Reacquainting myself with old books…sometimes I find just the book I need now.
January 17, 2019
Sorting Books
If you love it, keep it. If you don’t, don’t. Make room for the things you love.
December 26, 2016
Hygge: Danish Comfort versus American Shame
The lesson I see in this sudden interest in the UK and the USA of hygge, is the recognition that the middle class is disappearing and as these comforts become more rare they are more valued.
March 18, 2016
Matched Set
An object is simultaneously itself and a symbol of something else, an association made by the person perceiving the object.
May 16, 2015
Cultivating Delight
One of my continuing interests has always been what the physical objects which we create and with which we surround ourselves say about us, both as individuals and as a society. Who does not walk into someone else’s living space and eye the collection of books, or music, or video to help form some opinion of the person who lives there? Our possessions are both archival (what we treasure about
January 7, 2015
A History of the World in 100 Objects
The stories gleaned from objects can reflect an individual, a society, or all of human existence.
September 6, 2013
Treasures and Trifles
Will the prized treasures of to-day always be the cheap trifles of the day before?
February 6, 2008
iPhone, A Day in the Life
Great technology redefines a task so completely that we change our behavior, not because we are forced to adapt to the technology but because the technology provides us with new ways to interact with the world and to do things we never imagined doing before.