Why I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger
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- čas přidán 15. 11. 2023
- The Coat Hinger is available for 30 days on Kickstarter! Go go go!! kickstarter.com/projects/simo...
Thank you so much for supporting my creative whims throughout the years. Can you believe it's been almost a decade?! - Věda a technologie
If you have any technical questions, my co-inventor @stumcconnel will be here helping answer stuff!
That's me!
Multi-packs. Will they be available in multi-packs? Don’t really have a desire for 1, but maybe 10, or 20, or 100.
I’ll try and think of a more technical question.
That's such an elegant and cool design! I have a question, can it hold clothes with straps, or do straps easily slide out? Does the folding mechanism actually help prevent the straps from sliding out?
will it get pattented? maybe a week after this we'll see copies of this in amazon/ebay/wish/temu/etc.
@@stumcconnel hello.
I feel like you could push this at tiny home community because they would absolutely need something like this for their unconventional space solutions!
Not just tiny homes. Here in Paris or any major city, university dorms, military compounds, floor space is a premium. The market for students alone is massive.
@@LabGecko NY, Hong Kong, there are loads of big cities with a majority of the housing being restricted in floor space.
Also RVs! Lots of people need this solution.
Everybody. My clothes keep falling.
@@weatheranddarknessJapan!
I had a mentor that said to me "when we're done, we'll know what we need to do." Lots of wisdom there, that fits with your work style. Thanks Simone! You are such an inspiration to remain curious about the world and how things work.
Thank you 🥹
Absolutely love that quote/pithy saying; thanks, friend! 👌👍
What does it mean to you? 😊
Love this. Thanks
@@jackielearnsandteaches To me, it means there isn't an instruction manual to most tasks. We make it up as we go. We investigate, question, learn, encounter problems, solve them, and eventually, get to something that accomplishes the goal. Then, and only then, can we create an instruction set to detail what we did - which may or may not be useful to a future similar, but distinct, problem set.
Kickstarter is great but I would also HIGHLY recommend having this promoted through CZcams channels dedicated to van life, school bus conversions and the like. For those wanting to live a simpler, more compact lifestyle this product is a DREAM!
Agree. This is would be great for mavericks (or whatever you'd call these people who live out of their car).
I agree!! people looking instested in tiny houses too
@@ClassyJohnI think they're called homeless
@@ClassyJohn Nomads
Can't stress enough how important it is to show failures - they are a crucial part of success. Thank you for doing it :).
The crazy thing about failures is: if they don't meet the initial end goal, they might eventually inspire another sellable product. I'm trying to start a small business right now and there have been several occasions where one product goal didn't end up right (particularly because the material was wrong for it) and that material is being reused into something where it's a lot more conducive.
I wouldn't even go so far as to call them failures... : ) They're the process. Clarifying experiences, and steps along the way.
"Failures" ?? ..learning steps, that's part of the engineering development process. Every new product I design, I usually end up with a box of previous version parts, most of which were NEVER intended to be the fail version, rather to make design direction choices.
It's so daunting to push a product all the way through manufacturing and into the real world. I've tried a few times and never succeeded. Congrats on a huge accomplishment. Do you have any tips for making a product without it consuming your life?
Honestly, I don't know. Even with all the privileges I have (another job that can support my product business, a platform that I can use for free marketing) it's still a struggle and such an infuriating numbers game. I'll let you know once I figure it out ;)
@@simonegiertz Aww, good luck! You accomplished so much, and there's so many people who wouldn't make such a good use of those privileges at all. I hope so much the numbers game, after all this hard work, will eventually turn out great for you. You really deserve it.
@simonegiertz I would like to know when you are done too. As an artist I want to art and keep "arting" but in this world the numbers game is everything.
@@simonegiertzty for the honesty and perspective! i never considered that your audience would help much more than if someone without an established audience tried to produce a new product ❤ ty
@@simonegiertzyou've over 5x your Kickstarter goal in 3 days... think it's safe to say you nailed it! 🙂 Would genuinely love to watch a more detailed journey video with some tips though - subscribing in hope you do 😊
What makes this such a triumph is that it was birthed from a personal necessity. It's an everyday problem that you wanted to solve, and I think that's the true goal of any invention.
True however there were so many aborted attempts!
"Necessity is the mother of invention."
I'm an Elementary STEM teacher and I've been showing this video to all my students as we learn about the Design Thinking Process. I've loved your videos for years, but always a bad word or two here and there keep them out of my classroom. I was happy this one was short and school-friendly :)
Fuck
You do realize you could easily extract the audio and mute any offensive language, right? Or if that's too complicated, there is this magic thing called a 'Mute Button'. This seems like such a last-century complaint anyway, but there are several ways around it - but here you are, whining instead.
