diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/files.cmake b/Modules/QtWidgets/files.cmake
index fdd28ea7bd..81fe15edf6 100644
--- a/Modules/QtWidgets/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/files.cmake
@@ -1,86 +1,89 @@
 file(GLOB_RECURSE H_FILES RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/*")
 
 set(CPP_FILES
-QmitkApplicationCursor.cpp
-QmitkDataStorageAbstractView.cpp
-QmitkDataStorageComboBox.cpp
-QmitkDataStorageListModel.cpp
-QmitkDataStorageTableModel.cpp
-QmitkDataStorageTreeModel.cpp
-QmitkFileReaderOptionsDialog.cpp
-QmitkFileReaderWriterOptionsWidget.cpp
-QmitkFileWriterOptionsDialog.cpp
-QmitkIOUtil.cpp
-QmitkLevelWindowPresetDefinitionDialog.cpp
-QmitkLevelWindowRangeChangeDialog.cpp
-QmitkLevelWindowWidgetContextMenu.cpp
-QmitkLevelWindowWidget.cpp
-QmitkLineEditLevelWindowWidget.cpp
-QmitkMemoryUsageIndicatorView.cpp
-QmitkMimeTypes.cpp
-QmitkNodeDescriptor.cpp
-QmitkNodeDescriptorManager.cpp
-QmitkRenderWindowMenu.cpp
-QmitkProgressBar.cpp
-QmitkPropertiesTableEditor.cpp
-QmitkPropertiesTableModel.cpp
-QmitkPropertyDelegate.cpp
-QmitkRegisterClasses.cpp
-QmitkRenderingManager.cpp
-QmitkRenderingManagerFactory.cpp
-QmitkRenderWindow.cpp
-QmitkServiceListWidget.cpp
-QmitkSliderLevelWindowWidget.cpp
-QmitkStdMultiWidget.cpp
-QmitkMouseModeSwitcher.cpp
-QmitkDataStorageFilterProxyModel.cpp
-QmitkDataStorageComboBoxWithSelectNone.cpp
-QmitkPropertyItem.cpp
-QmitkPropertyItemDelegate.cpp
-QmitkPropertyItemModel.cpp
+  QmitkApplicationCursor.cpp
+  QmitkDataStorageAbstractView.cpp
+  QmitkDataStorageComboBox.cpp
+  QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel.cpp
+  QmitkDataStorageDefaultView.cpp
+  QmitkDataStorageListModel.cpp
+  QmitkDataStorageTableModel.cpp
+  QmitkDataStorageTreeModel.cpp
+  QmitkFileReaderOptionsDialog.cpp
+  QmitkFileReaderWriterOptionsWidget.cpp
+  QmitkFileWriterOptionsDialog.cpp
+  QmitkIOUtil.cpp
+  QmitkLevelWindowPresetDefinitionDialog.cpp
+  QmitkLevelWindowRangeChangeDialog.cpp
+  QmitkLevelWindowWidgetContextMenu.cpp
+  QmitkLevelWindowWidget.cpp
+  QmitkLineEditLevelWindowWidget.cpp
+  QmitkMemoryUsageIndicatorView.cpp
+  QmitkMimeTypes.cpp
+  QmitkNodeDescriptor.cpp
+  QmitkNodeDescriptorManager.cpp
+  QmitkRenderWindowMenu.cpp
+  QmitkProgressBar.cpp
+  QmitkPropertiesTableEditor.cpp
+  QmitkPropertiesTableModel.cpp
+  QmitkPropertyDelegate.cpp
+  QmitkRegisterClasses.cpp
+  QmitkRenderingManager.cpp
+  QmitkRenderingManagerFactory.cpp
+  QmitkRenderWindow.cpp
+  QmitkServiceListWidget.cpp
+  QmitkSliderLevelWindowWidget.cpp
+  QmitkStdMultiWidget.cpp
+  QmitkMouseModeSwitcher.cpp
+  QmitkDataStorageFilterProxyModel.cpp
+  QmitkDataStorageComboBoxWithSelectNone.cpp
