{"id":41353,"date":"2014-05-15T13:03:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T17:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=41353"},"modified":"2014-07-24T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T21:15:26","slug":"70s-magnetic-storage-redesigned-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2014\/05\/15\/70s-magnetic-storage-redesigned-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Chic Plastic Wall Storage from 1971 and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
Recently, we stumbled on an image of UTEN.SILO (also known as the Wall All)<\/a>, the very stylish wall storage Dorothee Becker designed for Ingo Maurer in 1960s, almost half a century ago. Wouldn’t THAT be cool to have? we thought. No long after, we found Urbio, a new\u00a0play on the essential idea\u00a0and wondered if it is really true that there are no new ideas, but rather, discoveries of the same things over and over. <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We love the story behind Beckers iconic design, all of which you can read here<\/a>. Becker, who never trained as a designer, describes her inspiration:<\/p>\n My father owned a drugstore and photo shop in Aschaffenburg. When I was a child there were countless drawers there full of fascinating things waiting to be discovered, including a hang-up toilet bag made of waxed cloth full of pockets for the various toiletries. The bag held items which would normally have been stored vertically in a horizontal position. I never forgot this practical idea and later used it in UTEN.SILO.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n You can still buy the Uten.Silo Storage System <\/a>, above, as well as versions in red and black. And the\u00a0Urbio Wall System<\/a>\u00a0is widely available in kits, or separate parts, so you can customize it to your space and needs. Pricewise, it seems to be on a par with or possibly more expensive than UTEN.SILO. \u00a0Which you choose depends on the look you prefer, and the flexibility you need.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently, we stumbled on an image of UTEN.SILO (also known as the Wall All), the very stylish wall storage Dorothee Becker designed for Ingo Maurer in 1960s, almost half a century ago. Nor long after, we found Urbio, a new play on the essential idea, but with magents this time.<\/p>\nRead More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":41354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6548,8362,101,7],"tags":[7589,7593,7592,7590,7860,7591],"yoast_head":"\n
\nWhereas Becker’s storage components clipp onto its plastic wall, Urbio’s is affixed by magnets. It’s being marketed as planters, but we’re thinking that it would make great Becker-ish storage for all sorts of things to efficiently organize a kitchen or workspace.\u00a0<\/p>\n