Boijmans Coat Rack

I took a short little excursion to Rotterdam a couple weekends ago, and I visited the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. This is a pretty large museum with an extensive collection of "decorative arts" / design throughout the ages. The highlight for me was actually the coat rack in the foyer.

Called the Merry-go-round coat rack, this was designed by Wieke Somers and Dylan van den Berg, this piece is nice to look at, and functional too: it is self-serve meaning no staff is needed to man the coat room, but it is secure at the same time because the coats lock in a position out of reach via pulley system.

Well, I can't say it's totally intuitive either. I thought "locking" the coat in place meant just moving the knot in the rope to the other side of the lock. Thankfully a guard (presumably) adjusted my coat with the master key - you actually have to pull the pulley all the way down until you can lock one of the metal pieces in place.

Still, a really delightful piece of work.