When it comes to DIY modular storage, it's no wonder that the milk crate has been a dorm room and shop staple for decades: It's stackable, sturdy, easy to move around, and for college students they're easy to come by if that supermarket's loading dock doesn't have any surveillance cameras.
Atlanta-based industrial designer Jenny Drinkard decided to take the milk crate to the next level. After bringing it through the Quirky process, the now-ready-for-primetime Crates feature accessories like shelves, drawers, connectors, wheels, legs, and protrusions for hanging stuff like corkboards and cable clips:
By the bye, Crates is Quirky's first product manufactured in the U.S., with the mold coming from a toolmaker in New Jersey being used for final production in Vermont. You can catch some shots of the tooling process in the video below.
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