@@FHL-Devilsshut your face, what an obnoxious fool. 😂😂😂😂
@@FHL-Devils Wow. That's aggressive for a complementary comment😂
@user-qu7qh7qj2t... it scares me that someone in charge of educating future adults isn't capable of getting past a scary word. If you have an issue with that, it's a you-problem, not a me-problem.
This literally just blew my mind. It's such a simple concept, and yet no one thought of it before. I can absolutely think of places I've lived where this would have been really useful.
Probably because most people use hangers so they don't get fold marks
I use hangers for clothing that I don't want wrinkling. For me this defeats the purpose of a hanger...
Wouldn't have a different hanging system worked better? Instead of a horizontal rod, why not have dowels? That way you can place any hanger flat against the wall and "stack" your clothing. This would keep the clothing from wrinkling and it would also allow a very shallow depth.
I'm struggling to see to the point of this type of hanger...
no, it figuratlivley blew your mind dumdum.
Actually folding coat hangers existed in the eastern bloc. If you ask anyone older from e.g. Poland they'll tell you they had them at one point.
I think they went out of use with the creation of plastic coat hangers + the fell of the cultural barrier. A ahame, really.
Look up images of “mcm coat hanger japan.” This already exists.
As a Mechanical Engineer, it brings joy to my heart watching how you identified a problem and then worked through to a solution. I’m happy to see that you have recovered so well. Prayers for your health and for Diana as well. Well done.
whats the point of ironing clothes if youre gonna crease it in the middle?
@@devilvocano420there probably isn't one. Good thing professional clothing isn't the only type of clothing hanging in people's homes.
@@MohammedAli-tb7zcwhat's the point of hanging clothes if you're not going to iron them? shelves are as deep as this. same space...
@@ivoivic2448 would you iron a thick coat? No? What about a thin linen shirt? What about a jacket? Would you iron a jacket?
People identify problems and solve them literally hundreds of times everyday but ok.
I can see this being used a lot in vanlife videos. It’s a great idea. It would save so much space especially if you lived in a van or a tiny home.
Also hotels
Do vanlife people hang literally any clothes? Any time I was living out of my car for an extended period, my clothes were either folded/rolled, in a laundry bag, or spread out on the seat. And anything hanging tends to move around and make noise when you're driving. But maybe if you have a big van it's worth it...
Plenty designs with small wardrobes in vans :) Tiny homes would love the hanger too!@@andrewfleenor7459
lol, clothes FOLD, you dont need a folding hanger
It's a trade-off: save half the depth but double the width.
Honestly everyone doing road trips in camper vans/RVs, caravans, small units, boats, etc this is probably one of the absolute must have inventions. I'd be very surprised if this doesnt take off big time.
This is a really smart idea for people living in smaller apartments, I agree "how is this not already a thing". I guess you are just a genius.
Great for tiny houses, van life, or anyone generally wanting to maximize space.
@@omarsdroog Does it actually pack more clothes into a smaller volume, compared to just a protruding shelf bracket that you hang your coathangers on back to front like?
Though it doesn't NEED to absolutely be the tightest packing in order to be useful, it can just be pleasant to look at and use while being space frugal as well and that's enough.
@@SianaGearz it is half the width(?) so you can use it in narrower space
@@Kurator125 twice the thickness though.
Like the concept.
Well it is already a thing, mostly. My coat hangers all have the hook able to turn, and when I had a rack close to the wall they'd hang in turned like 75°-80°. So they were rather flat against the wall, each one diagonal.
Not *quite* as smooth as this solution of course, but somewhat close-ish.
This is going to I think do really well with vanlifers, folks with trailers, and tiny homes. Rooting for you simone!
Agreed. I'm fixing to renovate a sailboat to live aboard like vanlifers do and was pondering this exact problem for hanging cloths and still wanting to save space.
As a plus for vans and boats, I feel like the way that these fold and clip onto the clothes would make the clothes less likely to slip off when jostled than traditional coat hangers
I was just in the middle of thinking about how much fun the brainstorming behind that box of junked hangers must have been when you started talking about it being a dream life. This is so stupid cool and I'm going to get giddy when I see this popping up elsewhere!
First time seeing one of your videos and as a small biz owner myself, it's so heartwarming to see your Kickstarter at almost $1 MILLION! You blew past the $50k goal because you created a seriously amazing product! Congrats to you and your team for all your hard work! 🥳🥳🥳
This also solves a very specific problem that a lot of people have in campers with closets that aren’t actual full depth.
