Phlib Frames 'Liberate' Your Photos

The Phlib is kind of an exoskeleton for your photos. Only instead of the exoskeletons found in insects, crustaceans and aliens, this one is almost invisible in use. And equally unlike the scaffold of the natural (and extraterrestrial) world, when naked the Phlib looks like the postcard stands in seaside gift shops. The display rack […]

The Phlib is kind of an exoskeleton for your photos. Only instead of the exoskeletons found in insects, crustaceans and aliens, this one is almost invisible in use. And equally unlike the scaffold of the natural (and extraterrestrial) world, when naked the Phlib looks like the postcard stands in seaside gift shops.

The display rack sticks to the wall with 3M stickers and offers up a grid of bent metal fingers. You attach your photos to the tips of these fingers using magnets. Thus, should you fill all the spots, your photos will appear to float in a grid in front of the wall, and all you'll see in the way of support is the little round rare-earth magnets.

You could just use this to show off your snaps, but you can also split an image to make a photomosaic, or just use sections, exposing the metallic supports beneath (tip: to confuse visitors, take closeup photos of bridges and use these).

The Phlib (a contraction of "photo liberation") comes in various sizes, from the 3x3 "Hipstamatic Photo" grid of squares to the huge Photo Wall, a two-meter behemoth which holds 192 6x4-inch prints. Prices range from £22 ($34) to $500 ($775). Available now.

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