Don't tell Joan

"I told you. No more wire hangers, ever!" Okay, if that quote means something to you then you're probably fascinated by kitsch and might have seen the crazypants Joan Crawford biopic Mommie Dearest. In one infamous scene Joan, in a scenery chewing performance by Ms. Faye Dunaway, ransacks her adopted daughter's closet, beats her with a coat hanger, and screams those now oft-repeated words. Where am I going with this? Ah yes, wire hangers - despite Joan's protests - are making a comeback in the design world. Take a look below at Hang On from Normann Copenhagen. Designed by Jade Barnes Richardson, and named with the help of suggestions from Normann Copenhagen's fans on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr, the design plays around with the archetypal hanger shape and our view of their disposability. Hang On is made in steel, rather than wire, and is available here in four colours.

  

Bowling 50's

Lovely news this morning from Normann Copenhagen about the company reviving a design classic; the Krenit bowl. The fine-edged and ultra-simple enamel bowls, designed by Herbert Krenchel in 1953 (they won a gold medal at the Milan Triennale in 1954) were in production until 1966, and now have hit hot collectible status. Normann Copenhagen's re-issue comes in three rather sober colours - white, blue and green - so we'll just have to keep our digits crossed that they go and get all the original happy colours (like the red and yellow) back into production. Krenit is available in two sizes, including the large never-before-produced badekarret size (which translates into English as bathtub) and, well, I totally fancy a slew of them scattered down the centre of my dining table...

That first snap shows the original bowls, the second is Mr Krenchel himself, and the third shows the new Krenit bowls in all the available colours. If you'd like to get your sticky mitts on them, drop Canadian online design retailer Lumiaire a line to see when they'll be available.