She should do some videos of this product in vanlifers vans, campers, RVs, tiny homes, sailboats and other minimalist living spaces.
Calling all the #vanlife people
@@simonegiertz not sure if you'll see my other comments, but don't forget students and military. Both tend to be extremely tight on space, and as orders let you get the price point down I'm sure they'd buy in bulk. As a former student and veteran, I know I would've made use of them. Also, as mentioned in a different comment, the fold has the added advantage of holding slippery clothes (jackets especially) on the hanger. I always had to zip my military gore-tex coat up to hang it because it slid off every hanger they gave me.
@@simonegiertz We just use hangers with rotating hooks in our camper van. Works great, and don't need to have a fold in the clothes. EDIT: Just noticed a few comments about creasing, and I guess your solution doesn't really crease anything as it's not a very sharp fold. I am also thinking that we could fit more clothes in our tiny wardrobe, but even with the half length it's still slightly too big for us.
This should be partnered and sold in IKEA. It would sell like crazy, and seems like a logical fit.
Pretty much any online retailer. This works great for any door entry/hallway. I just finished my hall of hoodies which has 41double hooks on 3 boards that are 6 foot 10 inches long. I am going to remove the banister and install a partial wall for the stairway where I plan to add even more hoodies.
And she is from Sweden. Its kinda the perfect fit.
In an age of oversold 'Design Thinking', it's so refreshing to see someone building out of aptitude, conviction, function & aesthetics without overdoing it. Kudos!
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I'm bummed! I only saw this now, 2 days after the Kickstarter closed. PLEASE let us know as soon as these are available to those of us too late! This would be perfect in my travel trailer.
I just came across these for my camper ! When can we buy ? There are some Chinese plastic knock offs but plastic is weak and they take up more space. I really want these ! Currently in the remodel process of my camper and in need of the shelf bundle
So sad I missed the kickstarter! I didn’t have a use for these, even though the idea is excellent. Now I DO have use for them and can’t purchase. Hopefully they’ll be available to purchase outside the kickstarter someday soon.
My great grandpa patented a “universal hanger” in the early 1900s. It was complicated looking but meant to hold all kinds of garments at once. He would be so impressed with your ingenuity Simone. Good work!
I live in an apartment in an old home, and those shallow closets are no joke! I’ve either repurposed the closet entirely, with shelving, or hung fewer items at a wonky angle so they fit. This is a fantastic idea-this is how hangers should be made. And if you ever find yourself with the space and desire to hang clothes at full width, you can just unfold. So versatile! I hope this one takes over the world 🎉
Yeah we had one of those, a freestanding too narrow wardrobe, we ended up dismantling it and using the timber for other projects… if only these coat hangers existed then!
Wild to see a coathanger kickstarter. Chinese factory is like 'we make in weekend - $0.002 each'
How is this not already a thing? I love it! We need this everywhere
this was invented almost a century ago in Japan. look up images of “mcm coat hanger japan.”
My grandpa left me an amazing looking closet, but it only has shelves and isn't wide enough for coat hangers. This seems like the perfect way to finally use it. Love the idea
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How does it feel to have your kickstarter goal almost tripled in the first nine hours?
There’s also ones that have a metal hook and the body can rotate independently of the hook. So the clothes would be nearly parallel to the pole, allowing you to save space if you have this issue
I hoped you patent this, or have already done so. As you said, it’s very deceivingly simple. Yet most won’t see how much work you’ve put into this.
Great design, and I truly wish you success
Yeah, without a patent she won't be able to sue everyone who's going to knock it off. Simone is no dope and I'd like to think she had the presence of mind, but I wish she'd said so.
Yep my thoughts exactly. If they decide to seek serious backing in the future; holding the patient will be essential to secure funding.
If she doesn't, in no time there will be Wish or Tumu knockoffs for $1 each. They can skip all the research and directly rip off her final version.
@@NaudVanDalen They'll rip it off patent or no patent, what can anyone do legally about some shadowy factory in China :(
Patents don't really work anymore. You could get a patent in the US so no one will be able to produce it here but most of the manufacturing is in China and they don't care about your patent.
Wish I saw this before I started to design my cupboard… now you have me rethinking my design… this is genius really makes you wonder why no one thought of it before.
because they have swivel coat hangers already. This actually limits the amount of clothes you can have
I love that people are still supportive of these kinds of ideas. The kickstarter page already has 409.000 and the goal was 45.000. Well done humanity.
Coat Hinger is SUCH an obvious, and right name for this AWESOME product! I can't believe no one invented this before in this way! Nice work Simone!!!
I have lived places where the closets would have benefited from such a type of hanger.
Instead, my clothes hung at a 45 degree angle from the back wall.
