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"Shoe Trap" Modular Storage a Step Up from Other Shoe Organizers

By Rain Noe - May 27, 2011

in Object Culture

It's a rich-world problem for sure, and while Having Too Many Shoes Syndrome used to be the domain of women, I've visited the apartments of just as many guy friends and encountered that shitstorm of kicks cluttering the vestibule. If you're a collector like Turtle from Entourage with access to movie-star funds, you have a special closet built to house them, but most of the people I know just have them scattered about.

Though not a shoe-collector myself—at one point I lived with more dogs than I had pairs of shoes—I'm digging the Shoe Trap.

It's nothing more than a modular system of boxes lined with foot-funk masking cedar, clear front doors and rubber grips on the bottom so you can stack 'em, making your own little shoe skyscrapers. They're like Lego for Imelda Marcos (or Turtle, if he wasn't living on Vinnie Chase's dime).

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Ryan

13 years ago

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I agree. The shoes would have moisture inside after being worn. Wouldn't they start to grow mold if not properly ventilated? It's an interesting change from the traditional shoe rack, but i think it needs more work.
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matt

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I see a slight problem. In summer my shoes small pretty bad, they need aeration. Cool idea, but its needs ventilation.
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Meri Kuusi-Shields

13 years ago

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Function and design in balance! Finally a solution for homes without huge closets.
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tom

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This is a waste of material and space, it seems to have no design thought process and i'm sad it has reached the likes of core77 and made it on.
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