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# Domestic Still Life Shoots
'Everyday Utensils' by Theodoros Tempos Shows Irons, PC Wires & Poultry

By Marissa Brassfield | Published 2009-12-27 | Art & Design
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/everyday-utensils
References: [behance.net](http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Everyday-Utensils/376336) & [theodorostempos](http://theodorostempos.com/)

You might not give [everyday utensils](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gejst) like cups, plastic spoons and irons a second thought, but Theodoros Tempos has chosen to focus on these domestic must-haves for 'Everyday Utensils.'

This photo shoot adds drama to matches, buckets and even plastic bags by featuring them in [still life fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/massproductions-x-arket). Check out more images of 'Everyday Utensils' by Theodoros Tempos above, and keep clicking for more features that focus on ordinary items.

**Implications** - As North American consumer lifestyles continue to become more hectic, images of domesticity provide viewers with a sense of calm. [Corporate advertising campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ikea-hides-price) may also benefit from the use of domestic imagery if their goal is to convey serenity and pleasantry.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 3.2/10
- Popularity: 29% | Activity: 60% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women
- Primary generations: Millennial
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Key Themes Behind This Trend

- **Domestic Still Life Photography:** The trend of focusing on everyday items in still life fashion can provide disruptive innovation opportunities for product marketing and advertising for consumer products.
- **Domesticity Focus:** The trend of featuring domestic imagery can be used to convey serenity and pleasantry, leading to marketing opportunities for companies in home goods and hospitality industries.
- **Ordinary Items in Fashion:** The trend of featuring everyday objects in fashion and design through still photography provides disruptive innovation opportunities for product design and marketing for consumer goods.

### Where This Applies

- **Consumer Photography:** The domestic still life photography trend presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for innovation in camera technology, photo editing software, and consumer photography products.
- **Home Goods:** The trend of featuring domestic imagery can be used to promote marketing campaigns for companies in home goods industry and create new innovative product lines.
- **Hospitality:** In the hospitality industry, the domesticity focus presents disruptive innovation opportunities to promote marketing campaigns featuring domestic imagery to market hotels, house rentals, and other hospitality businesses.

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