Name courtesy of Stu! Engineers and their puns.
O grande Pestinha por aqui, que inesperado. Crossover altamente improvável kkkkkk.
@@simonegiertzPungineering is an art all of it's own!
@@simonegiertz As another commenter said, if it isn't already patented and trademarked, do so asap. Knockoffs will be all over this.
Also, here's hoping your product goes viral!
The sailing community would be really on board with this product too! Such tiny wardrobe spaces and such a strong and product-sharing global community
I would have LOVED this on my boat, and would have shared it with everyone!
really on board... lol :)
Also RV community.
Almost made this comment myself! This thing would be so useful for the liveaboards among us
Definitely. I lived on a Nordic trawler for 2 years, now I have a travel trailer. These would be great
Being given a problem and then spending 3 years designing the best solution for that problem sounds wonderful.
Oh what a great idea. I can see vanlifers/campers use this in their tiny RV.
This is a genuinely great invention! I've often been annoyed by how much space a coat rack takes up when you just want to hang a few items.
queen of shitty robots to queen of next revolution in clothes storing technology!!!
Well at least with this hanger those few items will now take up twice the width, making you look less poor?
Brilliant idea, I hope you have a patent on it. I'm sure Ikea would be interested in such coat hooks. They have an extra series for furniture that is supposed to save space.
She says on her Instagram story she filled a provisional patent already
It's going to need to be more than just 1 patent. You will need to cover many countries.
It's a neat idea, but I'm not sure of the value. The whole point of hanging up clothing is so that it's protected from wrinkling. Linen, wool, polyester, blends, etc. all will wrinkle if you don't hang them up out of the dryer, and cotton shirts that are dry-cleaned will wrinkle if folded. So having a hanger that immediately folds the clothes is kind of pointless in my mind. If you're willing to fold the clothes and live with the wrinkles, or if your clothing is a no-wrinkle blend, nylon, silk, or another fabric that doesn't wrinkle anyway, then a dresser drawer is far more space efficient than this.
@@AndyShelton1 agree, even with patents that probably won't stop amazon sellers from plagiarizing it.
@@somejoe7777 just because it doesn't work for you, doesn't mean its not worthwhile to patent.
Eh just saw a kickstarter video and thought “Is that Simone with a foldable coat hanger?” And here you are! Great idea! The fact that it seems very simple I think shows how much thought and optimization went into it!
Welp, video comes up in my feed 9 days AFTER the kickstarter ended. Awesome idea!
Wow, this is actually really incredible. Never thought I’d say that about a coat hanger. So inspiring.
whats the point of ironing clothes if youre gonna crease it in the middle?
@@devilvocano420 usually if it’s in the middle you wont notice it at all for obvious reasons.
@@dbtest117unless someone's walking behind you and thinking "hahahahah, this moron used that folding hanger"
Pretty awesome! I think the reason why you're the first one to come up with this idea is because coat hangers used to be use to keep ironed clothes, which would wrinkle when folded. Nowadays clothes are much more wrinkle resistant *and* it's become more acceptable to wear wrinkled clothes, so I think this is an awesome idea and I hope it finds the success it deserves!
I'm not even sure it would really create a fold line. The final design has no sharp angle that would create one.
That was my thought initially, though then as you mentioned it’s not a sharp enough line to cause a noticeable wrinkle
I'd suspect the main reason this idea wasn't common is it really isn't space efficient* and won't work on all garments as well as a fixed hanger, though I also add to that suspicion a though that back when ironed clothing as a look was almost a required thing the iron was applied just before you'd put it on anyway - storing flatter might help make it easier prep in the morning, but only a small gain.
*Yes this fold allows shallower hanging rails, but it takes up substantially more width in the process - not saying its a bad idea though, as if you don't have the depth and still want to store clothes it will work for most folks clothes just fine. Though I do wonder how it would handle somebody with a large neck - the fixed ones are bad enough at keeping hold of those shirts and that folding nature seems like a great way to make it even easier for the hanger to slide though the neckhole.
Oh that's a good point! And honestly, I haven't noticed any creasing on my clothes, which is surprising. But it doesn't really smoosh down on the clothes very much due to the design of the hinge.
I Iron my shirts. I don't see these adding any wrinkles to them if folded down the middle. There is a bit of a radius on the fold so no sharp bends to crease an ironed shirt. But that reminds me of dress pants. I could fold my pants in the middle to hang them on half of the hanger and still let it hang properly on the rack. That said, maybe making the front half available with out the folding bit as a pants hanger?
Damn, missed it by two days. Very cool though! Happy your tiny space experience has informed some cool inventions!
