SUNDRIES FOR THE MODERN WORKSPACE

Doomed. 07.11.2015

A new exhibition at Doomed Gallery of Polish brutalist architecture & its inhabitants. Shot by Michal Luczak.

Katowice Railway Station constructed in 1972 was a high-standard building. Raw concrete constructions were at the time a symbol of modernity and prosperity of Polish PeopleÕs Republic. Only a decade later neglected building began to fall into ruins. Even 21 years of independent Poland didnÕt help and the condition of the building continued to fall. Nobody felt responsible for it. A ruin in the city center of the biggest, postindustrial coal-mining district in Poland started to live its own life. On one hand it was still a place were people got on and off the trains but on the other it became an area of uncommon "passengers" who didn't have any tickets and never got on any train. They where the ones who created there some kind of a parallel world which existed on the sidelines of normal life. Katowice Railway Station was destroyed at the beginning of 2011, it was the last significant example of brutalist architecture in Poland.

Katowice Railway Station constructed in 1972 was a high-standard building. Raw concrete constructions were at the time a symbol of modernity and prosperity of Polish PeopleÕs Republic. Only a decade later neglected building began to fall into ruins. Even 21 years of independent Poland didnÕt help and the condition of the building continued to fall. Nobody felt responsible for it. A ruin in the city center of the biggest, postindustrial coal-mining district in Poland started to live its own life. On one hand it was still a place were people got on and off the trains but on the other it became an area of uncommon "passengers" who didn't have any tickets and never got on any train. They where the ones who created there some kind of a parallel world which existed on the sidelines of normal life. Katowice Railway Station was destroyed at the beginning of 2011, it was the last significant example of brutalist architecture in Poland.

Categories: Art & craft. Buildings & rooms.

Botanical. 06.11.2015

Plants in glass houses, painterly shots by Samuel Zeller.

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Categories: Art & craft.

Mint.

Work by Alison Haigh, using Tic Tacs, Mentoes & Polos.

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Categories: Art & craft. Edibles Pattern.

P&C v.03.

You may have noticed that our site has had a little upgrade. Now responsive, bigger & easier to use but still loaded with stationery. Big thanks to Between Two Pines, check out their crisp oeuvre right here.

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Categories: P&C news.

Alphabet Antics (Manuscript) 1955. Part i). 05.11.2015

See the manuscript version here.

Aai Bbi Cci Ddi Eei Ffi Ggi
HhiIii Jjikki


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Categories: Books Graphics.

Roadblock. 04.11.2015

Categories: Just because. Pattern.

All Greek.

Back in stock. Pastel perfection from Pathos. Ok, that bit’s made up.

Categories: P&C news. Stationery

Cosmos.

Compositions using coloured concrete. Alliteration overload!

Categories: Art & craft.

S.A.D? 03.11.2015

For maximum sunlight all year through, these extending windows are a dream.

 

Categories: Buildings & rooms.

Future Forms. 02.11.2015

A site with the best collection of space age technology. All arrange by colour!

Categories: Furniture etc. Just because.
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