Entourage

red dot
red dot award: design concept 2008

design:
Amy Lin	Joo Minseon

Entourage was conceived as a piece of furniture, but it occupies a unique functional niche between furniture and architecture. It engages with the user and the everyday activity of hanging clothes to create a vibrant
and changing visual composition. The user becomes a collaborator in the design.

A flexible serpentine wall of narrow, articulated vertical panels, Entourage is a clothes rack that partitions and defines interior space. The shape and length of the wall are completely adjustable to meet the changing needs and desires of the user. Individual pull-down hangers are provided in an informal, random pattern across the entire face of the wall, encouraging the user to hang clothing wherever they please. Entourage on its own is
incomplete – a blank canvas. The final character and visual impact of the piece is entirely dependent on the user’s involvement. As pieces of clothing are hung and removed, like old friends coming and going, an ever-
changing clothes-scape is created. In use, Entourage brings a relaxed and lively visual order to the personal environment.

Entourage can be placed along an existing wall or more loosely placed to divide and define larger spaces. It can even be configured to provide an enclosed changing space for a retail clothing environment. The total manufactured length of an Entourage wall is flexible. By varying the number of individual vertical panels, Entourage can be produced in custom lengths to suit client needs. When the entire length of the wall is not needed, the unused portion can be stored tightly wrapped around the freestanding central core, allowing the user complete flexibility. Reflecting the design
team’s environmental concerns, the vertical panels are constructed from laminated Forest Stewardship Council certified hardwood.