You could put this into retail spaces for sure! I wish I had these at the retail shop I worked at. It would especially be helpful with a wide neckline.
Wow! You NEED to contact EVERY tiny house builder you can find! This is a game changer for closets in tiny homes and every space where every centimeter counts! Amazing work and amazing product!
@@CantStopTheSignal337 you can usually squeeze things like clothes a bit more, so still, gaining the depth is really really nice
Also to the rv industry. Many of the closets struggle with regular coat hangers hitting the back of the closet.
This was my EXACT thought. Honestly, some city apartments are so small and this would make a huge difference.
when you're homeless there is@@CantStopTheSignal337
@@CantStopTheSignal337 agree with TANSTAAFL, that said it's worth noting that with tiny home a lot of such people are minimalist to begin with and additional width on a few garmets might not be as big of a problem. Increasing perimeter consumption is not nearly as problematic as increasing volumetric consumption in a tiny house setting. So this might be the right solution for a lot of tiny home folks.
As a software engineer, I totally get this feeling, just on a smaller scale. There’s times you’ll research a bug for days/weeks and it turns out the solution is only one or two lines of code. Feels like you don’t have much but really a lot of work goes into it! This is a really neat idea and I hope it takes off!
Seconding this. Don't even get me started on UI design. Me: _"This looks like it'd work well."_ ... Left-handed son: _"But it's harder to swipe that way with my thumb. It needs an option."_
the solution to this "bug" was to use the api differently. you're a shit software engineer. turn the regular hanger sideways...
Absolutely brilliant. It definitely helps for these situations. I find that my issue is more often fitting as many things on a single closet rack than how deep it goes. For this issue, I definitely favor the multilevel hangers that let you hang 1-4 hangers from one area. I alternate these between my thicker sweaters/jackets on a single hanger and essentially makes an accordian style fit to my closet, which I find maximizes my space. I'm glad there's now an invention for maximizing hangers in restricted/close to wall space.
Sometimes the most simple concept is the best to sell. What a great idea.
Mind blown by your creativity and perseverance! The Coat Hinger is such a neat solution to save space and update a daily use item. Backing your Kickstarter right away, can't wait to fold my clothes in style! Keep rocking the design world! 💪👏👏
I do product design for an educational toy company, and absolutely nailed it when you said that "simple designs are deceivingly complex." It's always easier to add another part or mechanism than it is to remove parts to create elegance while maintaining functionality. (Also really hoping I get to meet you at some point! Been following your channel for years, and I know you know at least one person at the company I'm at. I would love to give you a high five for all the awesome creations! Before this job I was a teacher, and shared a lot of your videos with my students who absolutely loved them and went on to do things like build a waffle serving robot in a tree.)
Also an important principle of software design.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 _"[simplicity while maintaining functionality is] an important principle of software design."_
By Turing's shorthairs do I ever wish more coders would recognize that!
for anyone who lives in apartments, you need this! I need this!
Thanks, Simone! Luvvit! I'll be showing this video to our Product Design & Technology students. One modification I'd suggest, based on theatre costume masters disdain for wire hangers and how they can deform fabric, would be to add timber or plastic moulding to the top of the hanger (neck/shoulders)... 🙏😊❤
I genuinely believe you could make a great deal of money on this. I could see it being a household item literally around the world and I’m prepared to beg for this to be mass produced in the future
Maybe not household, as it's still a niche product. But it definitely has the potential to he on the level of space saving products. Like the clothes hangers that stack clothes vertically to save space, and then you pull up to see the clothes
@@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275The trouble is, I guess, that despite saving half the space one way, you lose half the space the other way. So it's a choice between, say, 20cm of extra space in your room or twice the number of shirts.
It will be replicated in china in a fortnight and is too generic to prompt brand loyalty
You truly said it best "simple designs are deceivingly complex" I love this quote because as an engineer and CZcamsr I can't agree more that it takes months if not years to make an idea seem simple. Congratulations on already doubling your goal and I hope you 20X your goal!
"Simple is HARD". Steve Jobs
I just read the autobiography of James Dyson. He spent years building the prototype for his vacuum cleaner. He totalled 5,127 prototypes. You are just getting started. I see bright future ahead for you and your team.
Never thought about this invention before. Keep it up Simone! Really proud of you for making something simple that could make a revolutionary difference in this world full of problems 💡
Invention is own by japan company that invented it in 1930. They still have the usa patent and Canada patent.
I lived in a really tiny room in a shared apartment. The only space I had to hang clothes was above my bed and it was such a pain. This would have been a life saver, I’m so glad this exists!
