Just another brief stop at IKEA

Non siamo il genere di persone che passa spesso intere giornate in affollati centri commerciali come l’IKEA; IKEA è uno di quei posti dove andiamo a volte solo per comprare un oggetto in particolare e uscire subito; un posto in cui detestiamo essere costretti a girare per un labirinto come cavie sprecando mezz’ora quando potremmo semplicemente entrare, andare diretti all’oggetto, comprarlo e tornare alla macchina in cinque minuti. Così, quando abbiamo bisogno di comprare qualcosa di carino ed economico che siamo sicuri di trovare proprio lì, sono sempre pronto ad aspettare nel parcheggio e disegnare quello che vedo dal parabrezza. Dopo tutto, qualsiasi noiosa commissione ha il suo lato positivo. We’re not the kind of people who often spend a whole day into crowded shopping malls like IKEA; IKEA is one of those places where we sometimes go just to buy a single item and run away; a place where he hate being forced to walk through a maze like guinea pigs wasting half an hour while we could simply go inside, straight to that single item, buy it and get back on the car in five minutes. So, everytime we need to buy something cute and cheap we’re sure to find there, I’m prepared to wait in the parking and I just love to sketch what’s in front of me. After all, every boring task has its convenience.

Pubblicato da Alessandro Melillo

I'm an architect, photographer and urban sketcher living on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. This is the world, through my eyes and my hands. I love aniseed, bicycles, monofin swimming, pipe smoking, film, udon, pencils, haiku, cooking, notepads, gin, Japan, maps, traveling, prime numbers, street photography, longboard skating, stringed instruments, liquorice, botany, typography, bookbinding, Dire Straits, pale ale, Ireland, folk music, trumpets, virginia tobacco, urban sketching, single malt whiskey, writing, Indian food, Counting Crows, India ink, sea, peat stoves, watercolors, photojournalism, origami, fixies, sushi, wet shaving, lavender, pocket watches, denim, drip coffee, soupe au pistou, hiking, aloeswood, politeness, knots, dip pens, craft, Vespa, pocket knives, twin lens reflex cameras, contrails, lightnings, tea, NB 574, washi tape, dishwashing, calligraphy, fire, paper, onsen, postcards, magnifying lenses, baking, cartography, straw wickers, not necessarily in this order.