“Besides having a literal relevance to the client’s business, the wall made of stacked bundles of magazines is not only a natural conversation piece in its mere irrationality, but also works as an acoustical absorbent.”
A pair of artists, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, bought an old water-pumping station in Berlin's suburbs and turned it into a home/office studio. Filled with mouthwatering spaces, rooms with lots of natural light, hidden nooks and crannies, a 16ft vaulted ceiling in the attic, and a floor level, sunken tub in a most serene bathroom.
"Ogle pictures of abandoned cities — formerly bustling centers of quotidian life, now relics slowly filling with sand or left to collect dust on once-futuristic tchotchkes."