Frank, the wall mounted coat hook, is waiting to be brought to life.
Brooklyn-based product designer David Barry has tugged at our heart strings with his project: “Frank”.
Frank is a wall hook. He is made from powdercoated steel and he screws into your wall just like a regular wall hook. Frank is three inches tall and three inches wide. His ears are just the right size for hanging things on.
Frank is still young. Barry has set up a pledge on Kickstart to raise funds to go toward the tooling, production and shipping costs for all the Frank hooks that will be sent out as gifts to pledgers, as well as putting his project into production. It will also help pay for a website for Frank as well as the development of some new fun products.
Barry has taken product design, which can often be so bland, and brought it to life. Whilst the concept of Frank himself isn’t ground breaking, the approach is. If you’re still undecided, just read a little more.
Frank's story:
Frank is a quiet sort of fellow, who simply likes to hang out. He's incredibly patient and diligent. If you ask him to hold something, he'll never let go. He is quite literally as strong as steel, though he's just three inches tall.
Growing up, Frank knew he wasn't like the other rabbits. Their ears were floppy and covered in fur; his were rigid and strong. As a young rabbit, Frank's life changed when he went to the circus. There, he saw a seal balancing a ball on his nose. Frank was inspired. He tried to balance things on his nose, without much success, until one day he decided to try balancing them on his ears. He was a natural, and was soon holding up all kinds of objects with his ears for hours, even days, at a time.
It was at this time that Frank decided to devote the rest of his life to his talent and become a full-time wall hook. Unfortunately, hooking is not an easy business to break into. Frank needs help. He needs your help. So be generous and donate to help this rabbit who dared to dream.
Support Frank (and Barry) here.
