jean baptiste fastrez: tomahawk hairdryer

  ‘tomahawk hairdryer’, one of several models designed by jean-baptiste fastrez

the ‘tomahawk hairdryer‘, the work of french designer jean-baptiste fastrez, redefines the shape and appearance of the common household appliance, creating a more streamlined shape equally adapted to the device’s purpose.

the functional body of the ‘tomahawk’ is similar to that of a conventional hairdryer: an industrially produced plastic cylinder, which contains standard fan and heating components. this is mounted either in line with or perpendicularly upon a bar of wood, sculpted into a range of designs in fastrez’s prototypes. each shape suggests a different way of holding and using the device.

recognizing that there is no need for hairdryers to retain the form we conventionally see, fastrez designed this series with wooden handles

colour bands play on the line’s name, a reference to the traditional axe whose shape the hairdryers roughly share

the differently sized and shaped handles suggest different ways of holding and using the device

additional model

closer view