Gallery: Look at All These Design Masterpieces, Created by Anonymous Geniuses

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    Franco Clivio

    Franco Clivio has been collecting anonymously designed objects for decades.
  • Here's part of the collection which will be featured in a recently opened exhibition called No Name Design.
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    Here's part of the collection, which will be featured in a recently opened exhibition called *No Name Design*.
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    Clivio's collection spans everything from eyewear.
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    To paint brushes.
  • In 2009 Clivio published a book called Hidden Forms which looked at the collection in depth.
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    In 2009 Clivio published a book called *Hidden Forms*, which looked at the collection in depth.
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    The exhibition is a more tailored look at the stuff Clivio has gathered over the years.
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    Clivio has organized the collection by function and form.
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    Most of the objects come from anonymous designers.
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    To be honest, I couldn’t name half the objects in Clivio’s collection, but it’s clear that each has its own very particular function.
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    It’s likely that many of these items have since been replaced with far more efficient versions of their former selves, yet their capacity to solve a specific issue renders them useful and beautiful nonetheless.
  • The show is a celebration of the wellmade everyday.
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    The show is a celebration of the well-made everyday.
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    It just shows that good design doesn’t necessarily need a big name designer attached. In fact, it doesn’t need a name at all.
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    he most sustaining objects in our lives are the ones we barely give notice to.
  • Which might actually just be another form of appreciating them.
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    Which might actually just be another form of appreciating them.
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