Designer’s guide to COVID-19: Overstocked toilet paper

Multi-disciplinary designer Raimana Jones, of Atelier Jones, uses dimensioned drawings and diagrams in the style of Ernst Neufert’s book, Architects’ Data, to give some perspective (and some humour) to COVID-19-related behaviour. See the first piece, a designer’s guide to physical distancing, here

Note: Architects’ Data original book was first published in 1936, so an unbalance of genders in roles and ratio was evident in the human figures drawn. I’ve amended a lot of these from the original to balance things out.

All dimensions are in millimetres. Sources are mainly around New Zealand regulations and guidelines; some are from other sources from other parts of the world.

Please refer to covid19.govt.nz for the latest official information on how to beat the spread of COVID-19.

Overstocked Toilet Paper

This is probably one of the weirdest and funniest phenomenons to result from the Coronavirus pandemic. I never thought that toilet paper would become a priority when it comes to stocking up for a global pandemic. I couldn’t resist doing a series on this. Enjoy.  

The website howmuchtoiletpaper.com an online tool to help you calculate how long your current stash of toilet paper will last, created by artist Hayden Kay. Thanks Hayden.

 Image:  Illustration by Raimana Jones
 Image:  Illustration by Raimana Jones

Panic bought some toilet paper and want to declutter your bathroom? Here is a dimension guide for shelving units specifically designed around a 24 toilet paper roll pack.

 Image:  Illustration by Raimana Jones
 Image:  Illustration by Raimana Jones

Below are infographics that help give some perspective on how much toilet paper an average adult consumes in different time periods.

Note: one dot represents one month.

 Image:  Illustration by Raimana Jones

Bunnings Wharehouse in Australia ran out of normal toilet paper rolls. They are now selling the jumbo size rolls as a solution.

 Image:  Illustration by Raimana Jones
 Image:  Illustration by Raimana Jones
 Image:  Illustration by Raimana Jones

Nine packs of 24 toilet paper rolls, so a total of 216 is the maximum amount I could fit (virtually) in a supermarket trolley. That was just for fun, to speculate an extreme panic buyer scenario.

This article first appeared on the Atelier Jones website. See the original article here.


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