+  QmitkPropertyItem.cpp
+  QmitkPropertyItemDelegate.cpp
+  QmitkPropertyItemModel.cpp
 )
 
 set(MOC_H_FILES
   include/QmitkIDataStorageViewModel.h
   include/QmitkDataStorageAbstractView.h
   include/QmitkDataStorageComboBox.h
+  include/QmitkDataStorageDefaultView.h
   include/QmitkDataStorageTableModel.h
   include/QmitkFileReaderOptionsDialog.h
   include/QmitkFileReaderWriterOptionsWidget.h
   include/QmitkFileWriterOptionsDialog.h
   include/QmitkLevelWindowPresetDefinitionDialog.h
   include/QmitkLevelWindowRangeChangeDialog.h
   include/QmitkLevelWindowWidgetContextMenu.h
   include/QmitkLevelWindowWidget.h
   include/QmitkLineEditLevelWindowWidget.h
   include/QmitkMemoryUsageIndicatorView.h
   include/QmitkNodeDescriptor.h
   include/QmitkNodeDescriptorManager.h
   include/QmitkRenderWindowMenu.h
   include/QmitkProgressBar.h
   include/QmitkPropertiesTableEditor.h
   include/QmitkPropertyDelegate.h
   include/QmitkRenderingManager.h
   include/QmitkRenderWindow.h
   include/QmitkServiceListWidget.h
   include/QmitkSliderLevelWindowWidget.h
   include/QmitkStdMultiWidget.h
   include/QmitkMouseModeSwitcher.h
   include/QmitkDataStorageComboBoxWithSelectNone.h
   include/QmitkPropertyItemDelegate.h
   include/QmitkPropertyItemModel.h
 )
 
 set(UI_FILES
   src/QmitkFileReaderOptionsDialog.ui
   src/QmitkFileWriterOptionsDialog.ui
   src/QmitkLevelWindowPresetDefinition.ui
   src/QmitkLevelWindowWidget.ui
   src/QmitkLevelWindowRangeChange.ui
   src/QmitkMemoryUsageIndicator.ui
   src/QmitkServiceListWidgetControls.ui
 )
 
 set(QRC_FILES
   resource/Qmitk.qrc
 )
diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel.h b/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..908e445e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical Image Computing.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef QMITKDATASTORAGEDEFAULTLISTMODEL_H
+#define QMITKDATASTORAGEDEFAULTLISTMODEL_H
+
+#include <MitkQtWidgetsExports.h>
+
+// qt widgets module
+#include <QmitkIDataStorageViewModel.h>
+
+// qt
+#include <QAbstractListModel>
+
+/**
+* @brief The 'QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel' is a basic list model, that implements the 'QmitkIDataStorageViewModel'.
+*        It provides functions to accept a data storage and a node predicate in order to customize the model data nodes.
+*        Furthermore it overrides the functions of 'QAbstractItemModel' to create a simple qt list model.
+*        This model can be used inside a concrete implementation of the 'QmitkDataStorageAbstractView' and therefore be
+*        connected to the data storage and the signals and slots of a concrete data storage viewer.
