colour palette eames hang it all
2013
- Material: Steel wire with white coating, wooden spheres in different colours.
- Dimensions: 50.5 x 37 x 17 cm
- Commission: Vitra, Basel
- Production: Vitra
- Category: Industrial production, art direction
Charles & Ray Eames designed this piece in 1953. Used instead of simple hooks, these brightly coloured wooden spheres were aimed at encouraging children to hang up “all their things”. Because the distance between the spheres always remains the same, Hang it all can be extended as required and is a cheerful alternative to boring clothes-hooks, not only for children’s rooms. It is considered one of the most iconic design pieces of the 20th century.
The recipes of the Daylight Wheel were used to re colour the dots of the Hang-it-all of Eames. The Daylight Wheel shows thirty-four colours in a broad palette of nuances when exposed to 5 different types of daylight. Some colours are stable, others much less so. According to Jongerius, this instability is worth showcasing.