KlaarHanger

A dementia-friendly clothing hanger that organises a complete outfit to make daily dressing easier and more intuitive.

Context: Group student project
My role: Concept development, sketching, digital visualisation and poster design
Output: Product visualisations, usage scenarios and concept poster

The challenge

Our team explored how to support people with dementia in getting dressed more independently. The concept allows a complete outfit to be prepared in advance, either by the person themselves or together with a caregiver.

Exploring the form

I sketched different ways to organise a complete outfit and make clothing easier to remove. These included approaches using magnets, clamps and different hanger arrangements. Feedback helped us develop a clearer sequence and introduce light as a guide.

Pencil sketches exploring flexible hangers, clamps and mechanisms for removing clothing. — Explorations of hanger shapes and ways to remove clothing.

Digital iterations of the outfit organiser, including yellow stand designs and a blue hanger system. — Digital iterations exploring the arrangement and sequence of the hangers.

Guiding the dressing sequence

In the concept, pressing Start illuminates the first hanger. Removing a garment activates the next light, guiding the user through the outfit. Flexible hangers support removing upper-body clothing, while an adjustable stand allows the product to be used independently of a wardrobe rail.

Four illustrated steps show pressing Start, a lit hanger, removing a garment and progressing through the outfit. — The dressing sequence, from pressing Start to removing each garment.

Four illustrated steps show a caregiver preparing a complete outfit on the KlaarHanger. — Preparing a complete outfit in advance.

The outcome

I created the final digital product design as a blueprint for the physical prototype. I also illustrated usage scenarios and designed the concept poster, making the intended interaction and product features easier to understand.

Final turquoise KlaarHanger design with a Start button, flexible hangers and an adjustable stand. — The final digital design used as a blueprint for the physical prototype.

Orange KlaarHanger concept poster showing the complete product and illustrated feature callouts. — The concept poster brings the product features and intended interaction together.