While Stocks Last is a great project from industrial designer Leandro Lattes, who over a period of three years scoured the streets of Madrid taking photographs to compile a visual reference of the city's urban details before they disappear for good.
Lattes has captured enough reference material for two books so far; Book One captures shop facades, window displays, metal grilles, doorways, handles, intercoms and signs, whilst Book Two is a treasury of bar and cafeteria interiors.
We're fans of this “dubious design” aesthetic which on closer inspection, reveals some beautiful typography, furniture design and spatial problem solving...
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