PROJECT: Memory Box

Size: W 1020 D 470 H 900mm

Material: Salvaged board from old kitchens, laundries and furniture etc, drawer fronts randomly selected out of free off cuts from cabinet factories around Brisbane, 6mm Acrylic glass, pin board inlay finished with Estapol floor lacquer.

It’s just a chest of drawers with no design?!

The idea is to make the new owner responsible for finishing this design with items which hold a sentimental value to the owner.

The chest is a low level design chest of drawers where the top, sides and the back are finished in acrylic glass creating a narrow display case that surrounds the piece. The drawer fronts are all finished in individual designs and colours, except for four randomly selected drawers which will initially be finished in white (these white drawers are to be personalised by the owner).

‘Start your collection of mementoes in the Memory box’. Imagine a personalised piece of furniture to store all the bits and pieces you’ve collected in your life which remind you of a special moment. They may include; an old photograph from school, the concert tickets from your favourite band, the unexpected birthday card from a special friend, the champagne cork from your anniversary, a piece of fabric from your long gone favourite denim jeans…and many things still to come.

The white drawer fronts are meant to be changed in time by the owner. The replacement draw fronts may be salvaged from old furniture which you inevitably, had to let go, or a renovation for example. Salvaged handles and knobs may also be incorporated in your memory box, to make it truly unique.

This is a piece which is set to become the ‘shrine’ of your memories, starting a collection of the ‘special moments in life’……….when do you start?