Jack Moore - Product Designer

I am a naturally fidgety person, much to the annoyance of my dad. We actually have a picture on the wall in our lounge that says “please keep fidgeting to a minimum”. However I just can’t help but fiddle with things: TV remotes, my watch, cutlery at the dinner table. I’m constantly told by my dad to stop fiddling otherwise I’ll break them.

 

So I thought how could I design and make a piece of furniture that lends itself to being fiddled with and moved around?

 

We were in need of a new set of coat hooks to put in our hallway for guests to hang their bits and pieces on as they came into the house. This was also a place that every time someone went up or down the stairs they would pass. It was the perfect position for a piece of furniture you could quickly play with and change around or fiddle with on your way past.

 

The hooks consist of two large french cleats, both slightly different in length, these are fixed to the wall using a concealed cleat to make them look like they are floating. Another challenge I set myself with this project was to have no fixings showing, only wood.

 

The hooks themselves are simply secured onto the french cleat and can be slid around and moved as wanted. Merely lift up one of the hooks, swap it with another, move it to the end of the cleat, put it on the other cleat, whatever you want to do to rearrange it as you quickly pass by up the stairs.

 

If all the hooks looked the same, there would be no point in being able to move them around and reconfigure them. So I made five slightly different hooks. Three using big circular knobs to throw your hat or scarf over and two traditional style hooks to hang your coat from.

 

No two hooks are the same, either they are a slightly different length, or size, or have a longer or shorter taper.

 

It is a coat rack that is forever changing and possibly the only piece of furniture which if I fiddle with and move around my dad can’t complain about me doing so.