Open floor plans and intermingling rooms bring into focus furniture that has received little attention in the past. Wardrobes for example. A number of designers are working on solutions that remove jackets, bags and hats and at the same time are wall decorations.

Hang Around is such a model: Canadians Joy Charbonneau and Derek McLeod have created an iron frame for the young Danish label Karakter. He hangs on the wall like a picture. If necessary, his fine lines with seven balls are used as endpoints in the interior: here the owner hangs up his belongings.

From a cooperation of the Berlin designer Mark Braun with the Bonn label Echtstahl Piro was born: a bent tube with a folded sheet metal at the bottom. Fastened to the wall, hang hangers at the top and put down in the down, in the reminiscent of a newspaper holder sheet, hats and scarves. "Piro is inspired by my fascination for simple, yet concise everyday products," says designer Braun.

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More stylish decoration than commercial furniture: the new wardrobes

Felix Stark also sets a frame with the Schönbuch Curve wardrobe. The trick: The frame is screwed flat against the wall. If the wardrobe is needed, it is folded out at the top of the room, so that it now stands diagonally - and provides space for hangers. The idea came to Stark, because he often visits and usually throw all their jackets and coats in the bedroom on the bed, since his wardrobe was not sufficient. "What I missed was something like an instant wardrobe that's there when needed, but never in the way."

Colorful splashes of color and room decoration

Even less space is needed by the Dots Stones of the design studio Apartment 8 from Munich. The balls of marble are also from the program of Schönbuch. With a rod made of stainless steel they are brought to the wall - as a colorful splash of color and room decoration or just as needed as a coat hook.

For the Italian company Kartell the designer Patricia Urquiola did the trick to nail pudding to the wall. Their Jellies Coat Hangers made of synthetic plastic remind not only by name to jelly. They can be arranged individually or in groups on the wall. The products she designs are designed to give users great enjoyment, Urquiola says of her design philosophy. "You have to deliver quality and make sure that the object is really contemporary."

The Swiss design studio Big-Game for the Danish company Hay has designed a minimalist and durable wall-mounted coat rack: Beam consists of an H-shaped wall profile made of powder-coated aluminum and hooks made of ash wood. The hooks can be flexibly moved on the bar and also carry larger weights such as heavy winter coats.

For small apartments and minimalists

Alan Wisniewski sets a high visual impact with his subway coat rack for Toronto-based label Umbra. "The idea for the cloakroom actually came to me when looking at subway networks," says Alan Wisniewski. At its junctions, the Canadian placed the hooks. Finished.

A solution for small apartments and minimalists is the coat rack named Hanging hook 1 for 8 by Katja Kirchhoff and Sophia Muckle. The German label Side by Side manufactures them from a maple stick, at each end of which sits a bent hook made of stainless steel, as known from hangers. Thus, the hook can be used as an extension to an existing wardrobe, but also in the wardrobe or other hooks in the hallway and bathroom use.

But many a classic fits into the modern image of a functional and at the same time decorative wardrobe - such as Hang it all by Charles and Ray Eames from 1953. The colorful balls were mainly intended to encourage children to hang up their clothes. Vitra has been in the wardrobe for many years - and always adapts them to the spirit of the times. The model is currently available in green, white and black, with a gradient from cream to bleu and green or with walnut balls.