bluishorange: merlin: animinimalism: Photos from Asylum:… » Systems of Operation Photos from Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals by Christopher Payne (via Dwell) ADDENDUM 2009-10-07 10:46:02 -0700: Crap. Attribution got cut off and now I can’t remember where I saw this. I suck. (Marco: Semantic “vias” - Daddy want.) ADDENDUM 2009-10-07 10:47:32 -0700: Okay. Kinda fixed. Lo siento, Systems of Operation! Is it weird that the first thing I thought was, “What a total waste of lovely mid-century furniture”?  I guess that’s better than, “Hope I don’t end up in one of these someday!” but not as good as, “I should totally make a book like this.” the chairs — first thing I noticed, too.

bluishorange:

merlin:

animinimalism: Photos from Asylum:… » Systems of Operation

Photos from Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals by Christopher Payne

(via Dwell)

ADDENDUM 2009-10-07 10:46:02 -0700: Crap. Attribution got cut off and now I can’t remember where I saw this. I suck. (Marco: Semantic “vias” - Daddy want.)

ADDENDUM 2009-10-07 10:47:32 -0700: Okay. Kinda fixed. Lo siento, Systems of Operation!

Is it weird that the first thing I thought was, “What a total waste of lovely mid-century furniture”?  I guess that’s better than, “Hope I don’t end up in one of these someday!” but not as good as, “I should totally make a book like this.”

the chairs — first thing I noticed, too.

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    the chairs — first thing I noticed, too.
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    to top it all off, a rotary-dial telephone on the counter.
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    Isn’t it sick to romanticize mental institutions...the people who live inside them?...
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    apparently state mental hospitals are a treasure trove...mid century furniture.
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