diff --git a/website/sandboxes/memoized-list-items/index.js b/website/sandboxes/memoized-list-items/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ba6912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/sandboxes/memoized-list-items/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import memoize from 'memoize-one';
+import { FixedSizeList as List } from 'react-window';
+
+const generateItems = numItems =>
+  Array(numItems)
+    .fill(true)
+    .map(_ => ({
+      isActive: false,
+      label: Math.random()
+        .toString(36)
+        .substr(2),
+    }));
+
+// If list items are expensive to render,
+// Consider using PureComponent to avoid unnecessary re-renders.
+// https://reactjs.org/docs/react-api.html#reactpurecomponent
+class ListItem extends PureComponent {
+  render() {
+    const { data, index, style } = this.props;
+
+    // Data passed to List as "itemData" is available as props.data
+    const { items, toggleItemActive } = data;
+    const item = items[index];
+
+    return (
+      <div onClick={() => toggleItemActive(index)} style={style}>
+        {item.label} is {item.isActive ? 'active' : 'inactive'}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+// This helper function memoizes incoming props,
+// To avoid causing unnecessary re-renders pure ListItem components.
+// This is only needed since we are passing multiple props with a wrapper object.
+// If we were only passing a single, stable value (e.g. items),
+// We could just pass the value directly.
+const getItemData = memoize((items, toggleItemActive) => ({
+  items,
+  toggleItemActive,
+}));
+
+class App extends PureComponent {
+  state = {
+    items: generateItems(1000),
+  };
+
+  toggleItemActive = index =>
+    this.setState(prevState => {
+      const item = prevState.items[index];
+      const items = prevState.items.concat();
+      items[index] = {
+        ...item,
+        isActive: !item.isActive,
+      };
+      return { items };
+    });
+
+  render() {
+    const { items } = this.state;
+
+    // Bundle additional data to list items using the "itemData" prop.
+    // It will be accessible to item renderers as props.data.
+    // Memoize this data to avoid bypassing shouldComponentUpdate().
+    const itemData = getItemData(items, this.toggleItemActive);
+
+    return (
+      <List
+        height={150}
+        itemCount={items.length}
+        itemData={itemData}
+        itemSize={35}
+        width={300}
+      >
+        {ListItem}
+      </List>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
diff --git a/website/sandboxes/memoized-list-items/package.json b/website/sandboxes/memoized-list-items/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82e41d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/sandboxes/memoized-list-items/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "description": "Demo of react-window with advanced memoization techniques",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "memoize-one": "^4",
+    "react": "^16",
+    "react-dom": "^16",
+    "react-window": "^1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/website/sandboxes/memoized-list-items/styles.css b/website/sandboxes/memoized-list-items/styles.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d3455d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/sandboxes/memoized-list-items/styles.css
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+html {
+  font-family: sans-serif;
+  font-size: 12px;
+}
+
+.List {
+  border: 1px solid #d9dddd;
+}
+
+.ListItemEven,
+.ListItemOdd {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+}
+
+.ListItemEven {
+  background-color: #f8f8f0;
+}
diff --git a/website/src/code/MemoizedListItems.js b/website/src/code/MemoizedListItems.js
index 4564696..7a0dcaa 100644
--- a/website/src/code/MemoizedListItems.js
+++ b/website/src/code/MemoizedListItems.js
@@ -44,27 +44,26 @@ class Example extends PureComponent {
   toggleItemActive = index =>
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const item = prevState.items[index];
-      return {
-        items: {
-          ...prevState.items,
-          [index]: {
-            ...item,
-            isActive: !item.isActive,
-          },
-        },
+      const items = prevState.items.concat();
+      items[index] = {
+        ...item,
+        isActive: !item.isActive,
       };
+      return {items};
     });
 
   render() {
+    const { items } = this.state;
+
     // Bundle additional data to list items using the "itemData" prop.
     // It will be accessible to item renderers as props.data.
     // Memoize this data to avoid bypassing shouldComponentUpdate().
-    const itemData = getItemData(this.state.items, this.toggleItemActive);
+    const itemData = getItemData(items, this.toggleItemActive);
 
     return (
       <List
         height={height}
-        itemCount={listData.length}
+        itemCount={items.length}
         itemData={itemData}
         itemSize={35}
         width={width}
diff --git a/website/src/routes/examples/MemoizedListItemsExample.js b/website/src/routes/examples/MemoizedListItemsExample.js
index 3c2a01d..0d8c805 100644
--- a/website/src/routes/examples/MemoizedListItemsExample.js
+++ b/website/src/routes/examples/MemoizedListItemsExample.js
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import CODE from '../../code/MemoizedListItems.js';
 
 import styles from './shared.module.css';
 
-const generateItems = () =>
-  Array(1000)
+const generateItems = numItems =>
+  Array(numItems)
     .fill(true)
     .map(_ => ({
       isActive: false,
@@ -49,22 +49,18 @@ class ItemRenderer extends PureComponent {
 
 export default class MemoizedListItemsExample extends PureComponent {
   state = {
-    items: generateItems(),
+    items: generateItems(1000),
   };
 
   toggleItemActive = index =>
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const item = prevState.items[index];
-
-      return {
-        items: {
-          ...prevState.items,
-          [index]: {
-            ...item,
-            isActive: !item.isActive,
-          },
-        },
+      const items = prevState.items.concat();
+      items[index] = {
+        ...item,
+        isActive: !item.isActive,
       };
+      return { items };
     });
 
   render() {
@@ -82,7 +78,7 @@ export default class MemoizedListItemsExample extends PureComponent {
             <FixedSizeList
               className={styles.List}
               height={150}
-              itemCount={1000}
+              itemCount={items.length}
               itemData={itemData}
               itemSize={35}
               width={300}