Chicklet Storage Unit
Chicklet Storage Unit



The Brief
To create a bespoke solution for the safe storage of chicklets*
* Chicklet – a small expensive fabric colour samples c/w reference codes, approx size 50mm x 50mm
Existing Unit
- Currently 5 number filing cabinets used, much too large, not space efficient and un-user friendly
- Chicklets have to be doubled up in one foolscap file and are
sometimes lost down open sides of file - Difficult to view the chicklets when leafing through as the dividers
are so deep and packed tight - Chicklets are often put back in wrong files by mistake
- Foolscap labels prone to falling out
Design development
- Analysed chicklets and how they are used
- Considered all aspects of the brief
- Developed various options
Works/Materials involved
- Laminated MDF
- Laminated MDF
- Bespoke acrylic flip dividers
Outcome
- Creation of a bespoke, space efficient, user friendly unit
- 5 ft. sq. of floor space saved
- Drawers design around the size of the chicklets
- Specially developed labeled acrylic dividers improving speed of access
- Chicklets are stored one behind the other and therefore no doubling up required
- Chicklets incapable of falling out and being lost in bottom drawer
- Chicklets used in conjunction with light box, which now sits above saving time and motion