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seven hours left, and i wanted to get this out before it closes.
https://www.instagram.com/lostcolours.iq/
24 hours ago this account was empty. today 700 of you are here. this is the first project I've ever made it took way longer than i thought, lots of late nights, but I'm really happy with how it turned out.
it also became something bigger than just a gallery entry. people here in Iraq started messaging me, and I've been contacted for interviews and maybe something on tv, which i honestly didn't expect at all. that part means more to me than anything.
thank you to everyone who followed, shared, or just stopped to look. and a huge thank you to the Iraq community, شكراً من القلب.
thank you recraft for the challenge and the free subscription I'll definitely be back for more projects. and thank you contra for the space.
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Kalighat 2026: The Machines Are the New Babus
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The Future, as They Imagined It
I used this historical furniture illustration because I loved how people and animals became the furniture itself, supporting tables or shaping entire pieces. I paired it with this image, whose visual style caught my eye. Both references come from the Wellcome Collection. That made me wonder: what would furniture look like if the designers of that time had known about laptops, headphones, drones and the other gadgets we use today? I explored that question through a custom Recraft Style and a collection of eight furniture designs, each presented with a graphite sketch.
FOLD · Writing desk
A folding laptop becomes a writing desk. Its opening movement translates into folded supports and a curved privacy panel, finished in forest green, brick red and ochre.
LOOP · Lounge chair
Over-ear headphones become a lounge chair, with circular cushioned armrests and a curved frame wrapping around the seat. Brick-red upholstery and an ochre cushion sit inside a forest-green structure.
KEY · Sideboard
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FOCUS · Floor lamp
A webcam becomes an adjustable reading lamp. Its capsule-shaped head and circular lens turn into a pivoting light, combining lavender, petrol green and butter yellow.
PLAY · Sofa
A game controller becomes a two-seat sofa. Rounded grips shape the armrests, while thumbsticks inspire the circular back cushions, in burnt orange, petrol blue and blush pink.
TRACE · Bookcase
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HOVER · Coffee table
A drone becomes a coffee table. Four branching arms support circular surfaces at different heights, combining powder blue, coral and cream.
SOUND · Bedside cabinet
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The final room illustration brings all eight pieces together, showing how this imagined collection could live in a contemporary home.
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