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Cities on Instagram:’selfeets’

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Hundreds of thousands of people have shared striking floor designs – sometimes from unusual places. From brightly patterned tiles to intricate mosaics, sometimes beauty is right under our feet.

Instagrammers have shared photos of eye-catching floors using the #ihavethisthingwithfloors hashtag. Featuring striking geometric designs, positive affirmations and colourful bricks, they reveal that attractive floors can appear in some pretty unlikely places.

Campbell Lucy (2019) “What lies beneath: the craze for ‘selfeets’ of eye-catching floors”, The Guardian, available at:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/sep/25/what-lies-beneath-the-craze-for-selfeets-of-eye-catching-floors