NOT JUST FOR KIDS
Reminiscent of oating snooker balls or a model of atoms, the Hang It All, with its 14 coloured balls a!ached to a wire frame, was designed to appeal to children – and to encourage them to hang up their things. It was created in 1953 by husband and wife design duo Ray and Charles Eames, who o"en catered for children, designing building sets, furniture and play animals. But the Hang It All wasn’t just for the young; it appealed just as much to adults – its playful, optimistic, spaceage aesthetic chiming with the spirit of the post-war years. Like other designers of the mid 20th century, the Eameses were a!racted to new materials and production techniques. The pair’s earliest designs experimented with moulding plywood, but it was welded wire that became their trademark, forming the architecture of chair and table legs, as well as the Hang It All’s frame.