365 Charming Everyday Things

I really love things like this. Interesting art installations that make you stop momentarily and take note of stuff you'd probably never give much thought to. And I don't use the word 'stuff' for any other reason than that is exactly what Parisian architecture firm, DGT, have put on display.

The exhibition, entitled 365 Charming Everyday Things, explores the idea that humans are creatures of habit, and that these habits inevitably mean engaging in daily relationships with certain items. Each day we will go through a similar routine, get up, brush hair, eat toast, shave etc, but we will rarely take notice of the items we use to service this routine - ie. the hairbrush, the toaster, the razor.

Located in a 19th century metal factory, DGT has presented 365 objects on a crisp and unusual landscape of white plates. This particular exhibition focuses in on Japanese culture, so it delves into the cultural and spiritual meaning of each item as well. Everything has been placed with an equal symmetrical distance in order to give the same importance to everything on display.

Seeing objects in this way reminds us of our own habits as well as delicately introducing us to new objects that we personally might not use but give an insight into the lives of those around us. There's something almost eery about seeing such everyday items without their human counterparts; it definitely hones in on the idea that we truly have become inseparable with a large number of consumer products.

Images by Takuji Shimmura from: http://www.yatzer.com/