I've never backed a kickstarter project before now. I am blown away that this isnt a thing already! There is SO MUCH useless crap made that serves no purpose... Im a cabinet maker who often makes wardrobes and this could be so usefull it's absolutely crazy billions of people haven't thought of this before. Well done everyone involved!
You could turn a shallow bookshelf into a wardrobe!! Such a great idea.
Wtf bro u genius leave your job and pursue new purpose for solutions, let the creative minds work for you and squeeze them, you gonna be a great ceo, cuz that's what they actually do
I'm sure you don't NEED the validation, but foldable hangers is more than a good idea, it's a BRILLIANT idea!
I think your biggest competition will be the fact that a standard wood coat hanger is already designed with a swiveling hook which allows you to lay clothes essentially flat against a wall. Hopefully you can get your cost down to an equivalent of that (and standard wooden coat hanger). That would make it more appealing to people for sure.
But wouldn't they start to stack after a few clothes are hung up? Especially bulky items?
I love seemingly simple solutions that feel like someone should've solved the problem already. I enjoyed seeing the results of your iterative process to the final product! Even if some people don't have shallow closets, you've now opened the possibility of transforming a space to store coats 'n such where they couldn't before like you did for your home ✨
Another great use for these is that they ALSO fold to fit better into a suitcase, and when you get to your destination, you don't HAVE to fold the hinger when you hang stuff.
Just pledged for 12 (I am a woodworker and amateur furniture maker and I am already thinking up how I am going to build a custom wardrobe for these guys). Great work as usual Simone!
I hope that you patented and trademarked it immediately because you deserve all the credit for this and any money made from it!!!
That's actually quite an elegant solution, good work.
It's like she reinvented hot water, this is crazy! I love how Simone can see everyday objects that people don't question the use of and just make it so much more practical!
hot water? how did someone *invent* hot water? lol
@@SpydersByte you can’t just… go with it? You HAVE to try and feel smart huh
@@SpydersByte They didn't. If you read the OP, they are making a simile. They are saying it's *as if* someone invented it, not that someone did. It's to draw distinction to how unusual Simone's talent for improving everyday objects into something better is. A simile is like a metaphor, except it's a direct comparison. The whole point is that no one invented hot water, but seeing a coat hanger and inventing this is akin to inventing hot water (which we've established never actually happened).
@@DaftFaderyour explanation makes absolutely no sense and the other person was correct. The *point* of the statement probably was that it feels like she invented something really transformative but also basic "like hot water". The issue is he chose to use something that is ridiculous like "inventing hot water" when it could have been anything else. Hot water was discovered, not invented. That's what the other guy was pointing out. You just really reached so hard that them reading comprehension joints dislocated. lol
Simply put, this is engineering.
The amount of effort and time between the conception of a simple idea and having a working thingy leads to one of the most rewarding experinces. It really is my definition of fun.
Congrats!
whats the point of ironing clothes if youre gonna crease it in the middle?
@@devilvocano420there are many other simpler and free alternatives to this shit, but your point stomps this idea into the ground even if it were somehow a superior method...
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Thanks for agreeing with me, theres way too many supportive ppl in the comments
I honestly think they didnt go enough research or ask people if they want to use this lol
@@devilvocano420oh don't worry, there's idiots that'll buy this. you're forgetting the entire tiktok audience. this comment section is probably paid tho. gullible idiots here and there, but top posts are paid actors. fact that I got this in my feed is evidence enough.
Think you both missed the point, she was trying to cut down on the space. You could always iron your shirt before putting it on. What are the other simpler methods you both mention? There’s always one in every crowd or in this case two.
Girl patent it this is a million dollar idea keep it up🔥🔥🔥
Uhm, this is an amazingly great idea. Nice work.
Immediate things that come to mind: RVs/Vanlife, boating, NYC apartments (just small apartments in general), or just like... having more breathing room in your closet.
i want to see this in every store international, so good idea and it means that closets don't have to be that wide and take so much room anymore
Well, the room you save in one direction you lose in the other (because every item now needs 2x the thickness), so it really depends on the layout of your room. Also, you could just have a 24 cm rod poking straight out of the wall, which would take up the same space (the disadvantage is you wouldn't immediately be able to see every item of clothing, since the one in front would block the view).
These could be a game changer in the RV world! Those extra inches are pure gold when designing an RV space. I would suggest you contact the Brinkley company as their RV’s are designed and used by the company owners; they are super responsive to customer requests, and maximizing space is always number one on the list.
This is a genius solution to a problem I've never had! So cool
This is super inspiring and really great to see! You can tell that you care so much about your work and it excites you! You did it!
This could be a perfect idea to market to the "tiny home" industry!!! It's my dream to have a version of one someday, but I'm always looking at ideas for what mine might look like in the future. Great job!!!
