What can you possibly do with a couple of steel pipes and wood rods? Ask Japanese designer Keiji Ashizawa who created Pipeknots. This collection is based upon exploring the combination of the softness of wood with the stiffness of three welded steel pipes, all joined and fixed with dowels driven into mortises. How amazingly simple, beautiful, and inspiring?
The same technique has been applied to numerous pieces of furniture, forming a collection that is extremely intuitive, easy to assemble and easy to transport.
Take for example this wonderfully compact coat hanger, crafted by assembling pipe joints, three long poles with holes, and a few short sticks that connect them all. And the best thing is it utilizes the space three-dimensionally providing a surprisingly large storage space.
Photography: Takumi Ota and commoc
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