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A few weeks ago me and my university group headed to Oxford to check out the History of Science museum (which I will write about in another post but long story short the museum have asked us to create things for their gift-shop). While in Oxford we checked out a little shop called Objects of Use for some ideas of how we can create things to fit within the museum. This shop has really sweet and all very useful things. There was kitchen ware, bathroom toiletries, children toys, all sorts. They stock items that have little environmental and production impact by using natural materials and the majority of their items are manufactured in the UK, Europe and Japan. Also all of their things went well together, it all felt like everything had been carefully picked for the feel of the shop. Here are some photographs of the things they supply.
I think you'll agree that the tags are a very sweet idea and quite comforting. You get to know a little bit about the object, the materials, where/ how it was made, the history behind it. The tags make the object seem to make the object more special and unique.
Looking at the museum and Objects of Use its very clear to me that we should create things that will fit well with the feel of the museum and gift shop, be well made and sustainable and also be unique, be something that you wouldn't find anywhere else. I feel that it should also be something that you can take away that is special and represent the museum itself and the knowledge that it holds as if you are taking a piece of the museum home with you.
I feel that knowing where and how what you are buying has been made is important but I don't think the idea of using tags fits well with the museum but maybe we could create some stickers or something similar to stick on the pack of the packing so that people have some information about what they are buying.
Short but sweet post today, thank you for reading and I hope that you enjoyed. If you are ever in Oxford you should check out Objects of Use even if you're not planning to buy anything, I'll link their website below if you fancy a browse or want to buy anything from them. See you next Wednesday! x
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