Recently, while scrolling through pictures that I took last year on my phone, this one caught my eye. I photographed this at some kind of design exhibition. I don't remember the topic anymore, or how this exhibit tied into the exhibition as a whole. However, both back then and now, when looking at the picture again, I found this arrangement of objects to be attractive somehow ... even though the individual elements aren't. The iPhone is worn around the edges, without a protective case. The book is battered and broken (the spine has been fixed with tape). The drawings in the notebook are crude, drawn with a cheap ballpoint pen. The coffee mug looks like it belongs in a dingy 80s coffee shop. Aside from the iPhone, the ensemble looks very retro. That is definitely part of its appeal to me. But that's not all there is to it. More so than the retro-nostalgia element, what appeals to me is the frankness with which these things are presented. I don't know who these items belong to (or if…
No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.