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Nice project, but it does assume one product per column, and that all cans are a standard size. Maybe a solution for the canned goods you use most frequently...

TheCowboy 3y ago
Rotate 90 degrees, omit the acrylic, easy access to all cans. Maybe not practical for earthquake prone regions, but hard to beat the space you gain from solutions like this in small apartments.
- aendruk 3y ago
  Removing easy access to all cans was a design goal: > the problem was keeping only one kind of can in each row - if one person went rouge on you, it's was all over
  - fbdab103 3y ago
    It would be rosy cheeks everywhere!
  - chefandy 3y ago
    > if one person went rouge on you, it's was all over Sure, but who keeps their makeup in the kitchen? Seriously, though, yeah... This build was for the author themselves, so as long as they like it, it was successful. But it's also a great example of the sort of elegant problem solving engineers (like my dad... Almost exactly) would implement unilaterally without consulting the people that use the kitchen far more than he does. This is why designers exist.
    - vl 3y ago
      In this case it also has decorative purposes: horizontal shelving in this space would be boring. So it sacrifices utility for the sake of decor.
      - chefandy 3y ago
        Like I said, since the author made it for themselves, it's successful if they like it. But as a former chef with an art degree that tertiarily included both sculpture and interior design, I disagree that the decorative component of this furniture makes up for the lack of utility in the way most people use canned food.
gravescale 3y ago
I understand that this fixed the author's issue, so if it works for them it works for them. But, it also assumes only 5 common can types and a lot of wall space. The latter is the real killer for a small house as wall space is at a huge premium, being the only place you can put cupboards (even when the room sizes are large enough to support islands, walls are still the only real place for tall things). If I had a square metre of wall to devote and did this, I'd subdivide this horizontally and have, say, 15 short columns in 3 rows rather than 5 long ones. If I really have so many of a specific type of can in stock that they don't fit, they can have two columns.

TheCowboy 3y ago

Rotate 90 degrees, omit the acrylic, easy access to all cans. Maybe not practical for earthquake prone regions, but hard to beat the space you gain from solutions like this in small apartments.

aendruk 3y ago
Removing easy access to all cans was a design goal: > the problem was keeping only one kind of can in each row - if one person went rouge on you, it's was all over
- fbdab103 3y ago
  It would be rosy cheeks everywhere!
- chefandy 3y ago
  > if one person went rouge on you, it's was all over Sure, but who keeps their makeup in the kitchen? Seriously, though, yeah... This build was for the author themselves, so as long as they like it, it was successful. But it's also a great example of the sort of elegant problem solving engineers (like my dad... Almost exactly) would implement unilaterally without consulting the people that use the kitchen far more than he does. This is why designers exist.
  - vl 3y ago
    In this case it also has decorative purposes: horizontal shelving in this space would be boring. So it sacrifices utility for the sake of decor.
    - chefandy 3y ago
      Like I said, since the author made it for themselves, it's successful if they like it. But as a former chef with an art degree that tertiarily included both sculpture and interior design, I disagree that the decorative component of this furniture makes up for the lack of utility in the way most people use canned food.

gravescale 3y ago

I understand that this fixed the author's issue, so if it works for them it works for them. But, it also assumes only 5 common can types and a lot of wall space. The latter is the real killer for a small house as wall space is at a huge premium, being the only place you can put cupboards (even when the room sizes are large enough to support islands, walls are still the only real place for tall things). If I had a square metre of wall to devote and did this, I'd subdivide this horizontally and have, say, 15 short columns in 3 rows rather than 5 long ones. If I really have so many of a specific type of can in stock that they don't fit, they can have two columns.