Knolling Photography and Spring Cleaning

“For every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned.” – Anonymous

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Spring Cleaning!

I think we have all heard of Marie Kondo and her style of decluttering and organizing household items...but...have you heard of knolling?

Knolling is a method of organizing your workspace developed by a janitor in a furniture workshop. I find his method very artistically appealing. 

I took a few photos using this method about a year ago but was inspired to try it again as we recently inherited a collection of vintage tools. But....knolling is not just for tools...if you google knolling photography you will find a variety of items you can organize in this manor. This is one of my favorites....

Photo Credit: inspirationfeed.com

Here is a little inspiration to get you started on your own Spring Cleaning/knolling projects. 

Knolling

"The term (Knolling) was coined by a janitor, Andrew Kromelow, who worked in Frank Gehry’s furniture fabrication shop. At the time, the prolific architectural genius was designing chairs for Knoll, Inc. During his tidying up of the shop, Kromelow would arrange Gehry’s tools at right angles on surfaces and called the style of organization “knolling” after the angular designs of Knoll, Inc." (News.com.au)

"The process was adopted by Tom Sachs, who was working in Gehry’s furniture studio at the same time. And it was Sachs who laid out the rules of Knolling." (Readingdesign.org) 

See Knolling Rules and Read the full article here…