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Why is the history of everyday objects fascinating? Why do regional craft traditions only ever get a stub written by a tourist? Why do collectors chase complete series rather than individual volumes? The objects people keep after a breakup and the ones they finally bin The bidet divide between Japan and southern Europe is really about what counts as clean 3D printing is reviving the crafts it was supposed to replace Grandparents' furniture gets kept while our own gets thrown out Museum labels decide what an object is allowed to mean A mass-produced object turns precious the moment its factory closes The smartphone is the most personal object most people own and the least repairable A copy of a Ming vase can carry more meaning than the original it copies The difference between craft and marketing in a handbag Souvenirs are manufactured to be meaningless and that is exactly what makes them work A cheap plastic chair says more about its street than the buildings do How a family's fermentation jar carries memory across generations

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