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B&A // Storage Wall Redesign

Before & After vignette at IKEA Siyuanqiao, Beijing: one 3 m wall of BOAXEL and SKÅDIS for shoes, clothes, sports kit and a folding bike.

The vignette from the aisle
  1. 01 Final designA Before & After vignette at IKEA Siyuanqiao: “Wow, within easy reach!”Chapter 01 →
  2. 02 PurposeAnswer one question on one 3 m wall: “Where are my dumbbells?”Chapter 01 →
  3. 03 Process3 BOAXEL bays: clothes and boxes · mirror · pegboards and folding bike · shoes below +0.6 m in 3 ways.Chapter 02 →
Year
2024
Type
Before & After vignette, IKEA China · bedroom department
Role
Lead designer, IKEA China Interior Design team
Site
IKEA Siyuanqiao, Beijing, China
Scope
3.0 × 2.6 m wall · 1.2 m deep
Tools
SketchUp · Blender (Cycles)
Status
Professional project · IKEA China, Interior Design team, Beijing
Shows
Storage planning with the IKEA range on one wall, a Before & After vignette, shoe storage at three heights, elevation, plan and section

In short

Wall
3.0 × 2.6 m on a 1.2 m deep floor, open to the aisle
Story
Poster: “Where are my dumbbells?” · header: “Wow, within easy reach!”
Bays
3 × 600 mm BOAXEL: clothes and boxes · 400 × 1500 mm mirror · 2 SKÅDIS pegboards with a folding bike
Shoes
8 pairs on wire shelves at +0.17 and +0.31 m · mesh basket at +0.43 m · 4 SKUBB boxes below
My part
Lead designer, IKEA China Interior Design team

At a glance

The project in six images.

Full process below ↓
From the aisle
From the aisle
Shoe storage
Shoe storage
Pegboard and bike
Pegboard and bike
From the left
From the left
Clothes rail
Clothes rail
Elevation, plan and section
Elevation, plan and section

01 Brief

A ‘before’ question and an ‘after’ answer on one wall.

Wall
3.0 × 2.6 m
Floor
1.2 m deep, open to the aisle

Step 01 / 03

The wall

Before
A poster asks the question
After
The header over the shelving answers it
System
4 BOAXEL uprights 600 mm apart, 1.8 m wide
Left over
1 m for the poster and a basket
Decision
Put everything on one wall system
Why
The vignette is a 1.2 m deep wall, open to the aisle
Result
Three bays, 1.8 m wide, within easy reach

Tap the numbers on the image.

Next: Shoes at three heights
From the aisle, on the axis of the wall
Viewpoint
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From the left
From the right

02 Design

Each bay has one job.

Left
Clothes and boxes
Middle
The mirror
Right
Sport and the bike
Bottom
Shoes

Step 02 / 03

Shoes at three heights

Wire shelves
+0.17 and +0.31 m, 8 pairs
Mesh basket
+0.43 m
Floor
4 SKUBB boxes
Decision
Keep all shoes below +0.6 m
Why
Shoes are taken and put back daily
Result
Eight pairs, a basket and four boxes in two bays
Next: Pegboard and bike
Shoe shelves, mesh basket and the foot of the mirror, from 0.9 m
Viewpoint
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Elevation, plan and section A–A through the shoe bay, sheet BA-201

Step 03 / 03

Pegboard and bike

Pegboards
2 SKÅDIS at +0.80 and +1.36 m for gloves, tools, bottles and headphones
Bike
On the bottom shelf
Decision
Give sport its own bay
Why
Small kit gets lost on open shelves
Result
Everything hangs where it can be seen
Right-hand bay: pegboards and the folding bike
Viewpoint
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Left-hand bay: clothes rail and hanging organiser

Credits

Model
Design model in SketchUp
Visuals and drawings
From the model in Blender Cycles
Assumed for the visuals
Store floor, back wall, ceiling, ambient light (the surrounding store is not in the model)
Trademarks
IKEA product names belong to Inter IKEA Systems B.V.