Artistic Organizer Device

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In the entire evolution of engineering, most of its varying instances of change have evolved around the subjects of science, technology, and mathematics. This is nothing unusual to people that think of such a broad industry. What many people don’t think about, is the other applications of technology, outside of our natural survival instincts and emergent mental developments. The process of engineering is using critical thinking skills to innovate on the world around us, even in the areas that most people disregard. Politics, community, recreation, business, and education are all affected by the continuous use of the engineering process to change our world. In recent years, though, those specific areas are less often in the perception of engineers, and more often skipped over in favor of the traditional subjects. For this reason, I chose to base my design off of the very widespread theme of art.
Artists (especially painters) are often stuck using the methods that have been used for centuries to express themselves. Standard paint brushes, paint cans, and mixing pallets end up thrown askew amid their work station, creating an untidy mess that will eventually have to be attended to. Though that usually doesn’t interfere with the creation of a masterpiece (and some even embrace the chaos), it instills a hassle to the process, which can cause distractions and discouragement. Such a problem is crying out for a solution:
The design presented is a revamp of a traditional utility to artist’s work station. It acts as an organizer for painting utensils and materials that would ordinarily get strewn about the work surface. As of the present, organizing devices for art supplies follow very simplistic styles, only functioning to the minimum amount of development for cost-effectiveness. Nothing has changed much in that style, since it serves its purpose without other competition on the market. Unlike those products, this design was fashioned off of a variety of needs of artists, optimized for ease of use, efficiency, and aesthetic appeal.
The organizer is composed of a main base and six “stem-like” (hence its branching from S.T.E.M. themes) utensil holders. A ball bearing attachment mechanism would also allow the device to rotate if that addition was deemed helpful by the user. Those holders are shaped to most efficiently grasp paint brushes (or other crafting utensils) at the ideal angle for placement and retrieval. The circular base has a sloped hole in the center, intended for use by a cylindrical container (most commonly for water to cleanse brushes), with gradient layers to allow usage of different sizes. Wet paint brushes (recently swirled in the water to clean them) of varying sizes will hang over the container to air out (drying faster) and drip liquid into the container, instead of onto the work surface. The base is also shelled out in six places around the outer edge, formed to hold small paint jars/containers securely, available right next to the utensil holders (for up to six variations of paint or materials). Being composed of plastic (or any desired material), the entire organizer can be used as a mixing palette for many types of paint, and easily washed clean for the next use. The organizer is size efficient as well, fitting on any flat surface, able to be moved around and picked up with little to no effort (ergo, less distractions and efficient storage).
People across the world, including children, students, and amateur or professional artists, can utilize this device on a regular basis as a gateway to their best expressions of themselves to share with others.
The image shows the original design (top picture), the empty rendering (left picture), and the rendering of the design exemplifying its container usage (right picture).