VNIO

Vinyl Organizer

  • The goal was to create a functional organizer for in-home products that balances everyday utility with a strong visual identity.

  • The organizer is constructed using walnut veneer, birch plywood, brass accents, PLA components, and sliding door hardware.

  • The design draws inspiration from retro vinyl storage, aiming to feel familiar, tactile, and visually at home alongside record collections.

This organizer is designed as a stacked, modular system that introduces motion into a typically static storage object. When a user pulls a single handle, the adjacent compartments follow in sequence, creating a fluid, cascading movement as the shelves extend. Each slot is fully removable and can be replaced with wider configurations, allowing the system to adapt to different storage needs. Interchangeable name tags further enable organization by category or genre. The warm walnut veneer and brass details reinforce the retro influence, while the precise sliding mechanism adds a sense of mechanical refinement. Together, these elements transform organization into an interactive, adaptable experience rooted in timeless materials.
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The hardest part of this project was the ideation phase. The problem of creating an organization tool was extremely broad, and even after narrowing the focus to vinyl records, finding a genuinely new way to store and access them was challenging. Once I landed on the pop out concept, the focus shifted to making it work mechanically. Designing a system that could lock securely when inactive and then release individual sliders in a controlled sequence took time, experimentation, and multiple iterations before it functioned as intended.

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