It’s funny, but after looking at the recent profusion of images of Colombo Design’s new Pegaso door handle on its recent sojourn through Bangkok, it seems this lovely artifact of the new millennium is designed to open everything but a door. 
Looking for a place to hang your hat? Or if you find that expression passé, how about your coat, your umbrella, your jacket, bag, or scarf? Even better, how about your pre-conceptions of the design imperatives of a coat stand?
Danish design firm Normann Copenhagen says that they have an opinion. Though they don’t specify exactly what this purported position pertains to or portends, one surmises that it colors everything they do, whether big or small, whether concerning all the choices throughout an entire residence, or the barest detail of a simple hook on the wall.
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