Smart, Simple Industrial Design: Muji's Modular Bi-Directional Desktop Storage Units

These basic-looking wooden storage units from Muji seem minimalist and not much more, but they pull a well-considered trick.

Each drawer in this 6×1 unit is half of a square high. So the unit can be turned on its side, and still accommodates the drawers.

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This 3×1 unit with square drawers can do the same. In one of the images you can better see the grooves cut into the interior, which serve as the drawer slides in both orientations.

There’s also a single-drawer unit.

All three units use the same housing (252mm wide, 170mm tall, 84mm deep) allowing Muji to enjoy economies of scale while the end user can arrange them in a variety of configurations.

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The 6×1 unit runs ¥2,990 (USD $20.50), the 3×1 is ¥2,490 ($17) and the one-drawer runs ¥1,990 ($13.65).

Source: core77

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