Upon rummaging through the an array of random objects from a deceased
estate in a thrift shop, French graphic designer and resident at the
super cool
Ill-Studio
in Paris, Nicolas Malinowsky was inspired. Over a period of time
Nicolas began purchasing various pieces from the store including
seemingly random books and vinyl records, later discovering that all of
these pieces that had appealed to something within him had all belonged
to the same, now deceased person.
Commenting on the collector's taste, Nicolas states “This man must have been very knowledgeable and well-travelled. He may
well have been an anthropologist, or at least a genuinely humanistic
person, someone with a passion for the world, particularly India, the
Ottoman world and Central America. Most of his books contain lavish
illustrations and some of the records are rare research editions. He
must have spent much of his time building up his collection before it
landed between a frying pan and a discounted porcelain figurine at my
local second hand store. I wanted to honour this man after meeting him
in such an odd posthumous way”.
The style reflects the current design trend and fascination with
religious and philosophical symbology and the mysterious secret
societies of our past. Pretty damn rad if you ask me.
to the right of this post is some samples from the series and for the rest visit
NicolasMalinowsky.com
