The following set of images comes from a brilliant designer and photographer, Lily Storelli, and is titled, “Rip • a • Zine”. The photos are wonderfully abstract, with beautiful color compositions and a skillful use of a very shallow depth of field.

“There is always something else hidden behind a surface… behind a mask, a painting, a mountain or an image/photograph… Metaphorically and literally… You never stop learning. Even by turning a page, by reading beyond exterior features, by scraping the ground to look at what’s beneath it. Then, I start shooting pictures right away. Pages of magazines I previously trashed (during my clean up week!!) turned out to be showing something else… behind, below, and beneath… New forms/shapes… new content that quickly detaches from its original meaning— from its original physical layout.” – Lily Storelli

The full set is viewable here: Rip • A • Zine

The images in this series are a collection of mobile uploads from Seena Hassouna. The uploads were commissioned by UFM for the purpose of a visual conversation. Centered around a loose theme of “unintended urban spaces,” it was hoped that the meaning of the images would be revealed when understood as a collection.

Seena courageously composed images of the weathered, the un-used, the in-between, the un-intended in an uncompromising celebratory way that reflects the french concept of “the gilding of decay.” However, the images are cleverly layered when considering the natural theme- a comparison/contrast of how nature utilizes interstitial spaces and disregards her own materials.

As well, the images provide evidence that we tend to use spaces in ways that were “un-intended.” How can designers design for the unintended?