A simple way to make a mundane object more joyful is to transform it using aesthetic elements of an object you already know is joyful. Designer Wieki Somers’s Merry-go-round coatrack takes a garden variety museum cloakroom and uses the form, scale, and movement attributes of a popular playground toy to transform it into a delightful spectacle.
The coatrack was installed in 2008 in the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam.
{via Core77, where you can see a film of the piece in action}
