you die, the shelves can be taken apart and reassembled as a
coffin. The brass plate under the bottom shelf, that tells the story
about this transformation, is then flipped over and you’re dates
inscribed on it.
William Warren
The RIT bookwheel was a thoroughly modern take on a Renaissance design.
Before building it, the students designed a 3-D digital model.
Full story at Atlas Obscura
