Visual Disorganizational System for Micah

Micah is a pack rat, who likes to collect things and have stuff available to him. He is not messy in the sense that it is trash, but more he likes to keep things that he thinks will be relevant to design or his inspiration later. He goes through wallets frequently because they breakdown after being filled with various things such as business cards, etc. He recently bought a three-fold wallet so he could keep things even further compartmentalized.

Micah says that he has never lost anything, so his accumulation of stuff is not do to him being scattered. He also says that he is always aware of things and where they are, that the only time its an issue is when someone else cleans his room or moves things. Also sometimes things being in a pile means its more difficult to reach items. Another issue Micah said he had was that he has to go to another space when he has to work because he finds his clutter distracting; this seems counterproductive, seeing as he saves many things to be inspirational for him.

My Design Solution: Wall panels/shelving that lines the entire room. The purpose of this is to move the clutter from the floor, and spread it out visually on the wall. This would allow him to see where everything is, and he could put it wherever he wants (there would be no overlaying or enforced organization such as "all CDs go here" etc.). The panels would be different colors or textures to allow for better memory retention in terms of where things were placed.

In addition to that, to remove the problem of his clutter being distracting, there would be retracting panels that folded down from the walls that would cover all the shelving units and give it the appearance of a flat wall.