+*/
+class MITKQTWIDGETS_EXPORT QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel : public QmitkIDataStorageViewModel
+{
+
+public:
+
+  QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel(QObject *parent);
+
+  // override from 'QmitkIDataStorageViewModel'
+  /*
+  * @brief See 'QmitkIDataStorageViewModel'
+  */
+  void SetDataStorage(mitk::DataStorage* dataStorage) override;
+  /*
+  * @brief See 'QmitkIDataStorageViewModel'
+  */
+  void SetNodePredicate(mitk::NodePredicateBase* nodePredicate) override;
+
+  // override pure virtual from 'QAbstractItemModel'
+  QModelIndex index(int row, int column, const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
+  QModelIndex parent(const QModelIndex &child) const override;
+
+  int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
+  int columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
+
+  QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const override;
+
+  // override for customization
+  QVariant headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const override;
+  Qt::ItemFlags flags(const QModelIndex &index) const override;
+
+private:
+
+  mitk::DataStorage::Pointer m_DataStorage;
+  std::vector<mitk::DataNode::Pointer> m_DataNodes;
+
+  mitk::NodePredicateBase::Pointer m_NodePredicate;
+
+};
+
+#endif // QMITKDATASTORAGEDEFAULTLISTMODEL_H
diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkDataStorageDefaultView.h b/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkDataStorageDefaultView.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..268dd457d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkDataStorageDefaultView.h
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical Image Computing.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef QMITKDATASTORAGEDEFAULTVIEW_H
+#define QMITKDATASTORAGEDEFAULTVIEW_H
+
+#include <MitkQtWidgetsExports.h>
+
+// qt widgets module
+#include <QmitkDataStorageAbstractView.h>
+#include <QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel.h>
+
+// qt
+#include <QListView>
+
+/**
+* @brief The QmitkDataStorageDefaultView serves as a standard view on the data storage. It contains a simple
+*        'QListView' and a custom 'QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel'.
+*        The model is basically a list model, that extends the 'QmitkIDataStorageViewModel' interface.
+*/
+class MITKQTWIDGETS_EXPORT QmitkDataStorageDefaultView : public QmitkDataStorageAbstractView
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+
+  QmitkDataStorageDefaultView(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+  QmitkDataStorageDefaultView(mitk::DataStorage* dataStorage, QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+
+  ~QmitkDataStorageDefaultView() override;
+
+private:
+
+  /*
+  * @brief Properly initializes the UI.
+  *
+  *   Calls 'SetModel' and 'SetView' of the parent class to correctly connect its model and view.
+  */
+  void SetupUI();
+
+  /*
+  * @brief Callback for the data storage node added event. 
+  *
+  *   WIP implementation: Reset the model by resetting the data storage of the model.
+  *
+  * @par  node	The data node that was added.
+  */
+  void NodeAdded(const mitk::DataNode* node) override;
+  /*
+  * @brief Callback for the data storage node changed event.
+  *
+  *   WIP implementation: Reset the model by resetting the data storage of the model.
+  *
+  * @par		node	The data node that was changed.
+  */
+  void NodeChanged(const mitk::DataNode* node) override;
+  /*
+  * @brief Callback for the data storage node changed event.
+  *
+  *   WIP implementation: Reset the model by resetting the data storage of the model.
+  *
+  * @par		node	The data node that was removed.
+  */
+  void NodeRemoved(const mitk::DataNode* node) override;
+
+  QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel* m_DataStorageDefaultListModel;
+  QListView* m_DataStorageListView;
+
+};
+
+#endif // QMITKDATASTORAGEDEFAULTVIEW_H
diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel.cpp b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14dcf39e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical Image Computing.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#include <QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel.h>
+
+// qt widgets module
+#include "QmitkCustomVariants.h"
+#include "QmitkEnums.h"
+
+QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel::QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel(QObject *parent)
+  : m_DataStorage(nullptr)
+  , m_NodePredicate(nullptr)
+{
+  // nothing here
+}
+
+void QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel::SetDataStorage(mitk::DataStorage* dataStorage)
+{
+  /* TEMPORARY
+  if (m_DataStorage == dataStorage)
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+  */
