Perno Rama

Named for its two ideas, the pin and the frame, this is a quiet geometric piece for a shelf, a hallway ledge or the corner of a desk. There is no ornament on it whatsoever. The interest sits in the outline and in the shadow it throws against whatever is behind it, which is why it tends to look best standing slightly proud of a wall rather than flat against one. Objects like this earn their keep by not competing. Beside books, a plant or a bowl of keys it gives a shelf a fixed point without adding clutter, and it reads as deliberate rather than merely decorative, closer to a small studio sculpture than a knick-knack. A sensible pick if your rooms lean Scandinavian or Bauhaus, or if you want a single print to finish a shelf you have already arranged and still cannot quite call done.