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Taste is subjective, isn’t it? While some people find minimalist interior designs and perfectly staged aesthetics inspiring, others see them as downright boring. Getting sick and tired of posts where everything is filtered and carefully arranged, we love a bizarre-looking account that challenges our perspective.

We're talking about Decor Hardcore, an Instagram account that offers anything but bland, basic, or benign. Created by Berlin-based designer Ksenia Shestakovskaia, it showcases some of the most peculiar design choices out there. "Hardcore is not for everybody," she wrote in the description, and from the looks of it — she has a point.

If you have a passion for strange, wacky, and tacky things, this post might be just what you were looking for. Bored Panda has selected some of the most over-the-top images the account had to offer, so check them out right below. Upvote on the ones you liked most, and be sure to let us know what you think about them in the comments!

It might come as no surprise that bizarre-looking items and weird design solutions are things that tend to grab our attention and not let it go. After all, there’s some amount of beauty in any imperfection, even when it leaves us surprised, delighted, or a bit shocked.

Today, people and projects that show the opposite of what is considered to be good taste often get branded as bold, courageous, and adventurous. And Ksenia Shestakovskaia is one of them. The textile and graphic designer created Decor Hardcore in 2015 as a collection of unusual images of curiosities she came across on the web.

"I was running into quite specific images and I started to collect them. I had to share it! I’d show these crazy pictures to people and they’d say, 'I remember my Grandmother had something like that,'" she told AnOther Magazine.

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GoddessOfChaos
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually kind of like this, I’d feel like a mermaid princess or something sitting in that tub

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Ever since she started posting on Instagram, she has amassed quite the audience. As of today, the account has more than 375K devoted fans who admire her online collection full of pink living rooms and rose quartz baths. "At the beginning, I was wondering what would happen if I ran out of material because I post a lot," she said. "But every time I went on, I realized it was endless. It’s like an ocean of treasures! So I’m not concerned."

When it comes to design, she mentioned that she sees emotional connection as the most important thing. "It has to create a little heart-pinch. I’m pinched quite often when I see these pictures, I’m completely overwhelmed." Other times, she comes across objects that are very aesthetically displeasing but deserve to be noticed. "Sometimes it’s so extreme that I have to post it! These might be things I would never buy for myself, or as a present, but the pictures are incredible."

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Mimi La Souris
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ooooooh, i was there !!!! (or this looks a lot like it) it's a bus stop in Japan, in the strawberry production region (amazing, isn't it? :D)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love this. To many things in life are boring. Sitting here I wouldn’t mind if the bus was running late.

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Anonymousplease
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like something in a cute kids show or video game, I love it!

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Mouse Man
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Strawberry shortcakes dream home. Or actual home. Only 80s kids will understand.

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PandaGoPanda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is in Nagasaki, part of a series - there are melon, watermelon, citrus fruit and tomato bus shelters too.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is so clever. Even if you were unfamiliar with an area knowing "I need to get off the bus at the watermelon" is so much easier to remember than street names or something

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This bus stop was originally part of an art installation for the Nagasaki Travel Expo in 1990 and there are 16 different fruits represented. More pics and info here (with the English translation): https://www-city-isahaya-nagasaki-jp.translate.goog/post03/1452.html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

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Tahani
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those are Japanese and they have many different kinds, again not tack or in bad taste!

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Nicole Blomkamp
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Miss the original Strawberry Shortcake before it got all modernised and manga-ed up and ruined like most cartoons these days.

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Evol
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to work in a lemon in the early 90's at Barefoot Landing in Myrtle Beach, SC. It was a lemonade stand and people always wanted to take pictures. It was neat!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is so good!! I think public buildings should be a little bit goofy, they make you smile.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is another example that shouldn't be on the Tacky Décor list.

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Callie Dryer
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG THIS IS SO CUTE but I can see me being mad if someone came in and ruined my Strawberry Short Cake vibes

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should see the state of the buss stops where I live. This would be nice. Probably get sick of it, but nicer than now. :P

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Joe Reaves
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is fun. You have to have large amounts of street furniture these days - signs, bollards, bus shelters, cycle racks, etc - why not make them visually interesting and fun instead of boring and grey?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my neighborhood this would be a homeless shelter or a public bathroom.

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Michael Garrett, one of her best friends and business partner, later joined curating the account and helped develop Decor Hardcore even further. The duo has created a line of merch, a creative studio, and they’ve even got the opportunity to partner up on campaigns and projects with brands like Gucci and Versace.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry it is the law. Someone has to do it. Why did the mushroom go to the party? Because he's a fungi!

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"Fashion started to bore me to death," Shestakovskaia told Vogue. "I was in the same place with fashion, bored and disillusioned," added Garrett. "When Ksenia began showing me early glimpses of Decor Hardcore, which at the time was still just her private collection of eBay images, I got hooked."

Their vision "is all about not taking design or anything too seriously, and proving that heaven is indeed a place on earth," she told i-D. Well, if heaven is full of pink velvet, over-the-top bathrooms, and inflatable bouncy castles, it seems they have succeeded.

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Shestakovskaia is constantly keeping an eye out for the perfect picture and looks for a range of criteria, whether it’s unexpected solutions or simply lucky accidents. The designer enjoys coming across the story behind an image, feeling the atmosphere, and understanding people’s decisions. "Decor is not only my work, it's my entire approach to life, my attitude, dreams, and sometimes nightmares," she said. "When I'm not working on it, I'm fantasizing about situations or things, and then I try to discover if they exist."

"Decor Hardcore is about the variety of choices, not about certain aesthetics," Shestakovskaia added. "So much design is confined to 'must have' or 'must be,' looking proper, and trying to make sense. Our brand fulfills the lack of a certain offer for fun, and something unpolished or unexpected. To me, it's natural that a girl would have a bath that looks like a seashell because it's beautiful and magical. I just look around myself, or I search for things that entertain and make me happy. Apparently, they make many other people happy, too!"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like it'sin someone's own backyard so I'm good with that on a clear night to see stars. IF...this is a Air B&B or rental, nope, just nope.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't you dare to sit here if you don't at least fart glitter and poop rainbows!!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh this is because of the mud. Its currently mud season in Kirov and people also put out old doors and wardrobe bits so you can get around the city without getting your shoes soaked or sucked off

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