Accordion-fold Divider System
Purpose
Thousands of pieces of flatware were housed in over 50 boxes that were specifically chosen to fit into silver storage cabinets. The individual pieces of flatware were rolled in tissue and/ or polyester batting inside the boxes and not easily accessible for barcoding, digitization and other research. However a divider system was required that would maintain the current boxes leaving the same objects within individual boxes.
Author
Kate Wight Tyler
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E. 91st St.
New York NY 10128
212-849-8423
wightk@si.edu
Photo / Illustrator Credits: Kate Wight Tyler
Publication: 2017
Description
Accordion-fold divider system that was designed to efficiently re-house boxes of flatware (but could work well for other objects of similar size/shape – hairpins, fans, pens etc.) and was mass produced by Talas using their archival board [Fig 1].
Figure 1. Accordion-fold divider system designed to efficiently re-house boxes of flatware
Materials, Tools & Supplies
Bristol Board 10Pt 48 X 72 Tan (Talas)
Construction
Cut above Bristol to:
60cm x 16cm
with crease lines every 3cm
yield = 16 pieces per board
(Talas custom fold job) [Fig 2]
Figure 2. Diagram sent to Talas to specify order