Clevr: Olivia Folding/Hanging Chair
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 01. 7.08
TreeHugger loves when design just makes good sense. Take "Olivia," this folding chair from reestore, for example: folding chairs, as the name suggests, fold up and flatten to save space when not in use; to get them out of the way, why not make it easy to hang them on the wall or in a closet? And if you're going to hang it up, why not add a nice touch so that you can hang your coat on it, too? We could see a row of these keeping a few jackets from getting wrinkled, just waiting for your next dinner party. Clevr.
This isn't the first time we've seen good stuff from UK-based reestore; check out the couch that used to be a tub and other fun, recycled designs including repurposed shopping carts, washing machine drums and wheelbarrows. More clever designs at ::reestore via ::Better Living Through Design
this chair really is pretty cool, and being able to hang them in a closet is a fabulous idea, but i'd get my hair caught on that hanger every single time i sat in it.
if the hanger could fold down into the top of the chair, or swivel to lie against the back, long hair wouldn't get caught and the usefulness of this great chair would be complete!
Exactly! They could just use a peg and hang the chair, maybe drilling a hole in it to make it centered. Who hasn't heard of chairs hanigng on the wall?
I have a couple of folding chairs like this (without hooks) that have now become extra chairs and it would be great to hang them in storage. This gives me the idea that I should be able to retrofit my chairs. I like the drilling a hole idea; any others?