+  m_DataStorage = dataStorage;
+
+  mitk::DataStorage::SetOfObjects::ConstPointer dataNodes;
+  if (m_DataStorage != nullptr)
+  {
+    if (m_NodePredicate != nullptr)
+    {
+      dataNodes = m_DataStorage->GetSubset(m_NodePredicate);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      dataNodes = m_DataStorage->GetAll();
+    }
+  }
+
+  // update the model, so that it will be filled with the nodes of the new data storage
+  beginResetModel();
+  m_DataNodes.clear();
+
+  // add all (filtered) nodes to the vector of nodes
+  if (dataNodes != nullptr)
+  {
+    for (auto& node : *dataNodes)
+    {
+      m_DataNodes.push_back(node);
+    }
+  }
+  endResetModel();
+}
+
+void QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel::SetNodePredicate(mitk::NodePredicateBase* nodePredicate)
+{
+  m_NodePredicate = nodePredicate;
+}
+
+QModelIndex QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel::index(int row, int column, const QModelIndex &parent) const
+{
+  bool hastIndex = hasIndex(row, column, parent);
+  if (hastIndex)
+  {
+    return createIndex(row, column);
+  }
+
+  return QModelIndex();
+}
+
+QModelIndex QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel::parent(const QModelIndex &child) const
+{
+  return QModelIndex();
+}
+
+int QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const
+{
+  if (parent.isValid())
+  {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  return m_DataNodes.size();
+}
+
+int QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel::columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const
+{
+  if (parent.isValid())
+  {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+QVariant QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
+{
+  if (!index.isValid())
+  {
+    return QVariant();
+  }
+
+  if(index.row() < 0 || index.row() >= m_DataNodes.size())
+  {
+    return QVariant();
+  }
+
+  mitk::DataNode::Pointer dataNode = m_DataNodes.at(index.row());
+  if (Qt::DisplayRole == role)
+  {
+    return QVariant(QString::fromStdString(dataNode->GetName()));
+  }
+  else if (QmitkDataNodeRole == role)
+  {
+    return QVariant::fromValue<mitk::DataNode::Pointer>(dataNode);
+  }
+
+  return QVariant();
+}
+
+QVariant QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel::headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int role) const
+{
+  return QVariant(tr("Nodes"));
+}
+
+Qt::ItemFlags QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel::flags(const QModelIndex &index) const
+{
+  if (index.isValid())
+  {
+    return Qt::ItemIsEnabled | Qt::ItemIsSelectable;
+  }
+
+  return Qt::NoItemFlags;
+}
diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkDataStorageDefaultView.cpp b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkDataStorageDefaultView.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72de8cecea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkDataStorageDefaultView.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical Image Computing.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#include <QmitkDataStorageDefaultView.h>
+
+// qt
+#include <QHBoxLayout>
+
+QmitkDataStorageDefaultView::QmitkDataStorageDefaultView(QWidget* parent/* = nullptr*/)
+  : QmitkDataStorageAbstractView(parent)
+{
+  SetupUI();
+}
+
+QmitkDataStorageDefaultView::QmitkDataStorageDefaultView(mitk::DataStorage* dataStorage, QWidget* parent/* = nullptr*/)
+  : QmitkDataStorageAbstractView(dataStorage, parent)
+{
+  SetupUI();
+}
+
+QmitkDataStorageDefaultView::~QmitkDataStorageDefaultView()
+{
+  // nothing here
+}
+
+void QmitkDataStorageDefaultView::SetupUI()
+{
+  m_DataStorageDefaultListModel = new QmitkDataStorageDefaultListModel(this);
+  m_DataStorageListView = new QListView(this);
+
+  m_DataStorageListView->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection);
+  m_DataStorageListView->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectRows);
+  m_DataStorageListView->setAlternatingRowColors(true);
+  m_DataStorageListView->setModel(m_DataStorageDefaultListModel);
+
+  SetModel(m_DataStorageDefaultListModel);
+  SetView(m_DataStorageListView);
+
+  QHBoxLayout* layout = new QHBoxLayout();
+  layout->addWidget(m_DataStorageListView);
+
+  setLayout(layout);
+}
+
+void QmitkDataStorageDefaultView::NodeAdded(const mitk::DataNode* node)
+{
+  // work around to force an update of the data nodes
+  m_Model->SetDataStorage(m_DataStorage);
+}
+
+void QmitkDataStorageDefaultView::NodeChanged(const mitk::DataNode* node)
+{
+  // work around to force an update of the data nodes
+  m_Model->SetDataStorage(m_DataStorage);
+}
+
+void QmitkDataStorageDefaultView::NodeRemoved(const mitk::DataNode* node)
+{
+  // work around to force an update of the data nodes
+  m_Model->SetDataStorage(m_DataStorage);
+}