The Type Case

Type cases were manufactured from around 1890 to the 1960s and used in printing offices to store the various letters of a typeface.

As mechanical typesetting become more common, the need for type cases began to diminish.

Nevertheless, the idea was born: due to the advantages of their arrangement scheme, collectors became interest in them.

And shortly after that, shelves with the same system started to be produced to decorate people’s homes. 

In the 1970’s they appeared in living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms in different sizes and types.

Kids used them to display their small toys, miniature figures or gadgets.

Nowadays they are not very in but we can still find some type cases bringing nostalgia to spaces.



This original type case belongs to Gabi Keller, a powerful 83-year-old lady that travels around Europe in her trailer and collects lots of souvenirs.