“3 Direction Hanger,” invented by students Cheng Tse-peng and Chang Yu-zhong of Department of Industrial Design, was awarded an iF Concept Product Design Award in 2014.

According to Cheng, the reason for inventing the clothes hanger is that they had difficulties in hanging clothes one day. The two students stayed up to do an assignment and found they had not hung their clothes. While hanging the clothes, Cheng said “The clothing hangers are really not easy-to-use because the hooks will catch on each other easily.” When doing research on traditional clothing hangers, they found people have to change the directions in order to hang their clothes. Due to this reason, they started to design a more easy-to-use clothing hanger that enables people to hang their clothes from every direction.

The clothing hanger “3 Direction Hanger” eases the way of using a clothing hanger. Instead of using steel as the main material, the “3 Direction Hanger” uses plastic,  making the hooks less possible to catch on each other. The areas of hook and the loop are wider than the traditional ones. The wider areas can help to hold the clothes steadily. When wind is blowing, the clothing hangers won’t fly into the same directions and then the hooks won’t catch on each other. Most important of all, the simple shape allows for mass production by industry.

Cheng presented his thanks to his advising professors in his undergraduate period. As an undergraduate student, he was encouraged by his advising professors to propose any idea that he would like to do. When studying at YunTech, his advising professors helped him a lot and also encouraged him to take part in international contests. He was grateful for all the support from both of his advising professors.  

The main teaching goal of the Department of Industrial Design is to integrate industrial needs into courses. The clothing hanger, “3 Direction Hanger,” has already applied for a patent and plans to cooperate with a company to mass produce the product. It is anticipated the new clothing hangers will be on the market soon.