Phantom II Magical Coat Rack by Yu Hiraoka is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design Competition Category.
SilverFurniture· 2016
Phantom II Magical Coat Rack
by Yu Hiraoka
Client: Yu Hiraoka Design
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Furniture Category
Verified Award Winner
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About Phantom II Magical Coat Rack
This is a coat rack with four wood hooks, one wood basement and a clear acrylic stick. Because of its clear stick, it creates an illusion that the presence of coat rack disappears in a dark room and your coats hanging on hooks look like they are in the air as if you see a phantom there. This coat rack can be assembled without using screws or glue.
The Recognition
About the Silver A' Design Award
Phantom II Magical Coat Rack is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Phantom II Magical Coat Rack is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Phantom II Magical Coat Rack is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
Interviews
Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
Phantom II is a humorous coat rack which does a little 'trick' to customers. I mean it makes you see a phantom in your house!
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
I'm planning to showcase the prototype at a few important exhibitions. One will be the Milan Design Week next year.
How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
I came up with the basic concept roughly two years ago. And I have developed the idea and form.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Phantom is a coat rack which consists of wood hooks, a wood basement and a clear acrylic stick. Because of its clear stick, it can create an illusion that your coats on hooks look like they are in the air in a dark room as though you see a phantom there. And this coat rack can be assembled without using screws or glues, thus it is easy to transport, assemble, disassemble, and dispose.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Size: W304 D304 H1630 mm
- Tags
- Furniture, Coat rack, Unique, Humor, Playful, Modern, Simple, Wood, Acrylic, Aesthetic, Home, Geometric
- Production Technology
- Materials: acrylic, walnut
- Design Challenge
- The big challenge of this project was how I could bring humour in the entrance of houses. And, I came up with this coat rack idea that makes coats look floating in the air.
- Research
- In the beginning of the project, I did research about furniture with smart and beautiful structures. I was interested in those built with separate pieces without using screws or glues, and I liked that smart aesthetics.
- Inspiration
- Furniture is not just a mere component in the house, but also something staying with you for many years. That is why, I believe it's important to design simple and practical, yet humorous and playful furniture in your home to give you some comfort.
- Project Duration
- This work was developed in Milan in 2015.
- Operation Flow
- This coat rack consists of a long stick, 4 hook pieces, and a base. Everybody can build it easily by putting them together in the places without using screws or glues, and it is also easy to disassemble it.
- Image Credits
- Yu Hiraoka Design
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