a rendering of a barcelona chair i did in my first year of grad school...
there is something striking about the juxtaposition of simple forms here-the lines of the pedestals and circular tubes- that literally stopped me in my tracks. the late afternoon sun pouring through the windows didn't hurt either. and this got me thinking how much punch you can get from something as simple as an old wooden pedestal just by putting a whole freaking bunch of them together. here are more visuals from caravati's that i'm talking about:
rusty air registers with cool graphic patterns
sun streaming through a narrow path of storm doors
wrought iron fence posts
so then i started thinking about the different things we collect in our lives, valuable or not, and the different reasons we have for holding onto them. (blame it on the psychology degree i have...) when i was in fifth or sixth grade my grandmother began giving me little antique boxes- wood, ceramic, hand-painted, simple- all very different from the next, because she explained it was nice to start a collection that you can watch grow over time. i used to always re-arrange them on a shelf in my room, trying to put my favorite in the front and center. sadly, i haven't seen my little boxes since my parents moved to richmond during my freshman year of college, but i'll find them one of these days. in the mean time, you can see how many designers and celebs have their own collections that are personally meaningful or just plain enviable. sometimes more really is more.
mini round silver frames for family pics, kate and jack spade via the selby
unknown antler collection
no need for a sign at this bicycle shop in germany
simple clipboard art is graphic cool
who knew there are so many variations on the bowtie
artistic hat storage
khloe kardashian's louboutin collection
matchbooks, phoebe howard
art gallery, nate berkus
model ships, phoebe howard
so, what have you been collecting? and besides khloe's closet, what do you want to start?
ciao-tyler
Interesting post. I certainly agree that repetition of a common item packs a certain punch. I also think that having plenty of negative space around one item can have similar effect.
ReplyDeleteI collect boxes of all sorts too and have them scattered through the house.