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606 Universal Shelving System

Designed by Dieter Rams in 1960 and made by Vitsœ ever since, the 606 Universal Shelving System is timeless, movable and constantly evolving.
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Following a change of mind for wall colour – and the addition of three extra shelves (slide two) – these same 606 off-white bookshelves in Berlin work just as well mounted on a white or black wall (or any colour for that matter). Against either backdrop, Vitsœ’s shelves take a back seat to let the colourful lives of Lukasz, Stefan and Kreska the dog take centre stage. Contact our friendly planning team to help with your 606 system: vitsoe.com/contact
It has been said that Vitsœ makes invisible furniture. The timeless and discreet design of the 606 Universal Shelving System allows you to express your own personality in any room. Thanks to Gerd Sommerlade in Hamburg for this colourful photo. Discover more at: vitsoe.com/606
“I absolutely LOVE this system! It’s a piece of art. Just perfect, can’t be more perfect 😍. It is the most exquisite, timeless, versatile and functional piece of … perfection.” Humbling feedback from a New York customer. What can we say? After over 60 years – practice makes perfect… We plan, sell, and deliver direct to you – whatever your needs, and wherever you are in the world: vitsoe.com/606/inquiry

Living rooms

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Wall-mounted beside a kitchen table in South Korea is this simple two-bay 606 shelving system, storing an assortment of glasses and crockery for easy access – whilst the subtle off-white colour option renders the shelves almost invisible. Visit: vitsoe.com/606
A floor-to-ceiling compressed ⁠⁠606 system forming a clever kitchen/diner room-divider – with a mix of single and double-sided shelving – in a London flat belonging to #vitsoe customer Tom Watts. Discover more clever 606 systems at: vitsoe.com/606g
...we definitely see a face 😮 Four bays of off-white 606 shelves in a smart, single row, neatly wall-mounted above the tile line in an East London kitchen. Find a tidy solution for your kitchen at: vitsoe.com/606 #vitsoe: Design Dieter Rams

Kitchens

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Kate the kitten here, inspecting the intersection of two bays of a 606 system, where regular shelves and a sloping-shelf hang sturdily from removable pins on wall-mounted E-Tracks. Explore the #606universalshelvingsystem for yourself: vitsoe.com/606/structures
Both impressive and extensive, this book collection belonging to still-life and portrait artist Haidee Becker fills almost every inch of the walls in two rooms – all safely stored on multiple 606 bookshelves. Visit: vitsoe.com/606/inquiry
Vitsœ’s simple and slender 606 steel shelves are known for being strong. With a choice of four different depths (three seen here), your shelving can be perfectly tailored for your paperbacks, hardbacks and art books. Learn more at: vitsoe.com/606

Bookshelves

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An unused corner of a London home intelligently repurposed as neat vinyl storage, on an equally neat and discreet semi-wall mounted 606 system – note how the top and third-from-bottom shelves have been inverted to provide end-support for the records. Plan your own 606 system: vitsoe.com/606/inquiry
Ahead of global #RecordStoreDay2024 tomorrow (20 April) – an event dear to our hearts here at #vitsoe – here’s a wonderful example of a 606 system storing an impressive vinyl collection belonging to our customer Stephen, in London. For more vinyl-storage solutions, visit: vitsoe.com/606 #rsd24
…my existing Vitsœ shelving system. Working with Vitsœ to design (and add to) my shelving system has been an absolute pleasure … I am looking forward to having my 606 for life and seeing all the changes that may come with it along the way!” In San Diego, Jack Brennan’s 606 Universal Shelving System – adorned with wonderful greenery, artworks and plenty of vinyl – has moved homes with him, and grown a second bay in the process! Thanks for the before & after shots, Jack!

Vinyl & CDs

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“With the new school year, and the youngest daughter growing up, adaptations were made. There was no need to buy anything, just changes, the living room desk gained a new purpose.” Thanks to Bruno in Portugal for his lovely words on reuse/reconfiguration. Ask us to design a 606 workstation to suit your needs: vitsoe.com/606
A 606 home-office system utilises twin integrated tables for a perfect work-surface, teamed with the clean lines of shelves and topped off with an ‘up-and-over’ door cabinet above. Thanks to Philipp Antoni in New York for the photo. Visit: vitsoe.com/606
If space is an issue, mounting a home-office to the wall can be the perfect solution—with the bonus that everything is up off the ground, using little-to-no floorspace. Pictured: a stylish black two-bay #vitsoe 606 home-workstation with desk-shelf in Milan, Italy. Ask us to help design the perfect home-workspace for you: vitsoe.com/606

Home offices (Work from home)

