MultiDrawer cabinet
One of the smartest and most reliable ways to store important items, the Bisley MultiDrawer is approaching 60 and boasts a quiet and timeless style born solely of necessity.
You’re probably not familiar with the company of F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment) Limited. You may not even be familiar with the brand name of Bisley. Yet there’s a very good chance you’ve used one of its most successful products, barely noticing as its well-engineered and solidly-built mechanism slides effortlessly backwards and forwards.
The MultiDrawer range of steel storage cabinets reminds us that items don’t have to be prominent or showy to be iconic. This month’s design classic could not be more straightforward or unpretentious. Indeed, its most recognisable feature may be the label holder that features on each of its drawers.
One of Bisley’s first products, designed in 1958, the MultiDrawer offers a fine mixture of usability and desirability, thanks to it being entirely fit for purpose.
Built from durable steel, this highquality product is perfectly suited to rigorous use, year in, year out. And it’s the reliability and no-nonsense style of the MultiDrawer that’s allowed it to build up a prestigious roster of clients, including the BBC and PwC.
The product’s success allowed Bisley to expand, ultimately becoming an employer of 700 people that now produces more than 15,000 items every week at its factory in South Wales, for sale in over 50 countries. The company claims to be Europe’s leading manufacturer of steel storage, and the provider of almost half of all UK steel storage units.
MultiDrawer cabinets are available with between three and 15 drawers of varying heights, allowing certain versions to fit on top of or under a work surface, and multi-compartment insert trays mean small items don’t get lost.
And while the uncomplicated design of the MultiDrawer brings a sense of order to even the most cluttered of offices, these rugged cabinets don’t have to look staid, as they’re now available in a multitude of bright and bold colours.