James Mollison's new book, Where Children Sleep, isn't your average portfolio of interior design. Mollison hopes that his collection will encourage children and adults to think about inequality and look at their own interior spaces from a different perspective.
Mollison, an English-born photographer, spent five years traveling the world and photographing children and the places they sleep. The result is a truly global look at childhood through the lens of personal space. The photographer pairs a portrait of each young child with a photo of his or her living area and a small paragraph describing the child's life. The pictures are beautiful, sometimes startling, and always compelling.
The book is available in print form, but you can also peruse it online at Issu.
(Via Design Mom. Photos: James Mollison.)
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The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
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I read the full version online a few weeks ago and I have to say it was a hard read. It's heartbreaking to see what some children struggle through. As an adult I can see the somewhat heavy handed editing: spoiled pageant princess versus child laborers, however I think it would still be a very powerful tool to educate my own "spoiled" children and hopefully shape their global perspective.
I am trying to find this book and have looked everywhere............. anyone know where to purchase it?
I am afraid to show it to my kids...they are likely to be jealous of the kids with all the "stuff," rather than empathize with the kids with nothing.
I think it might be out of stock in print right now, but you can find it online at the above link.
So fascinating, yet unsettling. An excellent but difficult read.
beautiful yet heartwrenching. Aside from the obvious lesson about materialism, it's just so hard to look into the eyes of those children who have so much potential but no way to reach it. This was the most difficult thing I've read in a while but I'm really glad I took the time. Thanks for posting this, Ohdeedoh