Portable Storage Design from the Past: The Rolykit - Core77

In 1973, Dutch filmmaker Samuel Meijering was

reportedly

"distracted while working on a film script by the clutter on his desk" and started sketching an object to hold errant items. We assume he was inspired by canvas tool rolls. He subsequently created mockups of his design in cardboard, inventing what would come to be called the Rolykit, which was ultimately produced in plastic:

据报道，

1973年，荷兰电影制片人塞缪尔·梅杰林（Samuel Meijering）“在写电影剧本时被桌子上的杂物分心”，并开始绘制一个物体来容纳错误的物品。我们认为他是受到帆布工具卷的启发。随后，他用纸板制作了他的设计模型，发明了后来被称为Rolykit的东西，最终用塑料生产：

Meijering sold the rights to a

Dutch company

that went on to sell millions of them. By the 1990s the Rolykit had made its way to the 'States, courtesy of entrenpreneur Joy Mangano and the Home Shopping Network:

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They appear to no longer be in production, but you can still find them

on eBay

in the $25-$50 range.