Image Credit : Photos by: Isaac Krady
Project Overview
A coat rack for the minimalist at heart.
Project Commissioner
Project Creator
Team
Independent Designer:
Isaac Krady Inspired by the scant living spaces in which he’s resided in exchange for living in a major city, Brooklyn-based industrial designer Isaac Krady is constantly perfecting the art of multifunction.
With a youthful heart unfettered from the cookie-cutter standards of the adult world, Krady considers the ever-changing needs of the urban lifestyle with a touch of suburban charm.
Entranced with the desire to create, Krady is consumed by every part of the process; enveloping himself in the detailed aspects – intense mock-ups, experimentation, prototyping – everything it takes to bring aesthetically pleasing and outlandishly practical ideas to fruition and use.
Project Brief
Inspired by the steady limbs of a tree, this clean, geometric design is comprised of solid oak. The Stick Rack serves as a sturdy resting place for bags, coats and hats. Left alone, it serves as a powerful, minimalistic free-standing work of art.
Project Innovation/Need
Created from a spontaneous moment of experimentation with form, making affordable, beautiful, multifunctional objects for the home.
Design Challenge
The biggest challenge was in production. The Stick Rack was was originally designed as a one piece solid-oak coat rack. To make it ready for shipping, we created a flat pack easy-to-assemble method. Using minimal tools and parts, we were able to keep the design in its original materials and aesthetic. We even added a hardware detail that we grew to love.
Sustainability
The Stick Rack is made from solid oak wood and ships flat to conserve packaging and delivery men’s aching backs.
Product Design - Furniture Indoor & Outdoor
This award celebrates creative and innovative design for either a component or overall product. Consideration given to aspects that relate to human usage, aesthetics, selection of components and materials, and the resolution of assembly, manufacturing and the overall function.
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