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The name “MUJI” is derived from the Japanese phrase “Mujirushi Ryohin,” meaning “No Brand Goods.” Over the last 20 years, they have developed a worldwide following with a guiding philosophy that emphasizes innovative and simple materials, processes, and packaging. The resulting products are streamlined, environmentally friendly, and beautiful in their simplicity.

MoMA has been gradually buidling up their Muji offerings and there are several products for storing and displaying photographs. Here’s a sampling:

1. clear acrylic frames - frames rest securely on two metal bolts for displaying pictures on any desk or tabletop
2. albums - translucent albums, come in four sizes each of which holds 4×6 photos
3. cd wallet - store your digital picture CDs in this very simple wallet
4. recycled photo albums - albums hardbound in dark gray recycled, acid-free paper; include peel off pages with protective plastic covering

New from West Elm:

1. Photo canvas storage boxes in solid colors ($26)
2. Photo boxes in Kenya print ($26)
3. Thin box frames with deep insets ($12-$29)

Shelteriffic is one of my daily reads and today they have a post on photoboxes. (And they so kindly mentioned fototiller - thanks guys!) I thought I’d post on these boxes I saw over at Target ($20). They provide acid-free storage in colors that will most likely blend in with other stuff on your shelves and have a flip-up lid for easy access.

On the flickr blog yesterday - news of a new and improved flickr coming in the next week. New navigation, new search, new and improved organizr, a person menu for easier navigation to your buddy’s photos and more options for viewing photos (and seeing more photos). I’m especially excited to see the speedy, improved organizr. Keep an eye out for the new release!

Sensing a theme today? I thought I’d post on some colorful, rainbow photo accessories in honor of pride week, up here in western mass. These are some very colorful photo storage boxes from the container store, at a great price.

Kolo is one of my favorite sources for high quality, archival photo albums and storage supplies. Their newest addition is the amélie album, above, which has covers wrapped in textured European upholstery fabric on the exterior and soft fine-wale bengaline on the interior. Like many albums in the Kolo collection, the amélie is a post-bound album that can accept clear pocket pages, cloth hinged scrapbook pages, and (my favorite) inkjet pages for printing digital pictures directly on the album pages.

I also love the havana storage boxes, with their clean and simple design and a single pocket for a photo to identify what is inside the boxes.