Gallery: A Stunning Rainbow Made of Junk and Inspired by Philip K. Dick

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    For the London Design Festival, photographer Dan Tobin Smith covered his studio floors with kipple.
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    Not familiar with kipple? The science fiction writer Philip K. Dick coined the term in his 1968 book, *Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?*
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    Kipple describes the useless, inanimate objects that surround us everyday.
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    London Design Festival is a time when Smith says, “people launch new things, and a lot of it is beautiful, but not all of it very useful."
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    He took thousands and thousands of un-sellable items from charities, and from closed down studio sets, and divided the objects into 27 color groups.
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    The rainbow ombre installation covers over 2,100 square feet in Smith's studio.
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