Two Portuguese designers, tired of watching clothes hangers tossed aside after a brief life on the rack, decided to reclaim them as functional art. Diogo Agular and Teresa Otta of LIKEarchitects rescued 2,000 colorful IKEA children’s hangers that were destined for the landfill and designed a technicolor Chromatic Screen for the 2012 Oporto Show, the most prestigious event for interior design and architecture on the Iberian Peninsula.
via www.inhabitat.com
This project inspire imaginative use of everyday objects. Even most boring and mundane life's necessity like a clothing hanger can be reused into something far more exciting.
Dry cleaners, laundromats, and clothing retailers consume millions of wire hangers a year, wasting thousands of pounds of steel on what many see as a single use product. Plastic hangers are even worse, requiring massive amounts of petroleum to make a product that’s nearly impossible to recycle.
The project draws attention to re-using objects and reducing waste - inherent to urbanization. It creates a connection between architecture, design, urban installation and art - targeting wide audience.
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