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Simone Giertz’s Laundry Chair is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter: a $1,100 hardwood chair with a rotating Lazy-Susan rail that lets you drape semi-worn clothes over the seat and partly conceal them behind the backrest, turning a laundry pile into a functional piece of furniture with early backer discounts and deliveries planned for November 2026.
Inventor and YouTuber Simone Giertz unveils the Laundry Chair, a hardwood seat whose armrests form a rotatable rail that can hang or slide clothes behind the chair, turning seating into a clothes-hanging/storage solution. It debuts via Kickstarter at $1,100 with a 20% discount for the first 50 backers, and Giertz plans to bring the product to market regardless of campaign success through Yetch Studio, highlighting her focus on solving everyday “unglamorous” problems.
Hyundai has announced a partnership with Amazon to sell its vehicles on the ecommerce platform starting in 2024, allowing customers to have their new cars delivered or pick them up at a local dealership. This move reflects the increasing trend of online car sales, which gained momentum during the pandemic. In other tech news, Sonos plans to release a new product in the second half of next year, potentially entering the headphone market. Inventor Simone Giertz has created a clever solution for small closets with her Coat Hinger, a metal coat hanger that folds in on itself to save space. Lastly, WIRED's latest cover story features the creators of the Mirai malware tool, which caused a massive denial-of-service attack in 2016.
Simone Giertz attempted to make a robotic arm entirely out of stained glass but one of the components kept breaking, so she had to fabricate it from metal. Despite the setback, the journey was the point of the project.