Fresh Talent: Silver Acorn Design

WORDS Debbie Loots


The next of our Fresh Talent profiles celebrating Youth Day on 16 June are industrial designers Silver Acorn Design who have come up with an ingenious solution to shopping bag spills in the car.

We’ve had it with groceries flying all over the car as you go around corners or slam on brakes to dodge a stray duck taking her feathered babes for a walk across a busy road. Not to mention cartons of milk spilling all over the back, while the kids scoop tonight’s chocolate mousse off the upholstered backseat before stuffing it into their mouths.

Thanks to Well Hung, a nifty accessory that hooks onto a headrest on one side and your shopping-bag handles on the other, flying groceries are a thing of the past. Designed by five local industrial-design students who go by the name of Silver Acorn Design, Well Hung ensures that the contents of your bags remain in place.

The product is made in South Africa from sustainably sourced leather, aluminium, steel and cotton, and have three eyelets, which allow them to fit around any headrest, as well as the boot, leaving the flying around business for the birds.

R80 (per hook), available at hellopretty.co.za, mzansistore.com
083 647 2583, facebook.com/SilverAcornDesign

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