Camerino is a flat-packed valet stand that provides a convenient place to hang your belongings, keeping your house tidy and giving a home to your pocket ephemera. Traditional valet stands were popular in the 1920's, but have since been forgotten. brose~fogale have revisited this piece of furniture to fit a modern lifestyle. It is available in fluoro yellow and oak. The mirrors are hand polished in copper or chrome.
Camerino rethinks the traditional valet stand, combining two hanging rails, two shelves for storage and a mirror. It was first conceived as a response to lifestyles in cities like London, Berlin or New York, where the need to move can be frequent and recurrent, and where living spaces are often too compact for large furniture. The name 'Camerino' comes from the Italian and Spanish word for an actors dressing room.
With this project, brose~fogale also tries to challenge the furniture industry by taking pre-orders on Kickstarter. The traditional process of designing, developing, producing, distributing, marketing and selling a product involves a long chain of people and companies across the world. Frustrated by this system that drastically inflates the retail price, brose~fogale's aim is to use Kickstarter to shorten the chain and bring the designer closer to the products owner, you. This way the price really reflects the quality of the product, rather than the costs of everyone else in between. With Kickstarter, the Camerino is available at half its retail price.
