Monday, April 16, 2007

Normal Room (normal my arse)

http://www.normalroom.com/index.php
It's a nice idea - people around the world take photos of their homes and upload them, letting you do a bit of sneaky voyeurism under the guise of ethnographic research. But really, how normal are these rooms going to be? Not very, and not for very long, is my guess. See how quickly this place turns into an audition space for 'Home and Garden' magazine.

Having said that, it's really interesting. What strikes me is how similar these rooms across the world are - there doesn't seem to be a vast amount of cultural difference apparent.



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13 comments:

john smith said...

They're all pretty bloody ordinary.

Doctor Curry said...

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I fail to see the incentive for posting.

Matt F said...

Yeah, I take it back - most of 'em are pretty ordinary.

Peter S said...

Normal as in "at right-angles to" ?

k_sra sra said...

This one looks pretty normal.

Wag The Baker said...

Bear in mind that the people with rooms exhibiting major cultural differences will be people from different cultures. Like cultures that don't spend their time online, or photographing their own homes and uploading the images. I bet there isn't a single South American room on there. Or Chinese. Or Russian. Or Indian...

Wag The Baker said...

Well, wasn't I wrong!

john smith said...

That's normal? Where?

k_sra sra said...

In the US, people with kids and no decorative imagination are always having big, empty rooms with piles of laundry and big, pink, bouncy balls in them.

Chris G said...

look at the size of those knickers on the floor.

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Doctor Curry said...

Sheesh - who let him in?

Matt F said...

Urgh. Sorry, but nobody needs to see that.