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FIG Record Stand

FIG Record Stand

Year
2025
Duration
1.5 months
Type
Industrial Design

A flatpack record stand CNC-cut from 3/4” birch plywood. It assembles without tools in under five minutes and holds 200 12” LPs plus 200 7”s or CDs. Two walls, 24 dowels. Designed, fabricated and hand-finished in Brooklyn.

01Design elements

3/4 view
3/4 view · 2 birch-ply walls
13"
Side view
28.25"
Side
Front view
35"
Front
24 dowels
24 dowels

Assembly

  1. Assembly step 1

    01Place one wall on its side.

  2. Assembly step 2

    02Twist the dowels into place.

  3. Assembly step 3

    03Align the second wall over the holes and tap into place with a mallet.

02Form studies

Hundreds of drawings exploring circular, organic forms.

03First iteration

The first version was already CNC’d when critique pointed out an inconsistent design language. Assembling it confirmed it: the rectangular form had abandoned the circular studies that started the project. I chose to redesign.

04Redesign

The redesign carries the form studies through. Smaller shelves for 7” LPs set up a clear hierarchy, and the headphone holder is built into the form: headphones hang from the small circles at the top.

05Process

CNC-cut from 3/4” birch plywood, then sanded and finished by hand.

06Final

Credits

With
Molly Roberts
ID Tech II, Pratt Institute, Spring 2025
Flatpack furniture