Things organized neatly

Some of the most frequently asked questions I get are on the topic of color palettes. These inquiries usually surround the specifics of colors I’ve chosen to create a wall hanging, curate gallery art, or…

One of my oldest sources of visual inspiration on the internet (and one of a handful of early art/design blogs that inspired me to start Colossal in 2010) was Things Organized Neatly, an exhaustive catalogue of objects compulsively organized just so. From toy collections, to artworks and editorial photography, the site collects thousands of images of neatly arranged things that have a near Zen-like impact on your brain as you scroll through the site. More

The collecting of anonymous objects — and the subsequent use of those objects in creating a perfectly styled interior — has become such a staple of modern life that it’s hard to remember a time when not everyone loaded up their vans twice a year at places like Brimfield. But Franco Clivio, a former industrial designer and a lecturer at Zurich’s Schule für Gestaltung, has been amassing such objects for more than four decades. His collection — which numbers into the thousands — is on view…

There's a hashtag on Instagram called #ThingsOrganizedNeatly. Under the hashtag, you'll find a plethora of images that users took of things arranged

Since 2010. Created by Austin Radcliffe. ©

Since 2010. Created by Austin Radcliffe. ©

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Here’s a motley little crew of inspiration images. They scrolled across my screen on Pinterest, and each made me stop and look longer than average. Maybe you’ll find surprising new ways of seeing things here too … I’ve written a few business plans the conventional conforming way, but I really wish to write one that … Continue reading "See Things Differently"