Iron Furniture Design · 2020
Fllipping Hanger And Art Decor Coat Hangers
by Marco Guariglia and Jui-Ju Lin
- A' Design Award 2020 Iron Winner in Furniture Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Uwood Furniture
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 23,398
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About Fllipping Hanger And Art Decor Coat Hangers
Fllipping Hanger And Art Decor is a wall mounted coat hanger for small homes. The design is shaped as a set of green wooden leaves that flip open and closed. Opened, the leaves hold clothes, hats, umbrellas, raincoats, sports equipment or gardening tools in matching sets. Folded flat against the wall, the piece works as a decorative panel. The structure is made of solid wood, joined with wood and glue only. Measuring 56 cm wide, 15 cm deep and 110 cm high, the hanger suits lobbies, entrances, bedrooms and children rooms.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- This project opened out shows clothes for easy accessibility that are hung in matching sets ready to go while saving space when folded to the wall as art decor.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 56cm x Depth 15cm x Height 110cm
- Tags
- coat hangers, innovative design, wall deco, fashion furniture, cool design furniture
- Production Technology
- The designer choose to use solid wood to show the product quality and he designed the structure with wood and glue only for echo friendly concern.
- Design Challenge
- Space saving is a serious issue in Asia, especially cities like Tokyo and Taipei. People is fitting to live in narrow space. Noticing this problem, the designer fallow the Asian trend of living simple life, the project was born to tide up cloth and show personal taste at the same time.
- Project Duration
- The project started in may 2019 in Taipei, Taiwan. and and finished in August 2019
- Operation Flow
- Bringing nature into the home, this project is designed for places such as lobbies, entrance ways, bedrooms, kids rooms even gardens. These leaves with relaxing shades of green can be flipped open and closed to serve as hangers for clothes, sports equipment, umbrellas, raincoats or hats and gardening tools.
- Research
- The design research started from prototyping and go through all the issue fixing by personal using experimentation. The designer survey among 30 sales from furniture shops and decided to make the hole sets hang on the wall. It was for saving space request and joyful using experience.
- Inspiration
- The designer always aimed to add more nature feeling indoor. Closet is a furniture that the designer tried to redefine. Most of the closet is so big, and it's just a big box people tried to fix in the room. This time, he tried to create some beauty and fun wall decoration at home, save space in the room and save time to arrange cloth.
It is a new "closet" that people can show the taste with or without any clothes on it. - Image Credits
- Image main : Photographer 陳明源, Sfoglia, 2019.
Image #1 : Photographer 陳明源, Sfoglia, 2019.
Image #2 : Photographer 陳明源, Sfoglia, 2019.
Image #3 : Photographer 陳明源, Sfoglia, 2019.
Image #4 : Photographer 陳明源, Sfoglia, 2019. - Patents
- Copyrights belong to Marco Guariglia, 2019.
Colors of Fllipping Hanger And Art Decor Coat Hangers
Design Interview about Fllipping Hanger And Art Decor Coat Hangers
The design was based on the designers living experience in Asia city. It was a need in there of all kinds of furniture that could help people to save space.
I hope taking the laundry could be something easier, saving more time to do. At the same time, change the shape of hangers to nice decoration.
It will be produce and sell on Zec Zec Taiwan first, and planing to go on Kickstart at the end of 2020.
The design concept was born in the summer of 2018. And it did stared in Mar 2019, it took three month for the designer to make it real.
The name is the combination of two Italian terms, “Sfoglia” and “Foglia”
Sfoglia means page flipping.
And Foglia represents leaf.
Sfoglia means page flipping.
And Foglia represents leaf.