INTERIORS
Lucy Munro’s toy collection (top); and Erik and Bjorn Sandberg’s live/work space (bottom)
THE URBAN TOY JUNKIE
Lucy Munro has a magpie eye for all things miniature. livery little room overflows with an archive of vinyl toys and bubblegtnn figurines.
‘When I was a kid. I remember wanting lots of Transformer figures.‘ she recalls. but the imaginative landscape of make-believe seems never to have left Lucy. Today. the characters around her flat are straight out of comic books. American blockbusters and Japanese anime films. but they all have human qualities as well.
King Ken. by urban art god James Jarvis. takes pride of place as the living room showpiece. while the bedroom houses llayao Miyazaki‘s faultless character incarnations from his animated treasure. Spil'flt’t/ xiii-av.
‘l've got some (‘ard Boys in my collection.‘ says Lucy. pointing to a trio of grinning robot- shaped cut-outs. ‘They are packaged in a little square box. which you turn inside out and build the character from there.‘ Lucy is a great advert for the urban market. Her collection is si/eable. yet subtle. And everywhere you look. a little street culture hero is smiling back at you. Nice.
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THE BEDROOM DJS
In a tiny flat. deep in Glasgow‘s West lind. a stash of rock memorabilia lives on. There are Beatles posters. an extravagant collage paying homage to 80s band Orange Juice and a mountain of memoirs from rock‘n‘pop’s rich cultural history. The collection belongs to lirik and Bjorn Sandberg. the twin brothers responsible for setting up the label. Say Dirty Records. in their front room earlier this year.
‘I guess we did it to keep costs down.‘ says Bjorn. 'The way the house operates has changed a lot now. We don‘t have friends round as much anymore.‘ The brothers' live/work interior aesthetic is pure l)lY. and they‘ve built themselves a space steeped in rock'n‘roll dreams.
Thanks to a distinctly retro realism that speaks of Postcard. (‘hemikal lindergrouml and Sonia. it‘s the ideas that dominate these living quarters.
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