A reduction in the excellent junk. That’s what this is all about. I am a collector of things. Tiny things, mostly, things that can fit on the tiny shelves we’ve got up in this apartment. The tiny things I collect come from the drawers, books, and boxes of people’s houses. They come from stores, from storage units, from under the boots of the average man or lady. I collect things that a design conscious person would blink their eyes three times at, in appreciation, adoration, or disgust. In this cleaning transition, photos were taken, one each for all of the 141 items taken off the shelf – several months of collecting.

Each of these items is from one of my wall shelves, about 3.5 feet long and 4 inches wide. Made it meself! Lots of these items come from the street (from countertops, businesses, friends friendly hands, or from rummage sales. Lots of trinkets and small moments of design smarts. Sometimes just silly things, but always a good gesture in social interaction.

If you’ve got any questions about the 141 items below, be sure to mention the picture number for easy reference. All photos taken on a roll of butcher paper usually reserved for rolling poster prints in for safe shipping.

This post is part of the World Famous Design Junkies tiny category.

For the grand price of $5 came this journal from 1886. In it is pages and pages and pages of simple accounts of farm life and amazing pagebreak graphics and horoscope pictures.

Gigantic ALIFE sticker still on its hard backing. When I was in Hollywood two springs ago, these amazing things served as bottoms of bags when you purchased clothing from the ALIFE store. (I got some checkered shoes, if you’d like to know.)

Amazing little man clock from the estate of a lady who lived on the North side of Minneapolis, one of the first buildings over the river. It works!

Coaster from the Zombie Bar in North MPLS. There’s weapons on the walls, living dead movies on the televisions, and the bartenders are dressed up as Shawn of the Dead. Nice display of prison shanks in the bathroom too.

One of several “Blank” cards included in the Harry Potter : Clue game. I’ve never been able to figure this one out. The other side says “Black.” Not part of the game.

Business card for Minneapolis print duo Aesthetic Apparatus. Other side has more info on their contact information. 100% Screen printed inks on medium weight paper.

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