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I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by dc3k »

ipsum2 wrote: post #119

I used to like her videos, but found out that she takes other people's work and passes it off as her own. This video is a good example. Anyone reading the title and watching the video, it appears that she's done all of the work iterating on the prototypes. No one else is mentioned in doing any of the work. Only in the comments does she post "If you have any technical questions, my co-inventor @stumcconnel will be her…

> No one else is mentioned in doing any of the work.

She mentions two people by name in the video

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by ansible »

fluxem wrote: post #153

Here’s an idea. Instead of the rod being parallel with the wall, have multiple small rods perpendicular to the wall. They can easily accommodate full size coat hangers. Problem solved

> Here’s an idea. Instead of the rod being parallel with the wall, have multiple small rods perpendicular to the wall. They can easily accommodate full size coat hangers. Problem solved

That takes up more wall space, and makes it harder to see what everything is.

I get that this is not the product for you (or me either), but don't compare the 3 years of on again, off again mulling over the design with your 20 seconds of thought on the problem space.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by theshrike79 »

cco wrote: post #102
kumarvvr wrote: post #97

Her Truckla video is hilarious but serious at the same time ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKv_N0IDS2A

Imagine my surprise when, after watching Truckla all those years ago, I saw the Cyber Truck's design. Simone literally put the design on a platter for Tesla and they managed to not only screw it up, they still haven't made it four years later.

A model S based Yute would sell like hotcakes in Australia :D

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by pfannkuchen »

beAbU wrote: post #155
dale_glass wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It is a cool design, but 3 years? She definitely worked on other projects in that time. She also had multiple treatments for brain cancer. Though I think that was before this project I imagine such a thing takes a considerable toll.

Oh yes and that! Must've been a terrible experience. So yeah, "3 years" is a little click-baity, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do for marketing.

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Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by theshrike79 »

ipsum2 wrote: post #119

I used to like her videos, but found out that she takes other people's work and passes it off as her own. This video is a good example. Anyone reading the title and watching the video, it appears that she's done all of the work iterating on the prototypes. No one else is mentioned in doing any of the work. Only in the comments does she post "If you have any technical questions, my co-inventor @stumcconnel will be her…

All companies need a face, Simone clearly is the one for her brand. She keeps talking about how "we" went through iterations in the video too, not claiming to be the sole inventor and designer.

It's not like the people doing presentations for Apple, Google or Samsung 100% made the stuff themselves either.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by ehnto »

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #104
godelski wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Looks so simple, but I guess that's a sign of good design. I find that this is tends to be the rule, not the exception and it's really reworked how I view things. I've started to almost (more jokingly than seriously) believe that the less novel something appears the more it actually is. The real mark for a good work seems to be "wow, how did you spend so much time on that? It's so fucking obvious" combined with "wh…

She labels her prototypes in the video on the Kickstarter page and the one that either ended up being the final design or very close to it was prototype number 134. So it did take her quite a long time to arrive at the solution.

It's never a linear path either, I am sure she branched down paths not used in the final design and spent many hours solving small parts of solutions she never actually used.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by theshrike79 »

charcircuit wrote: post #140
jve wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Read vs Write optimization. In stacking case, it is "expensive" to Read, I mean choose and pick and put the stack back so it aligns nicely. Plus folding the shirt in the first place takes more effort.

>In stacking case, it is "expensive" to Read It's not a stack data structure. You can pull out items from the middle of a stack. >Plus folding the shirt in the first place takes more effort. This is a skill which can be optimized to be very quick to do.

How do you pull items out from the middle of a stack of neatly folded clothes without collapsing the whole stack?

I really need a tutorial on this :D

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by ehnto »

killerpopiller wrote: post #110
ImageXav wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an extremely useful design. I never thought I'd get excited about something like this but I recently moved to an old house with chimney flues running through every room, resulting in shallow alcoves that are of differing sizes. A fitted wardrobe would be pricey (~$4000), barely fit depthwise and half of the space would just be covering the flue if we wanted it wall to wall. On the other hand I can just buy 3/…

I thought about it as well but if the rod is attached to a plank on the wall the clothes are 1cm away from the wall allowing for some air circulation. Btw, there is an alternative solution, a hanger where the hook can spin, so one can hang clothes diagonally, nearly flat. Hers looks nicer on the wall though.

I find coathangers comically cumbersome, if they could spin willy nilly I just might give up and store my shirts in draw. I already just fold and stack most everything else, the only thing I bother hanging is button down shirts.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by pta2002 »

senthil_rajasek wrote: post #167

Congratulations to the inventor. But if space (depth) is the issue then there are many existing solutions like a "multi layer" hanger. I just googled "multi layer hanger". May be this has a use case or it simply scratches the creator's itch.

I think it solves a different issues. This is aiming to solve a depth issue (e.g. a deeper coat rack would make a door hit it, as shown in the video) while a multi layer hanger seems to be more a "I don't have enough space for all the hangers" (but importantly, you have space for at least one!)
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