IThis unnamed project is by Aleš Urbancík, an Industrial Design student at Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic. Urbancík is rethinking the way clothes are typically hung on a hanger, and finds this method, for which he developed a mechanism, more desirable:
So how does that work with a closet rod? It doesn’t. Urbancík’s project is the entire rack, where he’s decided he doesn’t want loose hangers at all, for aesthetic reasons:
“The project includes an innovative solution for hangers, which are fixed to the rack and, using a movable part of the hanger with a locking mechanism, make it easier to hang clothes. Fixed spacing between the hangers guarantees an aesthetic appearance even after hanging the clothes.”
As a real product this might be a tough sell, but I like the exploration (which is what design school is for, after all).