Creative display ideas

Steven shows us three different, creative ways to display collectables — without creating clutter.

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maurizio galante and tal lancman turned objects such as buttons, shoelaces, pencils, and children’s books into design installations.

I seem to have an endless supply of Postcards. When ever I go travelling or to a Museum, I always end up buying what feels like thousands of postcards. However, the majority of them end up in a dra…

I adore custom framing but it can be quite expensive, which got me thinking about some alternatives. After all, necessity is the mother of invention, is it not?Turns out a lot of people have had this same thought and have created some lovely options to display artwork sans framing. Check them out! Above: This option from Deko employs wooden trouser hangers to display art. That’s it! And I love it. I found this elegant display idea on Freshome.

This window display is an example of repetition as it consists of four of the same paint cans pouring over the same pair of shoes, with only the color of the paint changing. This use of repetition makes the shoes more emphatic and more important. It also leads the viewer's eye and creates a sense of motion.