Things Organized Neatly: The Art of Arranging the Everyday

(Hardback)

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In the vein of popular books Things Come Apart and The Art of Clean Upcomes a fun and humorous compilation of images depicting exactly what thetitle describes: Things Organized Neatly. This book is perfect for designlovers and those who celebrate the artful in the everyday.Based on the popular Tumblr site, Things Organized Neatly is thoughtfullycomprised of everyday objects, all laid out beautifully.

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"The Things Organized Neatly Blog, which celebrates the kentucky art of knolling, is now a gorgeous, essential book filled with photos of meticulously arranged wonders of all description."
-BOING BOING

"If youre obsessive when it comes to arranging items on a table in a particular order (with everything sitting in perfect right angles, perhaps) but live with a toddler who cant help himself from turning your home into disorganized chaos, then [Things Organized Neatly] may help calm your nerves."
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"If you're a neat freak - and I'm convinced almost everybody has a little bit of neat freak inside them - then Things Organized Neatly: The Art of Arranging the Everdaymay be the most satisfying photo book you could possibly purchase. . . In short, it's like a warm bath for your brain: no item out of place, everything arranged perfectly by size, color, shape, type, or all of the above."
-PetaPixel

Author Bio

Austin Radcliffe is the author of the well-known Tumblr on whichthis book is based, Things Organized Neatly. He attended the School of Visual Artsin New York City and now works as a professor and freelance curator. Tom Sachsis a sculptor, probably best known for his elaborate recreations of various Modernicons, all of them masterpieces of engineering and design of one kind or another.In an early show he made Knoll office furniture out of phone books and duct tape;later, he recreated Le Corbusier's 1952 Unit d'Habitation using only foamcore anda glue gun. Other projects have included his versions of various Cold Warmasterpieces, like the Apollo 11 Lunar Excursion Module, and the bridge of thebattleship USS Enterprise. And because no engineering project is more complexand pervasive than the corporate ecosystem, he's done versions of those, too,including a McDonald's he built using plywood, glue, assorted kitchen appliances.He's also done Hello Kitty and her friends in materials ranging from foamcore tobronze.