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| General | Lets go over a few things to see if youre the kind of person who is a candidate for punk shui. You should re-think your boring design aethetic if youve ever:
fought the lingering distaste that accompanies cleaning up your apartment or office?
felt a nasty malaise when confronted with art or furniture options in any chain store or national retailer
dreaded having someone over because you thought they were an obsessive neat freak and would look down their nose at your less-than-IKEAfied apartment?
just wanted to shred Martha Stewart Living with a chain saw or destroy a display in Target because, well, look at it
felt you want to create something unique, a true aesthetic all your own, but have never considered yourself the type of person who would go through the trouble of actually decorating your living space, or god forbid try your hand at art collecting or conceiving
felt envious when walking into a sibling or roommates garbage and dirty clothes/dishes in the sink infested living space
watched an episode of Friends and then had to lock your bottle of Valium in the bottom of your special pill-box so you wouldnt be tempted to maybe down the entire thing in a sudden suicidal frenzy
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BOOK DESCRIPTION:
punk shui: home design for anarchists
Create chaos Chaos is the future And beyond it is freedom Sonic Youth Saw your sofa in half. Blow up your TV. Celebrate your creativity because the old rules no longer apply. These are the driving concepts behind the intriguing new movement called punk shui. Here, anti-traditional designer Josh Amatore Hughes explains how our boring livesespecially the dull and obvious ways we arrange our living spacesstifle creativity. To really break out of our rut, and to really rock, we need to introduce some chaos into our homes. So grab a chainsaw, turn up your stereo, and reinvent your idea of how to live. Punk shui has no confinesit allows you to go in any direction that strikes a chord.
Here are a few suggestions:
Block your windows. As a wise man once said, You can only see light from darkness. Find things that dont belong on a wall and hang them. Whether its a broken guitar or a three legged chair, hanging it up makes it art. Take down the shower curtain. Theres something freeing about being out in the open, naked, splashing water on the floor. Dont spend a dime. Slash the chains of consumerism! Whether you look at Punk Shui as a design concept, a way of life or just a temporary jolt to your creativity, its sure to evict you from your comfort zoneand thats not a bad thing. Change your design; change your life. |
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| Status: | Swinger | | Hometown: | the back 40 | | Ethnicity: | Other | | Zodiac Sign: | Virgo |
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Lets talk about me
My name is Josh and Im the originator of punk shui. Inspired by the large amount of crappy designers that fuel our mucked up cultural aesthetic, I have devoted myself to helping those who desire more from life and their living space, seeking to push the limits of what people consider design. Im based in New York City, but I have clients all over the country. I own a company that specializes in advising punk shui worshipers how to do as I do. I design interiors, but I also do sculpture, installations and film that tend to reflect the punk shui aesthetic. Basically, I help a lot of my clients embrace chaos, to break the rules, and to let some original ideas out of the box. Through the concept of punk shui, I work to further the general belief that individual freedom should prevail and the design equivalent of Ashley Simpson should not.
Weve had quite the wave of new punk shui followers recently. Most are people who are sick of doing things in a predictable, boring way and want to shake up their lives. A lot are artists, and some are people who have always wanted to be artists. In general, they are people sick of following the pack and doing what all of their friends deem cool or acceptable. Whatever the case, theres no prerequisite to punk shuiing your placeonly this: you must be open-minded, ready for the ride, and not easily offended.
WHAT PEOLE ARE SAYING ABOUT PUNK SHUI:
"There is now a name for the hipster practice of collecting soiled, random furniture and knick knacks off the streets to use as home decor: punk shui.
New York designer and author Josh Amatore Hughes says his book "Punk Shui: Home Design for Anarchists" is an answer to all those Target and IKEA-furnished apartments, which he says lack individual style. The book is a primer on how to "punk" your apartment....Of course now that there's a book out on the punk home aesthetic, the whole idea could become mainstream. Just imagine: plastic Jesus statues and dirty throw pillows for sale at Target and IKEA. Would it still be punk, then? We'll stop there, it's making our brains hurt."--Associated Press, Wednesday, By COLLEEN LONG, NEW YORK
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