I see it being big in Japan
fuck tiny homes!!
A quality ad, where you actually learn something tangible about engineering, and never failing to let your personality burst through. I wish more advertisements could be this way. Good luck with the store team Yetch!
I'm not sure why YT recommended me this video, but I loved every second of it. I will def. spread the word and keep this in my mind for my new wardrobe. It is such a good idea and well executed.
I saw your commercial. The only thing I noticed right away is, when hanging the shirt, the back of the shirt rests against the wall when gravity pulls it into the wall. I feel this will eventually make a hole in the shirts when it always hits that same spot and is moved around or slid back and forth. All I can think of is if you had an extension of wire coming of the bottom of the hook where it connects. Lets say the hook looks like a question mark, so at the bottom of the question mark coming out to where it would hit the wall there instead, keeping the hanger from swinging into the wall because of gravity and the weight of the shirt on one side of the hook. Just an observation ad thought.
This is an OBVIOUS idea that NO ONE had thought of before. Congratulations on your patience, hard work and originality.
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
- Schopenhauer
Hindsight is 20/20. It's obvious _now_ because Simone showed us.
This is the way.
Literally needed this solution soooo many times in my life, including now as my son gets older and needs actual hanging space in his small bedroom. We live in rural England in a cottage built in the 1800s when big wardrobes / closets were not common! This is total genius!!!!! Love your work Simone!
I feel this encapsulates so well what many quotes like "fail fail again" refer to. It takes so much time, thought, and doing of the "wrong" things to get to the right thing. And they were never actually the wrong thing all along. They were the required steps of working through a process in order for that process and ultimate goal to come to fruition. The process and the final product are your success.
Wow, you and your team are amazing! Good for you guys!
I hope you guys protected this with patents and copyrights, I really like the idea. I feel like this is something you’d find copied for a cheaper version really quickly
Yeah I give it 6 months before a dupe comes out.
Patent pending!
Why would you make something convenient HARDER to access? That’s what happens when you patent and copyright innovations. They become less accessible
@@MidwestArtistMore like 6 weeks and it will be in mass production in China.
@@wabudo No doubt. Happened to a friend of mine. Not only did Vevor copy his product, they even used his promotional video to advertise their cheap knock-off.
Ok, this is actually enlightening. HOW HAS NO ONE THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE?! So ingenious yet so painstakingly simple. Amazing job! 👏
The reason no one thought of it before is because it creases your clothing. It's not that good of an idea.
@@LisaMichele The creasing isn't that big of a drawback for me personally. I almost always have to iron my clothes even though I store them as flat as I can (and with regular hangers) :/
people have thought of it.. there are numerous versions.. she just created a slightly different version.
Because it doesn't really save space compared to existing solutions. It's more practical in some situations, but since every item is folded, it takes up 2x the thickness. And to prevent the hangers from swinging to the sides, the rod needs grooves that limit how many hangers you can fit per rod.
So, it's really useful in some specific situations, but for most people it's not practical enough to justify the cost. A simple straight rod (that can be parallel or perpendicular to the wall, and cut to any length you want) is compatible with any type of hanger.
@@RFC3514 That's fair. I still think it's cool she decided to spend so much time on an item in order to solve one of her own problems.
Coat hangers that fold is an amazing idea 💡
I love how simple, yet useful it is! Seriously, awessome!
As a product design student i still dream of the moment I have an idea and it hasn't been done yet. Something i can pursue and call my own. I struggle a lot with my inventions not being original, and professors say it's natural to re-make. But i can't help to feel this way😅
This video is a great example of the power of improvement, thank you for showing us all the prototypes it took to get there!
oh my god I WISH this had been a thing just a couple of years ago. I lived in an apartment where the hanging bar in the coat closet was too close to the wall for an average hanger to fit. This would have saved me soooo much headache, and I would have been able to actually use the closet for coats!
Phenomenal work Simone, THANK YOU for putting this into the world!
Could you have used hangers with rotating hooks and stored stuff on an angle? Kinda like angled parking saving street space.
I bet someone lives there now and wants these hangers
@@Felice_Enellen in effect we had to cram things in at an odd angle, but that then only allows you to hang two or three things in the closet at most. :/ Even with the increased width of folding clothes in half, I still would have been able to fit much more with a hinger-type solution.
@@jbbresers I bet someone lives there now and just moved the bar back four inches.
This is going to blow up in the RV space... Well done!
As a van dweller this is a brilliant idea.
I showed my engineer husband your video…he said, “I hope she has a patent on that.” I hope you maintain control of the idea because it’s great!
