Coat Rack The Archives
Sunday 16 December, 2012
Such a Gentleman: 10 Modern Hat Racks
You know what nobody wears the way they used to? Hats. Sure, we throw on a beanie or some sort of knit concoction to keep our noggins warm in the dead of winter, but there once was a time when folks wore hats as a fashion statement every month of the year. Gone are the [...]
Saturday 15 December, 2012
Such a Gentleman: 10 Modern Hat Racks
You know what nobody wears the way they used to? Hats. Sure, we throw on a beanie or some sort of knit concoction to keep our noggins warm in the dead of winter, but there once was a time when folks wore hats as a fashion statement every month of the year. Gone are the [...]
Saturday 08 September, 2012
Ladder Coat Rack by Yenwen Tseng
Two ladders are joined by hidden hinges to create this adaptable slimline coat rack by Taiwanese designer Yenwen Tseng.
Saturday 30 June, 2012
Hanging by a Thread: 10 Creative Coat Hooks
There’s an old saying that goes, “Home is where you hang your hat,” meaning home is where and what you make of it. Extend that definition to include coats, too, and the sentiment stays the same. All transcendental passages aside, though, we’ve rounded up a series of creative coat hooks — some wall-mounted, some freestanding; [...]
Thursday 29 March, 2012
Stella Bleu Designs
William Morris once said, “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.â And 19th-century architect Louis Sullivan proclaimed that “form ever follows function,â an idea that vastly influenced the modernist movement in design.
Wednesday 28 March, 2012
Stella Bleu Designs
William Morris once said, “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” And 19th-century architect Louis Sullivan proclaimed that “form ever follows function,” an idea that vastly influenced the modernist movement in design.
Wednesday 27 April, 2011
Clever Bike Rack Concept: Park 10 Bicycles Instead of a Single Car
London firm Cyclehoop came up with an original idea to promote the use of bicycles over vehicles. This ingenious project was commissioned for the London Festival of Architecture and consists of car-shaped bike racks painted in vivid colors. The concept behind this initiative is that ten bicycles take up the space of one car, which [...]
Wednesday 27 April, 2011
Decorating Potholes of The City Using Colourful Fabric
Juliana Santacruz Herrera decided the streets of Paris were too gloomy and needed a little fresh touch. With these in mind she came up with the concept of decorating the potholes of the city using colorful strips of fabric. These were placed randomly in shallow breaks and cracks, creating a fun and colorful change in [...]
Saturday 02 April, 2011
Pipes and Handles Combine Fun and Function: Coat Racks by Nick Fraser Design
Nick Fraser Design is the mastermind behind these creative and unusual coat racks made from a series of intertwining pipes and handles. With handles painted in bright red and a selection of deep black, grey, blue or white pipes, with beautiful golden accents, the Coat Racks have an industrial appearance, helping the interior design of [...]
Saturday 05 March, 2011
Coat Rack Pipework Series By Nick Fraser
The Coat Rack Pipework Series by Nick Fraser straddles industrial design and modern aesthetics brilliantly. A rather cheeky design, the Coat Rack Pipework Series is made up of parts typically used for plumbing work and is a great example of design hybridization. The cleverly designed coat rack has the potential of being the focal point [...]