Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries is an online curiosity shop of extraordinary things, mined from the depths of the online world and brought to you each week by John Foster, a writer, designer and longtime collector of self-taught art and vernacular photography. “I enjoy the search for incredible, obscure objects that challenge, delight and amuse my eye. More so, I enjoy sharing these discoveries with the diverse and informed readers of Design Observer.”

Editor's Note: All images link to their original source and are copyright their original owners.

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Comments [4]

Yes, beautiful! Il also like the geometric theme behind all images.
Thanks.

Stefania
01.31.11
02:10

I love accidental mysteries and JF's curatorial eye. And in case you need my opinion, I approve of the selection today except for the 'Sherlock Holmes storyboard'. That title sequence always struck me as a "miss"—wrong type, wrong fauxtoshopped illustration feel. Too parchment-y and Leonardo DaVinci.

angela
01.31.11
01:53

Accidental mysteries is a wonderful little curio of ideas and inspiration. My absolute favourite part of DO. The car boot of design!

lee
02.06.11
05:53

All images do NOT point to their original sources. The antlers link to a tumblr noted "JPEG Heaven".

I assume most of these images do.

And though I do like "your" curation of these images, the copyright note is misleading.

Let's not turn "curating" into an endless proliferation of images off of the internet.

Ric Sellers
02.08.11
12:47

John Foster and his wife, Teenuh, have been longtime collectors of self-taught art and vernacular photography. Their collection of anonymous, found snapshots has toured the country for five years and has been featured in Harper’s, Newsweek Online and others.

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