- Team
- Rajvi Patil, Vita Sipayung
- Course
- Coding for Design, Fall 2024
OrganizeIt!
Custom Closets in Grasshopper
- Grasshopper
- Rhino 3D
- Rectangular packing
- User personas
- Technical writing
Problem
As apartments and homes get smaller and more expensive, people need affordable, customizable spaces, but custom closet design is priced for the high end.
Approach
A free, open-source DIY design tool that simplifies closet customization, maximizes space and fits your budget.
Outcome
A packaged Grasshopper component of seven tools, shown with two user personas and documented in a full user manual.
- My role
- Built the storage layout system, created the user personas, and wrote the user manual
See it work
How it works
- 01
Sort every item into three types: hanging racks, closed cabinets and open cabinets
- 02
Prioritize within those types to simplify the optimization
- 03
Compare your inventory to standard sizing to suggest how to use the space
- 04
Treat any remaining space as open cabinets
- 05
Pack the layout as rectangles in 2D, then extrude it into a 3D model
Inputs
- Closet dimensions: height, length and width
- Your inventory: hanging, open cabinet and closed cabinet items
- Colors for the closet and floor
Outputs
- A 3D model of your custom closet
- Decluttering suggestions to make the most of the space
User personas · click to enlarge
Persona 1: just moved into a small apartment, living minimally and saving up for a car
Persona 2: lives in a luxury unit but struggles to stay organized; saving to buy quality pieces
Free and open source
Design, aesthetics and organizing shouldn’t come at a heavy price. We released OrganizeIt! for free so anyone can get the premium closet design experience of high-end services, faster and at a fraction of the cost.
Includes the packaged Grasshopper components, an example file with the full Python source, the user manual and a README. Requires Rhino and Grasshopper.