PLACE ARCHIVEpersonal geographic memory

Places

A simple place archive: photographs, entries, food, objects acquired there, and short observations. Not travel-influencer gloss.

MAP / Vancouver

Vancouver

1990s–now

Rain, basketball, family kitchens, the feeling of wanting a different room.

Entries: A Wooden Mug and the Life I Imagined

Objects: Wooden mug, Basketball shoes

MAP / Shanghai

Shanghai

current

Work tables, sink-side products, streets after rain, daily friction turning into design decisions.

Entries: Rain on an Empty Shanghai Street, The Problem With Things That Look Premium

Objects: Old ruler, Ecoand pump prototype

MAP / Taiwan

Taiwan

family / return visits

Food memory, language switching, practical care, things explained without announcing themselves.

Entries: The Beef Soup I Will Make Again

Objects: Old knife

MAP / Tokyo

Tokyo

visited

Small stores, quiet systems, objects arranged like someone thought about the hand first.

Entries: Vending Machine Light

Objects: Stationery folder