Friday, December 6, 2013

Funny design multi-purpose storage units: give a face to your house

They are our newest entry but we love them already... we can not simply define them as "storage furniture", they are animated multi-purpose storage units, almost characters from a fairy tale, coming with an original shape and a look inspired by animals or faces. Holes and decorative incisions placed on doors and drawers fronts make the opening easier, they look extremely nice and at the same time they do what they have been designed to do: contain objects.
These Italian design storage units are made of plywood covered in smoothed ash-wood or lacquered mdf, they can be customized with three different colours: white, black and red, three shades which can easily adapt to every kind of environment or furniture piece already present in the house.

For those of you who are still into a more classic idea of a cabinet DiPasqua wardrobe / cabinet is the ideal choice.

DiPasqua multi-purpose cabinet


Rectangular storage unit divided into three compartments with one door and left hinges. Great inside a kitchen as a pantry, in the bedroom as a small wardrobe, in the office to file documents, DiPasqua is versatile and multi-purpose. Furthermore, by putting more storage elements one next to the other it will be possible to create a customized composition allowing to meet the tastes and needs of everyone covering all the space at disposal.
Similar idea in Mangione storage unit, same vertical structure with an additional fourth compartment in an oblique position compared to the rest of the structure.

Mangione kitchen storage unit

The name says it all, Mangione means big eater in Italian: a big body and a face with an open mouth which looks like is about to eat something, the additional hole in the top side of the door reminds an eye. Mangione is ideal in the kitchen to store food or a small cabinet for cleaning products, detergents and rags.
For an utterly original living room we introduce you to Crocodilia a low storage unit with two long drawers.

Crocodilia low storage unit

The design has been inspired, just like the name says, by the shape of a crocodile but, thanks to simple and linear lines, it is an ideal solution for the sitting or living room. You can use it as TV stand or more simply as a surface top for small lamps, vases and other objects.
The storage units which better represent the originality of these products and their refined design are Oomo and Sigmund.
The shape, position of the incisions and holes in Oomo fronts strongly remind a face: doors with two eyes, a nose and a mouth; moreover the structure remind legs.

Oomo storage unit

Once open, the door hides inside two compartments which can hold different objects according to the environment of the house. Extremely functional and versatile!
Sigmund is a storage unit with casters, easy to move, equipped with two convenient drawers.

Sigmund storage unit with casters

Thanks to its height and its features it is perfect for the office, next to the desk but it can also be placed inside a kids bedroom, for the storage of coloured crayons, drawings and comic books. Holes and cuts are here replaced with geometric shapes which, other than representing the eyes, nose and mouth of an hypothetical face, make the opening easy.

These animate storage units belong to Neotoi Family collection by Emporium created by Roberto Giacomucci and are only a part of the furniture pieces he created and designed.
Don't miss out the next article about this collection, for other innovative ideas on how to furnish the house.
See you soon.