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title: Southern California Auto Manufacturing R&D studio
description: If you’re an engineer, designer or anyone working in R&D on a design challenge, you know you need convenient access to your materials. A highly organized space with easily accessible tools and materials allow you to evaluate and compare potential solutions. We recently designed and built a design studio for a major automobile manufacturer in […]
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# [Southern California Auto Manufacturing R&D studio](https://blog.mcmurraystern.com/en/southern-california-auto-manufacturing-rd-studio-2)

 Written by [Randy](https://blog.mcmurraystern.com/en/author/randy) | Jan 12, 2021 5:02:14 PM

If you’re an engineer, designer or anyone working in R&D on a design challenge, you know you need convenient access to your materials. A highly organized space with easily accessible tools and materials allow you to evaluate and compare potential solutions.

We recently designed and built a design studio for a major automobile manufacturer in southern California. This particular manufacturer wanted a dedicated space for a variety of items, including: fabrics, carpets, levers, handles, windshields and prototypes of doors and dashboards.

### **Creating a multifunctional space**

Southern California is known for its [extremely low vacancy rate in industrial and manufacturing environments](https://mcmurraystern.com/recover-floor-space/). Making the most of the existing space in this auto manufacturers studio was first priority. We designed a bright white, custom, [high density mobile storage system](https://mcmurraystern.com/products/mobile-storage/) with various drawers, shelves, dividers and cubbies to house all of the different shapes and sizes of the materials. [High density mobile storage](https://mcmurraystern.com/products/mobile-storage/) is comprised of several carriages that sit on rails, allowing the carriages to glide back and forth for easy access and maximum density of the stored materials.

### **Custom accessories to store everything **

Horizontal bars sit on the back shelf to store rolls of textiles, while hanging poles sit 3 tiers high to hang carpet samples. There are heavy duty drawers with dividers to hold samples and tools. Cubbies and shelves hold binders and odd shaped items while maintaining organization.

### **Sustainable, configurable solutions**

In addition to the [mobile storage system](https://mcmurraystern.com/products/mobile-storage/), the research and development team needed multifunctional space to offer flexibility for the designers to meet, work and collaborate. We designed custom rolling cabinets with built in drawers and a vinyl cutting table over the top. This allows the R&D team to roll the cabinets aside when they need floor space and push them back together when a large working space is needed.

Ultimately, this automotive manufacturing R&D design studio will have clean, organized room to work and plenty of space to grow into.Click the photos below to see more of the R&D design studio. If you’re working on a new space for your research and development team [**Call us!**](https://mcmurraystern.com/contact-us/)**What should you consider when designing an R&D space?**

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