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Felix de Pass' D.I.Y. Shoe Storage

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We saw one witty idea from Felix de Pass back in November. Now, here's another.

His words on this D.I.Y. shoe storage: Placed low down, this coat rack transforms and takes on a new function, it loses its language of a coat rack, and instead becomes a quirky but practical shoe storage solution that ties in with the surroundings in which its intended.

Comments (16)

This is just brilliant.

posted by Nisha on 2007-05-15 15:17:49
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that looks like pain waiting to happen...

posted by vinegar on 2007-05-15 15:27:23
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Kudos, Felix, you're a genius!

posted by boomer on 2007-05-15 15:34:08
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Wow. I may have to give this a try! Or order the "Shoe Parking." I wish someone would come up with a pretty basket or box that could attach to the bottom of a metal front door. Then one could put shoes and slippers in that and it would take up no space at all.

posted by Samantha S on 2007-05-15 15:46:02
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I put in a single coat hook about knee height (below my coat hook) to hold umbrellas.. Works wonders.

posted by Peter D on 2007-05-15 15:59:46
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"it loses its language of a coat rack, and instead becomes a quirky but practical shoe storage solution that ties in with the surroundings in which it’s intended."

what a tool.

posted by Huntley on 2007-05-15 16:04:34
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Hm. Once that's full of dirty shoes displayed filthiest-side out (instead of one pair of never-worn white sneakers), I think it's going to look pretty unattractive.

posted by palousian on 2007-05-15 16:24:22
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I think this idea would work really well on the outside of my back door, for running shoes.

Oh, and Huntley, I totally agree with you.

posted by Anne in Chicago on 2007-05-15 16:59:55
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The first thing I thought of when I saw it was Marcel Duchamp's The Trap.

posted by Ondrej on 2007-05-15 17:07:39
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Ondrej, that's hilarious. Thank you!

posted by palousian on 2007-05-15 17:43:19
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looks terrible, also don't put leather shoes on those hooks they'll lose their shape.

posted by patrik on 2007-05-15 18:03:05
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um... no.

posted by Michael on 2007-05-15 18:06:43
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I reckon this is a very clever idea... I would store my umbrella horizontally across that too!

posted by *Terramia* on 2007-05-16 01:49:09
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I LOVE THIS!!!!

posted by GothamTomato on 2007-05-16 08:45:25
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Exactly what I thought, Ondrej!

posted by AmandaSD on 2007-05-16 15:39:36
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too cute! the ingenuity of some of u people is remarkable.

posted by SD913 on 2007-10-16 13:49:52
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