Tired of your monotonous feed of people having fun without you? The FOMO-inducing cycle of images showing your old school pals wearing better garms, with better friends, and basking in the sun somewhere? Well, maybe it’s time to brighten up your IG scroll with some enlightening posts.
Thankfully, we’ve done the work for you by pilfering through Instagram’s vast content, selecting five accounts guaranteed to refresh your feed and make that long morning commute shorter, or those awkward silences with your colleague by the water tap more endurable. From inspirational archives to memes and the downright weird, below are five accounts that had us hitting the follow button. We’ve got you covered.
@artisanal_prison_shanks
As far as collectors items go, this is a unique one. Handcrafted knives, or shanks, from prisons have been obtained – some recreated from the originals – by one anonymous Instagram user, only later to be lovingly curated into a feed of sculptural pieces. Yes, they were probably used to hurt someone, but that’s not the point. The fascination lies in the inventive DIY methods employed by inmates to make handcrafted shanks – from gold-plated toothbrushes to blade-tipped HB pencils.
@rarebooksparis
Easily one of the best online archives digging up out-of-print magazines and books, this is one that photographers, graphic designers, fashion enthusiasts and lovers of art tomes will relish in. Obscure rarities are made available to purchase from the account’s owners – an instant way to upgrade the coffee table, bookshelf or just the Instagram feed. Think Yohji Yamamoto campaigns from the 80s, photos of gangs in Kabukicho and obscure books on innovative interiors.
@itsmaysmemes
In case you haven’t noticed, puffer jackets have steadily been getting bigger, finally culminating in Skepta’s since-deleted Instagram post of him wearing an oversized Moncler and Craig Green ‘fit. Or so we thought, until 16-year-old May decided to make memes of even greater proportions, going viral with her posts of A$AP Rocky and Luka Sabbat in larger-than-life puffers.
@fruit_stickers
It’s the small details that matter, or so this account would have you believe. Fruit stickers, in all their various forms and wonderful colours, have been collated to produce this aesthetically pleasing feed. From Persian couture melons to mango tips, here’s a reminder that art is everywhere, even on your apple.
@decorhardcore
Lavish curtains. Pastel-hued bathrooms. Dreamy train stations. Psychedelic floors, and hairy chairs. The possibilities are endless with interiors and furniture, described as “emotional” and “hardcore” by the account’s curator, Ksenia Shestakovskaia. Boost your day and immerse yourself in these sumptuous and surreal interiors.
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