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Tiny, Ambivalent Storage Drawers from Japan

By Rain Noe - May 8, 2018

in Object Culture

There's a craftsman in Japan going by the handle Conocoto (I looked it up, it's a town in Peru) who makes these tiny, ambivalent storage drawers.

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They're designed to hold "nothing particularly," he writes on his Japanese-language blog. "Please store your favorite things like toothpicks and stamps."

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Although the jewelry in this photo gives a good indication of the diminutive scale he works in…

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…he's also made at least one unit large enough to hold a kitten.

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He sells them for a measly ¥1,000 - ¥3,000 (about $9 - $28 USD) on a website called Creema, which appears to be a Japanese version of Etsy.

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Check out his page here.

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Austin Valley

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These are great, I'm going to try to order some!

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Sean Thackston

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any way to purchase stateside?

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