Plastic Storage Box

     This storage box possesses a streamlined structure with smooth walls and minimal decoration in order to maximize its overall storage capacity.  This allows the most possible space within the interior of the box's dimensions, and the least amount of clutter along the exterior that would otherwise potentially obstruct storage of other objects around it.  Each side latch must be released in order to remove and place the lid, and the folded handle in the center of the lid provides a convenient grip with which to carry the box.
   
     Its small size can be inferred from the selection of supplies already stored inside it - A brush, pens, a plastic cup, and an ink bottle.  These items are all art-related supplies, an example of the type of materials that this storage can facilitate.  Any other groups of items of this small scale will find an appropriate home in this box.  For the owner of the item in question, its small size and construction makes it easy to store anywhere in any home, even in households with limited space.  If the owner needs to move small supplies from place to place, this box can cater that need as well, and thanks to the handle it is easy to carry around with other items.  Since the box is also made of cheap, durable plastic, it can be put in a larger box with other items and transported across vast distances without significant risk of the package breaking down.
   
     Every facet of design applied to this box ignores stylish graphics or elaborate physical layout, all for the purpose of reinforcing its main function as storage.  Therefore, the design is not intended to be viewed or displayed as home decor.  This includes the choice of transparent plastic, which keeps the supplies stored inside visible, but is also unsightly when compared to more decorative items like candle holders or statuettes.  Were the box made of glass, it would be more distinguished as a valuable item, but also more fragile and vulnerable to breaking.  The box is made to be easily ignored when not required and easy to access when it is. 
   
     Since its initial construction, the box has served its storing purposes for these art supplies.   An inventory like this is highly suggestive of the kind of person who owns this box: what their interests are, what tools they own, how much value they place on these tools.  A creator of artworks, specifically ink-work given this selection of tools, has chosen to store these items away in a small, plastic box that they can take anywhere with them, or store away, conveniently.  They want these tools to be handy and together as a set, and using this appropriately-sized box to achieve this ends give credence to the value of the boxes design.
   
     This storage bin's design idea was to provide a functional space that organizes small-scale materials together into a compact unit.  The problem lies in creating that space in a way that will not significantly obstruct its external environment while providing ample protection for the materials within.
   
     The lid and upper rim protrude further outward than the body of the box, and the two latches increase the amount of space that is occupied.  They distinguish the box from an aesthetic perspective, but they run in contrast to the otherwise minimal design approach that is supposed to allow space for its environment.  This rim should be thinned and compressed further inward, but only by a few millimeters.  Too much compression will result in the rim becoming a barrier that limits the size and quantity of objects that can actually fit inside the unit, like that cup tilting upward toward the rim.
   
     Otherwise, there are no other noteworthy flaws that would deem this design a failure, and that lies in the fact that it is very simple.  Because there is no decoration, the design is allowed to be as sleek and finely-tuned as it needs to be.  The significant amount of items taking up the space is evidence that the owner has accepted the design.