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I also intend to blog here about things that get better over time, things that wear in rather than wear out, things people crafted to improve with use, things that with use gain a patina of meaning...

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PATINA: Love-worn wood

At one of the lookout points along the Cypress Grove Trail at Point Lobos in the Big Sur, there is a horizontal tree trunk worn smooth by thousands of visitors resting on it as they look over the...

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PATINA: Well-loved tools

In response to my request for photos which illustrate patina, Jeff Schmidt sent me these pictures, writing, “All of these are favourite tools that I use regularly and are much older than I am.” I...

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PATINA: The weathered aesthetic

[I posted the entry below in my blog originally on June 8, 2007 . I don't think my old index-card-based memory-assistance device quite qualifies as an artifact that wears in rather than wears out -- a...

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PATINA: David Kelley on things that get better with use

David Kelley, IDEO David Kelley, on things that get better with use. (From Objectified.)

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PATINA: Bill Moggridge on things wearing in

Bill Moggridge, IDEO Bill Moggridge, on things wearing in. (From Objectified.)  

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PATINA: Pablo Neruda on his suit

  Pablo Neruda …………………………………… Ode to my suit by Pablo Neruda Every morning, suit, you are waiting on a chair to be filled by my vanity, my love, my hope, my body. Still only half awake I leave the...

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PATINA: Pablo Neruda on his socks

Pablo Neruda ……………………………………………………….. Ode to My Socks by Pablo Neruda (translated by Robert Bly) Mara Mori brought me a pair of socks which she knitted herself with her sheepherder’s hands, two socks as...

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