Sam Braid Design
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Girder
09Hangers

2026
Girder Hanger, a pine coat hanger with a routed outline and dowel details

Bright colourful set of girder-styled hangers, inspired by the bold colour schemes coating industrial I-beam girders. The idea comes from my time at university in Newcastle, wandering across the bridges that line the River Tyne.

Materials
Pine
Detail
Wooden buttons mimic the rivets used in steel I-beams
Made with
Furniture board offcuts
Looking along the Tyne Swing Bridge between its riveted red girders
The Tyne Swing Bridge
Close-up of rivets on a painted girder of the Tyne Swing Bridge
Riveted red girder meeting the white upper beam of the Tyne Swing Bridge

Individual Hangers

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  • Green Girder Hanger held up against a red shipping container
  • Olive Girder Hanger held up against a blue shipping container
  • Red Girder Hanger held up against a teal shipping container
  • Blue Girder Hanger held up against a yellow shipping container
  • Lilac Girder Hanger held up against a green shipping container
  • Turquoise Girder Hanger held up against a red shipping container
  • Olive Girder Hanger held up against a blue shipping container
  • Yellow Girder Hanger held up against a green shipping container
  • Orange Girder Hanger held up against a green shipping container

Full Range

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  • The full set of coloured Girder Hangers piled on a weathered steel floor
  • The full range of Girder Hangers hung in a rainbow on a wooden rail