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Posted February 10th, 2008 by richard1115
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The main ideas that kept in my mind when I was designing this shelving unit is to be flat pack able, easy to assemble and no hardware required. This shelving unit is put together by seven separate pieces. Simply by putting in the two metal legs in an angle, everything locks in to place.
a simple elegant design!!
a simple elegant design!!
I have worked on designs
I have worked on designs similar to this in the past, however, every time I attempt to implement this general design concept there tends to be a number of problems.
1. Shelves in general are just a better solution and provide much more storage.
2. Interacting with this design concept causes friction against the wall thus damaging the wall anyway.
3. People tend to trip over the legs because they don't notice them as much as the main body.
4. People feel uncomfortable around this design because it is not as stable looking (sometimes this is good, but generally not with furniture).
5. People tend to tip toe around it when they are conscious of its state.
I hope my suggestions have been helpful. Keep up with the good and innovative design!
Hi thank you for giving
Hi thank you for giving suggestions
All of it that you pointed out is really true
I did consider a lot of it while I’m designing this storage unit.
The friction that it created through the wall is a lot but it also depends on which kind of wall the customer has in their house. If the customers use it for long, it might damage the paint of the wall. So far I don’t have any problem with the storage lean on the wall in my apartment yet. (Drywall) But it is worth to think a little bit more on this.
When I designed the legs and the angles. I did consider maybe people would trip over it. And that is why I angle the legs in a way that it does not exceed the storage from the top view. For the stability of the design, yes I think you brought up a really good point. The design itself is not really stable looking due to the lag of legs, people tented to think it will not be stable enough. But in reality it is really stable. I even sat on top of the design itself and it is totally fine. I was quite surprise by that too.
Again thank you for giving me suggestions and giving thought to the design.
I love this idea, Richard.
I love this idea, Richard. I'm also working on a piece that leans. I'd love to hear your comments when I post it.
I'd like to see the shape and structure of your box developed. What determines the structure/height/width/shape of the box? Perhaps the angle and placement of the legs could inform the shape of the box. How does the placement of the legs affect the use inside the box? How does the box flatpack and what holds it together? Could it be designed so that the legs are integral to holding the box together? Is there a specific use you're thinking of for this piece that could determine height and width? At 30 inches, is it a sideboard for a dining room? I think it would be a lovely one. What height would it need to be for ideal shelving for next to a desk? For a television stand?
Can the consumer determine the size, since it's part of this mass customization project?
For the sake of discussion - how WOULD a user-defined size affect this as an object? If the proportions are important to the design, should a user be able to screw with them? As I see it, you need to either define the intended ritual this will be used for and let that inform the size and shape or determine "correct" proportions that the user could shrink or enlarge? On the other hand, if the proportions aren't important to the design, can this piece be customized on every level? Would the latter waste too much material (couldn't maximize sheets if every one is different) to be profitable? Some general thoughts! What do you think?
Thank you very much for
Thank you very much for giving a lot of thought and comments into this design. This design is design for CD and DVD specifically. The inside height of shelf is determent by the height of DVD boxes. I choice to use Europly with maple veneer on is because I wanted to show the edges of the material. Europly’s edges are really pretty to exposed and gives out an esthetic looks if finish it properly.
The flat pack package will come with three big boards for the top, bottom and the back of the storage unit. With two sideboard and two metal tubing legs. The top and bottom boards will have the 45 degrees dovetail track for the two sidepieces to lock the box in to place. Than the final two legs will tilt out front and to the side. (81 degrees front and 97 degrees out starting from the box)
The dimension of the box itself is 3’ x 7”, and the height is 30”
This design is quite stick on to the wall itself compare to the normal credenza. Yes I think you bought up a really good point about the customization of the design and the well use of material. For now this storage design is design for CD and DVD, but if we change the dimension a little bit it will turn in to something else. I think it can have several variations of size for customer to choice from for the mass. For the customization, it should only be for the customer who really wanted to have something customize fit, than we will do a special fit for them.
Again thank you very much for giving a lot of thought on the design.
Cool, great solution for
Cool, great solution for when you don't want to screw into a wall. How tall is this off the ground?
Thank you very much. This
Thank you very much. This piece is 30 inches in height.
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