Make a Smartphone Stand Out of a Coat Hanger. Patrick Piper throws together a quick but well-designed smartphone stand: I needed a quick and dirty phone tripod to make a time lapse video.

To save space, money and a hunched back, a young man from Beijing has built a laptop stand from a wire coat hanger, posting a seven-step DIY guide on Instructables in the process. The finished article ...

Japanese designer Yasutoshi Mifune has created a clothes stand with Y-shaped coat hangers that slot into the base when not in use. Designed by Mifune Design Studio, the HC Hanger features a single ...