{"id":733488,"date":"2026-06-15T12:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T12:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:45:25","slug":"rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34bdfd3e37a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34bdfd3e37a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630373\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-09.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The modular shelving category is one of those rare corners of furniture design where almost nothing has changed in decades. You pick your posts, pick your shelves, snap them together, and that\u2019s largely where the conversation ends. String\u2019s wall-mounted system has been doing that since 1949. Vits\u0153\u2019s 606 has been doing it since 1960. USM Haller got a little more architectural about it in the sixties. The formula is familiar, and for a long time, familiar was fine. Then Rareraw showed up.<\/p>\n<p>The Seoul-based industrial design studio just launched System000 in Dezeen Showroom, and the pitch is deceptively simple: a modular steel shelving system where the posts themselves are live infrastructure. Power runs through the uprights, enabling remote-controlled lighting to be built directly into the hardware that holds your books up. No separate lamp. No hunting for the nearest outlet. Just the structure itself doing double duty.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: Rareraw<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630374\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-630374\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-010.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"39247e9b814334ec7e24e8f4-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"39247e9b814334ec7e24e8f4-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The mechanics of it come down to a self-developed, patented connector that Rareraw designed from scratch. This is the detail that matters most when you put it next to the classic names. String\u2019s joinery is elegant and wall-dependent. USM Haller\u2019s chrome ball connectors are satisfying to look at and genuinely clever, but the system\u2019s logic is essentially fixed once you\u2019ve committed to a layout. Rareraw\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach is different in a specific way: it calls itself an \u201copen system,\u201d which means you can reconfigure the same components into a bookshelf, a sideboard, a room divider, or a full display wall without the whole thing becoming a logic puzzle. The connector isn\u2019t just structural. It\u2019s what makes the flexibility possible, and it\u2019s the mechanism through which the lighting circuit <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630375\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-630375\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630376\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-630376\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"39247e9b814334ec7e24e8f4-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"39247e9b814334ec7e24e8f4-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whether or not that patent claim holds up in every detail, the integration feels genuinely well-considered for the moment we\u2019re in. The hybrid living room is no longer just a pandemic residue. People are working, reading, displaying, and hosting in the same eight hundred square feet, and the lighting layer is doing a lot of heavy lifting in making those transitions feel intentional. Ambient lighting in particular has become less of a lifestyle flourish and more of a basic expectation. Putting that control inside the furniture structure rather than layering lamps and cords around it afterward is a logical move that\u2019s surprisingly rare in this category.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630377\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-630377\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-03.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630378\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-630378\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-04.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It also makes System000 feel less like a storage product and more like architecture you assemble. A tall configuration as a room divider, with the posts lit from within, reads as structural columns before it reads as furniture. That shift in register is genuinely interesting, and it\u2019s not something the Vits\u0153 or the String can do regardless of how you accessorize them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630379\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-630379\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-05.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630380\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-630380\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-06.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Rareraw is a South Korean studio with a presence at Maison&amp;Objet, and System000 fits the profile of Korean industrial design that\u2019s been gaining serious ground internationally. Precise, restrained, technically specific. The name itself, with its three zeros, suggests a starting point rather than a finished product, which either means there\u2019s a roadmap of follow-on configurations and accessories, or it\u2019s just very good naming instinct. Either way, it sticks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630381\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-630381\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-07.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630382\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-630382\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-08.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The questions still left open are the practical ones that any serious buyer needs answered. Pricing isn\u2019t listed on the Dezeen Showroom page, which tells you this is a conversation-required purchase rather than an add-to-cart one. Post heights, load ratings, and the specifics of how the lighting is powered are also details that Rareraw hasn\u2019t published prominently yet. Those are not small considerations when you\u2019re asking someone to build a room around a shelving system.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-630383\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-630383\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/15\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/06\/rareraw-built-a-shelf-that-runs-on-electricity-on-purpose\/system000-011.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Still, System000 is asking a better question than most of this category has bothered to ask in a long time. The modular shelf has essentially been coasting on the logic of its midcentury inventors, and Rareraw is looking at the same brief and asking what happens when the post becomes a conduit, not just a post. 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You pick your posts, pick your shelves, snap them together, and that\u2019s largely where the conversation ends. String\u2019s wall-mounted system has been doing that since 1949. Vits\u0153\u2019s 606 has been doing it since 1960. 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