Clothes stand with Y-shaped coat hangers by Mifune Design Studio
Japanese designer Yasutoshi Mifune has created a clothes stand with Y-shaped coat hangers that slot into the base when not in use.
Designed by Mifune Design Studio, the HC Hanger features a single steel rod attached to a matching circular base and bent back and forth to create three horizontal bars.
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The flat plywood hangers stack neatly on the base when not required and are held in place by another short rod.
"We have some situations when a clothes hanger is not necessary, for example when we only hang a scarf," Mifune said. "I wanted to make a product with a simple shape and a common material that we can use to store hangers when a clothes hanger is not needed."
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Yasutoshi Mifune originally designed the Y Hanger in 2012 and the stand is a development of the idea.