The Art of Making People Go Away

You probably don’t think much about “Do Not Disturb” signs at hotels, unless you’ve been disturbed. Then you think, “Hey, didn’t you see the door hanger? What happened to that?” But when you look through Edoardo Flores’ collection of just over 8,700 Do Not Disturb signs from 190 countries around the world—which he documents on Flickr—you’ll find they can be quite beautiful and revelatory.

Collector’s Weekly looks at Flores’ unique collection and the history behind it.