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Our desks, shelves, cabinets and tables are simply hung with removable pins from the aluminium E-Tracks – without the need for tools. So as you graduate from school homework, to university studies, to office working, Vitsœ shelves grow with you… Rest assured, the 606 Universal Shelving System is not a phase. Find out more about modular furniture for your changing life. #vitsoe #vitsœ #dieterrams #606universalshelvingsystem #modularshelving #modularfurniture #ヴィツゥ #비초에
The bedroom in which you grow up, ought to be a place of warmth, comfort, and shelf-expression…even better if your shelves can grow and change with you over the years, too. Discover how 606 can work for you and your family. Credits to @‌claudiainteriors and @‌mattclaytonphoto. #vitsoe #vitsœ #dieterrams #606universalshelvingsystem #modularshelving #ヴィツゥ #비초에
Shelves that take on the identity of their surroundings | The 606 Universal Shelving System, designed by Dieter Rams in 1960

Home schooling

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Our 18º sloping shelves are ideal for storing and displaying footwear—seen here as part of semi-wall mounted #606universalshelvingsystem in a London bedroom, with two-drawer cabinets used as dressers and for storing extra clothes. Visit: vitsoe.com/606
606 bedroom-wardrobe systems belonging to two different #vitsoe customers in southern England. Both systems feature wall-mounted shelves with clothes-hanging rails combined with cabinet storage across narrow and wide bay-widths, perfectly suited to fit each wall. Discover more at: vitsoe.com/606
In Hertfordshire, England, this bedroom is calming sanctuary for Craig Allen. Beside the bed is a single 606 shelf, perfectly poised for a useful yet unobtrusive addition to this peaceful space. #vitsoe #vitsœ #dieterrams #606universalshelvingsystem #modularshelving #ヴィツゥ #비초에

Wardrobes & bedrooms

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A well-placed door stop creates viable wall space behind doors. In a bathroom…
The 606 Universal Shelving System is also available in black. In a bathroom…

