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A person lies on a mint green background, wrapped in a large, colourful towel. The fabric features a bold illustration of a purple creature with a yellow eye and sharp teeth.

Super silly towel-based series from the ever-brilliant Bela Borsodi

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Date
4 September 2012

You may already know that we’re massive fans of Bela Borsodi whose photography fizzes and pops with charm and humour. The Austrian-born, New York-based creative has an eye for an idea almost second to none and although the set-ups are massively different, there’s a DNA that runs throughout his work of great-looking silliness. One of the newest projects on his site is this series Handtuch for Fräulein magazine and whether you’re an existing Bela fan or a new convert, we think you’ll see what we mean about his brilliance.

A person stands against a bright blue background, their head and face completely covered by a yellow towel. The towel is draped to resemble an elephant, with a long trunk held in their hands. They wear a deep red wrap around their body.
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Bela Borsodi: Handtuch for Fräulein

A person is wrapped in two brightly coloured towels against a yellow background. One towel is pink with red patterns, while the other is blue and lime green.
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Bela Borsodi: Handtuch for Fräulein

A person stands against a beige background, completely covered by several towels. They hold a brown and yellow patterned towel over their head and body, with a bright blue towel draped around their legs.
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Bela Borsodi: Handtuch for Fräulein

A person is completely enveloped in a red and blue paisley patterned cloak against a purple background. A long red fabric strip hangs down the centre, obscuring their face and body.
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Bela Borsodi: Handtuch for Fräulein

A person is completely covered by a large blue towel, hiding their face and body. They hold out two more towels, one orange and one green, which drape down to a pink floor.
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Bela Borsodi: Handtuch for Fräulein

Three large towels are draped and folded against a plain beige background. The top navy towel features a white graphic and the “EA7 Emporio Armani” logo. Below it, a red towel shows white cursive text and a dark purple towel features a subtle circular pattern.
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Bela Borsodi: Handtuch for Fräulein

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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