Silver Furniture Design · 2016
Phantom II Magical Coat Rack
by Yu Hiraoka
- A' Design Award 2016 Silver Winner in Furniture Design
- Awarded April 15, 2016
- CLIENT: Yu Hiraoka Design
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 25,625
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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.
Press Kit
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Image Credits
- Yu Hiraoka Design
Colors of Phantom II Magical Coat Rack
Design Interview about Phantom II Magical Coat Rack
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!
I'm planning to showcase the prototype at a few important exhibitions. One will be the Milan Design Week next year.
I came up with the basic concept roughly two years ago. And I have developed the idea and form.
Anyone who appreciates good minimal furniture, and someone who like a little humor in the house.
I think I have seen designs with same humorous concepts in table designs and stool designs, but I haven't seen one in coat rack design.
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.
A couple of different 3D software.
Aesthetic combination of wood and plexiglass.
I asked advice about production techniques from a big workshop. I had useful advice from them.
The CNC has a very big role to produce this furniture. I think that using CNC is still not a conventional thing to produce furniture in general.
I didn't do any proper research, but I did feel that composing furniture without screws or glues have gotten trendy.
In my first design of this coat rack, the structure was fragile to function as a coat rack and after I came over it, the next problem was high production cost. I came over that, too. But I would face more challenges as I keep going further with this project. It's just a normal thing.
When I did the first rendering of this project, I instantly felt that it can win. Well, that's how I decided!