Perfectionism triggers a stubbornness in Dutch designer Erik Kessels.
“We’re living in a time when, especially in the creative industry—photographers, designers, artists, many different disciplines—are using computers, cameras on our smartphones, all of those different materials that help us create close to perfection. But perfection is not a good starting point for a great idea,” Kessels said. He’s known for publishing books of collections of interesting—and sometimes absurd or hilarious—photographs he finds.
Last year, he published “Failed It!”, a book filled with images of happy accidents and horrible blunders, like an inaccessible balcony mistakenly built onto the side of a building, pigeons walking into and ruining shots, or a billboard where two halves of an image of a model were installed in reverse.
