Eindhovenseweg 56
Eindhovenseweg 56
‘Eindhovenseweg 56’ is a book of sheer, loving, archiving mayhem. What would a home look like if you had 336 pages to display it?
“The stories we tell are based on our memories and the objects around us. Documenting is a form of preservation and what is preserved tells a history. These are the traces of an existence”. Toon Grote takes this concept to new heights as he single-handedly documents 2,262 items of his parents’ home and prints them, giving them a chance to live on. The book presents clean type-work and the paper choice nicely ties everything together. The colours are reminiscent of outdated catalogue paper, wrapped into the binding.
Together with the tall, sharp format of the book, it is reminiscent of an old video cassette. It unanimously struck us for its remarkable attention to detail and for being on the verge of an obsessive archiving craze.
‘Eindhovenseweg 56’ is a book of sheer, loving, archiving mayhem. What would a home look like if you had 336 pages to display it?
“The stories we tell are based on our memories and the objects around us. Documenting is a form of preservation and what is preserved tells a history. These are the traces of an existence”. Toon Grote takes this concept to new heights as he single-handedly documents 2,262 items of his parents’ home and prints them, giving them a chance to live on. The book presents clean type-work and the paper choice nicely ties everything together. The colours are reminiscent of outdated catalogue paper, wrapped into the binding.
Together with the tall, sharp format of the book, it is reminiscent of an old video cassette. It unanimously struck us for its remarkable attention to detail and for being on the verge of an obsessive archiving craze.