Is there a name for the type of photography or layout where items are arranged on a grid?

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Is there a name for this layout?

Hanna · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-06 21:23:43Z

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The name for this type of layout is called knolling.

This term originated in 1987 though I believe the popularity of this sort of style blew up due to the Things Organized Neatly blog.

answered Aug 6 '15 at 21:17

Hanna

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This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! – Tracy Fu Aug 6 '15 at 21:25
I didn't actually know the name until just a minute ago when I decided to do some in-depth research. So I learned something new as well! – Hanna Aug 6 '15 at 21:26
Your googling is far superior to mine. – Tracy Fu Aug 6 '15 at 21:27
"The first person to knoll was Andrew Kromelow, a janitor at Frank Gehry's furniture store. At the time, Gehry was designing for a popular furniture brand called Knoll… …Kromelow would go through the store and find any tools that had been left out. He would then rearrange the tools on a flat surface so they were at right angles to one another. He called this knolling, because it reminded him of the angles in Florence Knoll's furniture pieces." — via Creative Market – George C Aug 26 '18 at 18:51

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