Emerging Organizing Products

One of the great contradictions about my life and career is that to be able to help people unclutter and organize their lives, I have to spend a lot of my time researching and learning about products. There are months when I visit The Container Store five or more times, and every day I'm "shopping" online. I help others eschew extraneous possessions, but spend my time focused on physical stuff.



One of the sites I regularly visit is Quirky. This site works with independent inventors and product developers to crowd-source ideas that may eventually lead to real items on store shelves. A product is put up for public review, and if it gets enough support, it will actually be made. You can learn more about Quirky on their FAQ page.



I check the site to see what useless trinkets are headed for stores. Every now and again, however, an actual useful idea pops up and impresses me. This weeks was one of those rare times when I was impressed by a future product: The Style File Closet Clothing Organizer. It's presale price is $12.95, and it needs 1250 committed buyers to move into production.

Style File is a closet storage solution that instantly creates garment shelves in any open space. Gone are the days of toppling your whole stack of clothes when you want to pluck something from the bottom of your pile. Style File gives you easy access!

I think you could easily repurpose office supplies to do a similar function, but they're usually more expensive than $13. I liked this idea and thought it would be fun to share with you.