Objects with History, My Observation
Inspired by Jan’s blog post about objects showing layers of history.
If you have ever visited a Japanese home, you might have perhaps come across with one of these: plastic drawers. Plastic drawers are particularly found useful because they are inexpensive, stackable and provides an additional storage space in Japanese homes. And because they are made out of tasteless and plain plastics, they also make a perfect target for customization. In fact, I saw dozens of these drawers turned into canvas for children of the house.
Stickers show their present and previous interest in certain animation characters, monsters, and action heros. In some cases, they are football or baseball players. No matter what those stickers describe, they are often placed in multiple layers, showing their interests change over time. Or perhaps, the idea of collecting and placing stickers become too
childish for one, and their brothers or sisters have taken over the
control. It is, precisely, layers of history.
What is that they communicate to you? An abundance of anime in Japan? An obsession to stickers? Or another communication tactics, through typical freebies people get from cereal boxes or furikake, the rice toppings? Whatever the interest is, this will be another checkpoint for me as a researcher for sure.
