Brushanger

The project began as a speculative proposal for the workshops of the Berlin Institute for the Blind who, since 1997, have been making a new range of objects that redefines the household brush. Under the direction of Berlin based designers Oliver Vogt and Hermann Weizenegger the institute has released new designs by Konstantin Grcic, Matali Crasset, Michael Marriott and Marti Guixe among others.

''Brushanger' is a redesign of a coat hanger-cum-clothes brush from the nineteen thirties. The arms of the hanger fold up to form a substantial handle to hold while brushing a jacket and allow the product to be stowed easily in luggage.

Now in production at the institute the product is manufactured from horsehair and beechwood. It is available in the USA through Field. Click here for details.

Photograph by Stephan Korte