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Finding Beauty in Clutter with Chris Kirby...Getting Things Down

October 30, 2007 by serge the concierge

Now that Getting Things Done and productivity pornography as Marc Andreessen calls it has almost become a religion, I thought the Clutter Shelf by Chris Kirby had to be mentioned.

When things or people get too serious or fossilized in their ways, it is time to inject a little humor.

Chris Kirby is a Canadian Designer based in Japan.

Besides these shelves, Chris designs many things such as lamps, vases, pepper mills and more and creates some of them with recycled materials such as this Petal Vase made with metal waste from a local shop.

I discovered him while browsing through the pages of DesignTide which opens in Tokyo on October 31st.

Posted on October 30, 2007 in Consumer Products, Event, Health, Personal Organizer, Serge the Concierge, To Do Lists, Web/Tech, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0)

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