Oh this is definitely getting funded.
Plus there are so many growth opportunities! Gold or other aesthetic finishes, hingers that daisy chain to hang more, hinger closets, accessories.
Love it. Simple and effective. Good work. 🙂
Not only is it going to get funded, it’ll be fully funded within the next 20-30 minutes.
It's crazy how fast this is getting funded.
@@chrismiller100 It's been 40 minutes and it's still not fully funded. Someone didn't do their part :P
@@LordDragox412 yeah, I saw. I was wrong. It was off to a really strong start and slowed down a bit.
I keep seeing ads for this and now I found your video. So fascinating watching the process. Looking forward to this!
Wow! I admire your tenacity.
I think the reason no one had made this yet is because folding a hanging item kinda goes against the purpose of preventing shirts from getting creased. However a single gentle fold in the middle is a great idea as a lot of clothing is separated in the front and it would be a mostly unnoticeable on the back.
That and they make them with a pivoting hook allowing you to hang clothing items flat against a wall. I believe in the mass production space these being much cheaper to manufacture as to the reason why a folding hanger hasn't taken off
@@nicholascrow8133I'm so sorry for Simone because you're both right. When I was a student, in my little room there were just these hangers with swivel hooks. And a bar really close to the wall. It took even less space than Simone's solution and kept clothes flat 🫤 (On the other hand it was less pretty to look at because it wasn't easy to line everything up neatly like Simone's hangers)
@@The_Black_Hole Yeah, and between that and china doing their thing (from what I understand, a patent can only protect certain elements, it can't protect the idea in general, i.e a company coming up with a similar idea but via a different mechanism) I'm not sure about the long term viability of this product. But her crowdfunding is doing well. Hopefully she will make some good coin selling this as a niche, high profit item (crowdfunding stage is $20 a hanger) before another company steps in an undercuts her idea...
Ultimately the problem is clothes hangers are a high volume, low profit item. But I also get the sense that Simone doesn't care so much about profit as simply enjoying sharing her idea to her fan base...
I completely agree. It can only be used for certain items that don't wrinkle very easily or are open in the front. So it does limit your options.
The benefit of Simone's design is that all your garments are accessable. With the swiveling hooks, you would need to remove the garments in the front to access the ones in the back.
I have watched you off and on for years and this makes me feel so proud of watching your progress. I know I’m not your mom or your dad, but I am very proud of you! Yes, I will be buying some coat hingers!
Thank you!! I'm just grateful to still be able to try out new stuff and evolve.
👍 I love how you show us your thinking process.
@@simonegiertzplop a quarter into your "I'm proud of you son" machine. You deserve it!
i have literally been looking for this thing my entire life until now.Thank you
You’re so awesome ❤ I totally understand how you feel about making something new and innovative being the best use of time. I wouldn’t spend mine any other way.
Wish you amazing success. It’s an incredible invention.
So simple, so effective. I can totally understand the feeling when you finally got to this final version and came to the realization, "Okay. THIS is it."
My only concern would be long-term fabric wear at the compression point between the hinger and the wall. But it's brilliant and is something I'd expect to eventually be in every Target and Container Store.
Compared to what? Does this one press against the wall?
In a world full of H&M tshirts that turn into rags quickly anyway, this may not be that big of an issue
Probably not a massive concern if someone isn't sliding their clothes to and fro, e.g. the grooved rack, but seeing as the contact points are all in line, a simple piece of foam tape on the wall could help.
@@alexhayworth Agreed, those grooves have to be there to reduce that effect. Pretty brilliant 2nd-order correction. I guess that's why these things take years of refinement.
Love that your are showing the process! It is just as important as the end product. I will share this with my students.
watching people dedicated to theirs ideas make me inspired. thanks!
This is going to revolutionize closet storage. Imagine closets that only need to protrude out half as much as they used to in your home. This is BIG, Simone. Well, little. But big.
They would protrude half as much but they would have to be twice as wide.
Sometimes the reason people want to hang certain clothing items instead of putting them on a shelf or in a drawer is to avoid creasing them, though. So if someone has e.g. nice crisp dress shirts then this probably wouldn't be something that would work for them.
So I think a lot of people will still prefer full size hangers.
@@junbh2there's a lot of space in the hinger's fold. I don't think it'd crease like you think it will.
Wow this is genuinely a brilliant idea. I had a job once of designing camper vans and the protrusion of hangers was ALWAYS a pain in closets. This would be a huge help in making less bulky closets. It never even occurred to me there was another way!
love your designs, and showing your iterations.
It's amazing and so detailed made! I ❤ the fact its sustainable too🍀 You are very special person Simone 🦄🎉