DESCRIPTION
Welcome home is an umbrella support, coat hanger and hat holder.
An hanged version brings two brass hooks floating above a large floor tray-plate, ready to collect drops of rain. Hooks and ceiling fixing system are in brass, floor tray-plate in white enamelled steel. A wall coat hanger version is also part of the collection.
MATERIAL
Hook | Satin brass | Anodized aluminium | Other materials and finishes on request.
Hanging stainless steel cable D1mm.
Floor tray plate | White enamelled steel.
DIMENSION
Ceiling hanging version : Hook D24 x 120 x H210 mm.
Hanging stainless steel cable D1mm x 3 meters.
Floor tray plate D800 x H30 mm.
Wall version : Follow that link.
DESIGN
Jean-François D'Or.
EDITION
Edited by Vervloet | Produced and distributed by Vervloet.
PRICE
Contact us to get prices and delivery time.
Pictures © Stéphanie Derouaux | Laetitia Bica © Page 14.
Ideas often come to him from daily life. When his doorbell was broken, Jean-Francois D'Or experimented with a music box outside his entrance, and when he noticed that it conjured up a smile on every visitor’s face – Even the police were well-disposed ! – he decided to turn this makeshift object into a real doorbell. It had a fabulous effect, so I realized I had to do something with it. The result is a low-tech mood enhancing doorbell, made of brass with a mirror effect; to arrange your hair before the door opens but as the image is upside down it’s more of a clin d'oeil to make us smile even more broadly. After a long day’s work you want to come home and feel good.
It started with the bell, but Jean-Francois D'Or didn’t stop there. He developed two more objects to give us that welcoming feeling: a subdued jolly door handle and a simple yet assertive umbrella stand. When I am looking for new projects, like for example the door handle, I usually play with existing objects. Coincidentally, I had a tobacco pipe in my hands and the more I looked at it, the more I was convinced that this could be an excellent door handle.
Furthermore, all my life I’ve been in love with hats and umbrellas, so for me a nice umbrella stand is a must. Usually it’s the kind of item people prefer to hide behind the door, whereas I think they deserve recognition, especially in a country with as many rainy days as Belgium.
I have designed a practical umbrella stand in brass that welcomes you home, despite the showers outside.
For his Belgitude series, Jean-Francois D'Or worked with Maison Vervloet, ironmonger and purveyor of decorative hardware, a family company still going strong after a respectable 112 years. I’ve been working with them for many years. They excel at craftsmanship and working in brass. Of course, during such a long history quite a few door handles have been made. 45,000 to be more precise. I learned that when I shared my idea of designing a door handle for ‘Belgitude’: at Maison Vervloet they are obviously not easily impressed. So of course they teased me, and this door handle inspired by a smoking pipe is the result! The working relationship between Jean-Francois D'Or and Maison Vervloet has always been one of mutual appreciation, which ensures that everything is possible approach. Talk about ‘Linking Minds’.
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