THE WORKING ARCHIVE

Photographs, observations, experiments and things worth keeping.
Archive status: ACTIVELast updated: 21 JUL 2026Current location: ShanghaiCurrent file: Why Some Objects Feel Like They Have Already Lived a Life
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THE WORKING ARCHIVE

A record of things noticed while building a company, moving between cities, cooking, photographing ordinary life, and trying to understand why certain things stay with us.

Nothing here is finished. That is the point.

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A wooden shelf holding a worn mug, a ruler, a folded cloth and a small bottle
ENTRY 004721 JUL 2026SHANGHAIOBJECTS

Why Some Objects Feel Like They Have Already Lived a Life

Some things arrive in your life already feeling like they belong to it. I have been trying to work out what they have in common.

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CURRENT QUESTION
“How do ordinary objects become part of someone's memory?”
CURRENT PROJECT
Ecoand refill station, third version — making the pump feel less like a chore and more like a small ceremony.
UNRESOLVED THOUGHT
Maybe "premium" is just the word we use for things we are afraid to actually use.
FILE RETRIEVAL

31 files on record. Retrieval order: none whatsoever.

ARCHIVE CONTENTS
12Entries
15Photographs
6Objects
4Recipes
5Places
6Years

Documented 2005–2026. Full index

Photograph the things that would otherwise disappear.
OCCASIONAL DISPATCHES

An email when something worth keeping gets filed. No schedule, no funnel.