Bathrooms

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It’s a question we hear often about our slender shelves. The answer is in the two 22mm lips: one front, one rear. The 1.5mm sheet steel folds up, then down, and then back. The result is a shelf that holds your heaviest books and your vinyl collection, while fading quietly into the background. Strong, discreet – and guaranteed for life. Discover more on the structures page of our website: vitsoe.com/606/structures #vitsoe #vitsœ #606universalshelvingsystem
“How strong is it?”
It’s a question we hear often about our slender shelves. The answer is in the two 22mm lips: one front, one rear. The 1.5mm sheet steel folds up, then down, and then back. The result is a shelf that holds your heaviest books and your vinyl collection, while fading quietly into the background. Strong, discreet – and guaranteed for life. Discover more on the structures page of our website: vitsoe.com/606/structures #vitsoe #vitsœ #606universalshelvingsystem
“Couldn’t be happier with the system…” Architect Stan Allen and artist Polly Apfelbaum moved into a loft apartment under Brooklyn Bridge in 1978. As part of a renovation last year they included this floor-to-ceiling compressed 606 system as a home studio space-divider. Thank you, Stan and Polly, for the wonderful photographs and kind words. Learn about the four types of 606 structure options and their applications at: vitsoe.com/606/structures
Under the bridge
“Couldn’t be happier with the system…” Architect Stan Allen and artist Polly Apfelbaum moved into a loft apartment under Brooklyn Bridge in 1978. As part of a renovation last year they included this floor-to-ceiling compressed 606 system as a home studio space-divider. Thank you, Stan and Polly, for the wonderful photographs and kind words. Learn about the four types of 606 structure options and their applications at: vitsoe.com/606/structures
a bedroom with a bed, desk and window overlooking the city from it's room
Back-to-back to school
“With the new school year, and the youngest daughter growing up, adaptations were made. There was no need to buy anything, just changes, the living room desk gained a new purpose.” Thanks to Bruno in Portugal for his lovely words on reuse/reconfiguration. Ask us to design a 606 workstation to suit your needs: vitsoe.com/606
Silver 606 shelves neatly wall-mounted in a bright corner of a customer’s London home. Cleverly, our 606 shelves are designed to be hung either way up. Note how the third row of shelves from bottom have been inverted to form an uninterrupted, continuous top-surface. Also available in off-white, black or beech, the 606 Universal Shelving System is a modular kit-of-parts, designed by Dieter Rams for Vitsœ in 1960.⁠ Discover what the 606 Universal Shelving System can do for you: vitsoe.com/606 London, Dieter Rams, London Home, White Black, Shelves, Off White, Wall, Silver, White
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Dieter Rams
London Home
White Black
Shelves
Off White
Wall
Silver
White
An L of a shelving system
Silver 606 shelves neatly wall-mounted in a bright corner of a customer’s London home. Cleverly, our 606 shelves are designed to be hung either way up. Note how the third row of shelves from bottom have been inverted to form an uninterrupted, continuous top-surface. Also available in off-white, black or beech, the 606 Universal Shelving System is a modular kit-of-parts, designed by Dieter Rams for Vitsœ in 1960.⁠ Discover what the 606 Universal Shelving System can do for you: vitsoe.com/606
there is a desk with books and pictures on the wall next to an open window
Side Desk
The Power Of One
Changing Life
Modular Shelving System
Window Siding
Modular Shelving
North London
Life Changes
The power of one
A single off-white 606 bookshelf ‘floats’ on the wall above a window-side desk in north London – neat, simple, striking and elegant. ⁠ Start small, add to it when you need to, and reconfigure it to suit your changing life: vitsoe.com/606
a white desk topped with lots of clothes on shelves next to a potted plant
Nature
Perth
Western Australia
Cloak
Ideal Home
Suitably serviceable
A hanging cloak-rail system of silver 606, nicely installed in the Perth home of customer @‌jeshurunperalta in Western Australia. The modular nature of the #606universalshelvingsystem allows for multiple and varied elements which all combine to form furniture that can serve a variety of useful, every-day, functions and needs. And, of course, it can all be rearranged and added to, as-and-when those needs change. Ask us to help design the perfect 606 system for you: vitsoe.com/606
a white desk with a computer monitor and keyboard
Office System
Door Cabinet
Work Surface
Clean Lines
In New York
Appealing asymmetry
A 606 home-office system utilises twin integrated tables for a perfect work-surface, teamed with the clean lines of shelves and topped off with an ‘up-and-over’ door cabinet above. Thanks to Philipp Antoni in New York for the photo. Visit: vitsoe.com/606
there are many vases and other items on the shelves in this room with white walls
Intricate Ceramics
Butterfly Artwork
In London
Pride of place
Solid and sturdy, Vitsœ’s 606 shelves are ideal for displaying valued personal treasures—such as this collection of intricate ceramics and butterfly artworks belonging to customers Jane Wilbraham and Paul Hedge in London. Learn more at: vitsoe.com/606
a room with a plant, bookshelf and various records on the shelves in it
Vitsoe 606
Vinyl Storage
New York Apartment
Bottom Shelf
Wall Mount
Architecture Design
To Start
Inventive inversion
An unused corner of a London home intelligently repurposed as neat vinyl storage, on an equally neat and discreet semi-wall mounted 606 system – note how the top and third-from-bottom shelves have been inverted to provide end-support for the records. Plan your own 606 system: vitsoe.com/606/inquiry
a black and white cat standing on top of a bookshelf filled with books
Design
Kittens
Wall With Shelves
Floating Desks
Floating
Pins
Shelf exploration
Kate the kitten here, inspecting the intersection of two bays of a 606 system, where regular shelves and a sloping-shelf hang sturdily from removable pins on wall-mounted E-Tracks. Explore the #606universalshelvingsystem for yourself: vitsoe.com/606/structures
a living room filled with lots of books
Floating Shelves Library Bookshelves
Wall Unit Ideas Living Room
Bookcase Behind Sofa
Wall Of Bookshelves
Floor To Ceiling Bookshelves
Floating Bookshelves
Bookcase Wall
Wall Bookshelves
Books, books ... and still more books
Both impressive and extensive, this book collection belonging to still-life and portrait artist Haidee Becker fills almost every inch of the walls in two rooms – all safely stored on multiple 606 bookshelves. Visit: vitsoe.com/606/inquiry
a living room filled with furniture and bookshelves next to a window on top of a hard wood floor
Casual Family Rooms
2024 Ideas
Peace And Quiet
Watch This Space
Reading room
A tranquil, naturally-lit corner of this West London home is the perfect spot to find some peace and quiet to select a book, or play music on the the HiFi – all close-at-hand and neatly stored on the ever-dependable 606 Universal Shelving System. Discover the perfect 606 system for your home at: vitsoe.com/606 #modularshelving #modularfurniture
a white desk and chair in a room
Manhattan
Twin Desk
Desk Shelves
Modular Furniture
Desk appeal
Twin desk-shelves form part of an exceptionally tidy 606 home-office, neatly wall-mounted into a recess in the Manhattan home of a #vitsoe customer. Ask us to design a 606 workstation perfectly suited to your needs: vitsoe.com/606 #606universalshelvingsystem #modularshelving #modularfurniture
there is a set of stairs in the room
Shelf Storage
Shelving Systems
Stop and stair
A floor-to-ceiling compressed 606 system forming an attractive and practical divider with shelf-storage at the foot of a striking open-riser staircase in a #vitsœ customer’s London home. Discover more about the versatility of the 606 Universal Shelving System at: vitsoe.com/606 #modularshelving #modularfurniture
a computer desk with a keyboard, monitor and guitar in front of a large window
Vitsoe Desk
Track Shelf
Guys Bedroom
Shelf Desk
Mens Bedroom
Desk Shelf
Making tracks
The inverted desk-shelf on this 606 workstation forms the perfect dual-level surface for musician @kylewayneluck and his song-mixing equipment in Brooklyn, New York. Any of the shelves or desk-shelves in the 606 Universal Shelving System can be quickly and easily moved, rearranged or hung either way up, simply by adjusting the placement of two removable pins within the wall-mounted E-Tracks (without any tools). Discover more about the adaptable nature of 606 at: vitsoe.com/606