John tells us, "I modified that lovely classic, the Expedit. I modeled the shapes using Rhino and AutoCAD and used a CNC machine to mill them out.
Actually it's all one long piece - made with two Expedit units. One unit hugs the wall as pure storage, and the other encloses a small office behind it, so yes - works as a room divider. So the above 3 photos are of the same overall design.
Below are some renderings that show how they work together - the area between the two units is where you walk into the office space.The standalone is bolted to a wall on the other end. The only side of the Expedits that's really exposed is the one that's been bolted - all other sides have this system attached to it. I painted the additional shelves a high-gloss white so it matched the white Expedit.
This is just awesome!
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Gorgeous!
ReplyDeletehow the f... can i do sth like this by myself?
ReplyDeleteAMAZING!
ReplyDeleteI love this space and I love it all the more because of this incredible hack! (Can it even be called a hack? It's too professional looking)
ReplyDeleteCan John please go work for IKEA so I can buy this?
I love it! I know this is ikeahacker but why not build the whole divider as now just the addons to expedit? Why even use expedit as basis? It could be curvy all over ...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice - this really sets the standard. An innovative use of the stock item and a great looking outcome, great work
ReplyDeleteNice! I still think Expedit is too square, though. If only Lack would diversify its line the way Expedit has.
ReplyDeleteWOW!! this is amazing.
ReplyDeleteso what did you use to make the additional shelving, the yellow sections in the drawing?
ReplyDeleteGreat work John! I love the way you used squares and cubes but made a curvy shape.
ReplyDeletethis solves the big problem with newer ikea -- everything is a square in a square. ikea needs to take notes -- this is simple out definitely outside the square.
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