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LET'S HANG
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LETS HANG · Jul 08, 2010

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! We don’t need to reinvent the wheel, but instead create a movement to re-adopt the use of simple clothesline and clothespins, which is a brilliant, sustainable way to dry clothes. LET’S HANG is a product and a campaign that changes attitudes about air drying and provides a simple method for hang-drying clothes in or outside the home.

Watch the video here: http://bit.ly/aiYsZF

By affixing screws to branches culled from fallen tree limbs, this solution is as sustainable as it gets. These small branches become “hooks” which can be installed in various places in the home. When it’s time to hang clothes, just tie some twine around the branches and you have a clothesline. When you are done, the line can be put away, and all that is left are decorative branch elements that have a minimal impact on your home environment, and the environment at large.

Using minimal, low-impact materials and social methods to change behavior, the LET’S HANG product/campaign aims to change attitudes and create options by making a small change in clothesline design, and a big change in how we think about air drying.

Download attached file 'LET_S.HANG.pdf'

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    madrilerowritten about 1 month ago

    Nice work! If you can steal attention away from wet t-shirts, you deserve to win and create more!!!

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    ehopsonwritten about 1 month ago

    you got my vote. nicely done!

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    marlenellamaswritten about 1 month ago

    simple yet effective!

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    alohacindywritten about 1 month ago

    yeah :-)

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    steven.hoeftwritten about 1 month ago

    I think you and maya from the united kingdom have a great campaign to wage. Go forth as the levis commercial proclaim. Keep it up don't stop with the contest.

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    Raygun Fixtureswritten about 1 month ago

    Great concept, really captures the spirit of this challenge!

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    joebootywritten about 1 month ago

    love this. i actually wanted to start a campaign in LA to get people to hang dry their clothes. i'm living in france now and everyone does it b/c electricity (and dryers) is super expensive.

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    amzwritten about 1 month ago

    brilliant!

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    jenn n.written about 1 month ago

    sooo hot!

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    viaverwritten about 1 month ago

    beautiful!

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