Glide Thru Shelf

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It's nice to stumble upon some of the projects I've done in the past. I was going through some old CDs while cleaning out the things I've accumulated over the past years and found this on a backup CD dated back in high school. I completely forgot about this senior project that we did! Anyways, our engineering academy instructor assigned us to design a modular shelving system that would mount to the wall and be used to display items as well as illuminated with a lighting system. Unfortunately we never did get to the prototyping phase. I wish I still had my sketches...

My basic design consisted of (3) side panels that could be customized with any logo or icon, (3) shelfs of two different lengths, and (3) fluorescent bulbs for lighting. The whole concept was to have a single side panel design that had slots in them where the shelves would "glide thru", allowing for multiple panels to be added onto an existing system if need be more shelf space. This would save on manufacturing costs by only needing to produce one type of side panel rather than multiple. The fluorescent bulbs on the front would be front covered by thin sheet metal that could be etched or placed with stickers to identify the contents of the shelf. 

After reading that description do I realize how unfeasible(?) the shelving system would have been, but this was mainly to be used around the school hence our school mascot, the ram, on the side panels. This couldn't match up to some of the work I've seen come from industrial designers since being in college, but oh well this is high school level after all, if that.