The Hanger Chair by Pottinger and Cole is an elegant solution to the problem of saving space in an apartment. No, the chair doesn’t fold up. It hangs up high and out of the way. Pottinger and Cole have ingeniously integrated a coat hanger into the chair back allowing the user of the chair to put the chair up out of the way when not being used. I could see this chair being a hit in a loft apartment where floor area is at a minimum but room height is tall. These chairs are so beautiful that when not used and array of chairs could be hung from hooks on the wall creating a contemporary art piece.
Although not pictured here, each chair comes with a built-in drawer right beneath the seat. Again, this is a handy little space saver. The only thing that may be a bit troubling having this conveniently placed drawer directly underneath the seat is a guests tendency to want to put things in the drawer. What if you’re a bad cook, for instance. I could imagine a scenario where a dinner guest, not wanting to be rude, stuffs this drawer with your mediocre dinner as a means to avoid a confrontation. My suggestion then is don’t buy these chairs if you’re a bad cook.
Since this is a blog, I can ponder a bit. I suspect that P&Cs real design idea with the chair is to allow an obvious place for a dinner guest’s coat to be hung when called to the table. This chair is so multifaceted!
April 11th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
excellent. hahaha. this would be great ina small apartment and you could easily rig up a not so elegant but much less expensive version yourself.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
There’s a new variation of this type of thing for sale via Reestore:
http://www.curiobot.net/?id=293
And it folds!
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:02 am
i think that this design is very interesting and very cute but if you hang it up, you may bang your head onto it if you are not careful when you stand too near it. i don’t think it could be considered as a art piece when you hang it on the wall. it will be insulting real art pieces. i don’t think it will be very comfortable because it does not look comfortable at all.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 am
And one more thing. i came to this website only to do my homework, if not, i will never ever come here to see this hanger chair…
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 am
hey, sorry for being so rude in my previous two comments. i don’t know why i would say that. it’s quite creative actually.