I came across this on ffffound last night, from ConcreteHermit:
I feel like this is my life philosophy, broken down into one, very short statement. And I wish more people would adopt a similar one. The hardest part is finding a balance between the two. It’s shaping out to be a pretty hectic week at work. And I am working extremely hard. Please be nice to me.
I came across some photos by Desiree Palmen via ffffound and have been pretty amazed by the composition of the images, especially those in the Camouflage and Old City Suit/surveillance camera project series. Not only are they genius in setup, but are also incredibly beautiful in their own simple, quirkiness. The models in her photos are covered head to toe in suits that almost entirely camouflage them with their environments (be it bookshelf, walkway, table, etc.), tricking the viewer when briefly glanced, and almost confusing entirely if you spend too long trying to look at it too closely. When you study the person in the images and how their body melds with their environment, think long and carefully about all the work that went into making such an intricate and interesting image.
This image is from Old City Suit:
And these are from from Camouflage:
So I came across these amazing, pink, crooked, stackable bookshelves via ffffound recently and I’m completely in love with them.
Apparently they were designed by Swedish design company Smånsk at the recent Stockholm Furniture Fair and they are currently “seeking an appropriate manufacturer for the design” according to the article about it/them on Dezeen.
The shelves are assembled much like sloping lego blocks so that you can build them up however you’d like and don’t have to arrange items on the shelf by size – there’s room for binders on one end, small notepads on the other. And no need for any bookends, ever, to keep everything standing up.
On Dezeen, almost more interesting than the post itself are the commenters, who appear to be extremely well-versed in “deconstructed” or “deformed” bookcases and provide links to other such shelves such as a Parcy Debons Design available through Bouf that looks like this:
And the Neverending Bookcase by Luca Nichetto that looks like this:
