Your teddy bear’s got a past life. Find out what it is.

Many of the things we buy come fresh out of the box, new and glistening. But get something second-hand, and that object has lived out at least one life with somebody else before you even see it. What would it be like to get a glimpse of that other life?

Find out in my piece that aired on PRI’s The World.

Here are a few of the items featured in the story:

~ by Ari Daniel on August 31, 2010.

Posted in radio
Tags: chris speed, edinburgh college of art, emma cooney, handbag, internet of things, oxfam, teddy bear

One Response to “Your teddy bear’s got a past life. Find out what it is.”

My favorite part of this piece was the idea of “not just browsing things, but browsing memories” – brilliant!

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Wendy Shapiro said this on September 3, 2010 at 7:20 am

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