Reference Metal Bookend: Black, Red or Yellow

Henry Julier's ever-expanding book and vinyl collections kept flexing the bookends meant to hold them. The Brooklyn-based industrial designer's fix is the Reference Bookend, a minimalist, modern metal bookend for heavy books: powder-coated iron, a rubber grip that keeps the stack upright and protects the surface underneath, a long bottom flange that keeps it from tipping, and a round top flange that doubles as a handle. It comes in black, red and yellow.

He wanted a heavy, stiff bookend that holds its place on its own and takes being picked up and set down at will, and the generous round top flange gives your hand something to grab. Julier's work is guided by a strong belief in design as a problem-solving tool, as a method for improving the connections between people and the products they use.

Each bookend is sold individually, so one color can anchor the end of a shelf or a mix of black, red and yellow can run along it. Areaware has discontinued the Reference Bookend, and ours is the remaining U.S. stock.

Part of our Bookends and Desk Organization collections.