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Here is what Theadora has found: objects, places, books, images and ideas that stay with us. Begin anywhere. Follow what catches your eye.
PATHS THROUGH THE ARCHIVE
SIX PLACES TO BEGIN01
ThingsA collection of books, films, objects, places and things that linger.
02PhotographyA visual notebook of surfaces, rooms and the quality of light.
03People & practiceReflections on attention and the people who make things.
04Open questionsTaste, ambition and the things we have not figured out.
05The JournalPersonal writing from inside the wider world of Theadora.
06The full indexFind your own route through the archive.
ON COLLECTING
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OUR STANDARDS ↗One archive. Many ways in.
Books, rooms, objects, images and unfinished questions. Follow a detail through 108 editorial records; each result leads back to the original work.
108 editorial records
Stories & notesI HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING.Stories & notesON WANTING TOO MANY LIVES.Stories & notesTHINKING ABOUT HOW TO BUILD A LIFE THAT FEELS LIKE MINE.Stories & notesI THINK I'VE BEEN CONFUSING BUSY WITH ALIVE.Stories & notesWHY DO I WANT TEN LIVES?Stories & notesMAKING WEBSITES.Stories & notesWANTING TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.Stories & notesTHE THINGS I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE FIGURED OUT BY NOW.Stories & notesI KEEP STARTING THINGS.Stories & notesON MAKING BEAUTIFUL THINGS WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THEY GO.Stories & notesI LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE OBSESSED WITH SOMETHING.Stories & notesTHE INTERNET MADE ME WANT A DIFFERENT LIFE.Stories & notesMAYBE TASTE IS JUST ATTENTION PRACTICED FOR LONG ENOUGH.Stories & notesTHE BOOK ON MY DESK.Stories & notesTHE WEBSITE I KEEP OPENING.Stories & notesTHE BUILDING I KEEP LOOKING AT.Stories & notesTHE OBJECT I WANT.Stories & notesTHE FILM I DIDN'T EXPECT TO LIKE.Stories & notesTHE PURCHASE.Stories & notesTHE UNIFORM.Stories & notesI CHANGED MY MIND AGAIN.Stories & notesA BUILDING I KEEP LOOKING AT.Stories & notesSOMETHING I BOUGHT AND ACTUALLY USE.Stories & notesI WANT A LIFE THAT LOOKS GOOD ON A TUESDAY.Stories & notesI KEEP STARTING THINGS.Stories & notesTHE INTERNET IS A VERY STRANGE PLACE TO HAVE A PERSONALITY.Stories & notesSOME THINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE THEY ARE USELESS.Stories & notesI LIKE PEOPLE WHO NOTICE THINGS.Stories & notesI WANT TO KNOW HOW EVERYTHING WORKS.Stories & notesMAYBE I DON'T NEED ANOTHER PLAN.Stories & notesI SAW SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TODAY.Stories & notesI DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.Stories & notesTHIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A QUICK PROJECT.Stories & notesI THINK I'M BECOMING MORE SELECTIVE.Stories & notesI MISS BEING BAD AT THINGS.ThingsTHE SHAPE OF TIMEThingsSWANN'S WAYThingsTHE ART OF RESTThingsTHE OPEN BOOKThingsTHE GREEN RAYThingsPORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIREThingsCLEO FROM 5 TO 7ThingsTHE FILM WITHOUT A LESSONThingsA SONG FOR THE TRAIN WINDOWThingsA SONG PLAYED TOO MANY TIMESThingsTHE RECORD AT MIDNIGHTThingsTHE SONG THAT WAITSThingsTHE SALK INSTITUTEThingsTHE BOOKSTORE I WANT TO ENTERThingsA HOTEL I WANT TO STAY INThingsTHE METAL RULERThingsTHE VITRA CORK STOOLThingsTHE SMALL BLACK NOTEBOOKThingsTHE LAMP THAT IS TOO LOWThingsTHE OBJECT WITH NO JOBThingsTHE BURGUNDY SCARFThingsTHE BLACK COATThingsTHE IRRATIONAL BAGThingsTHE PLAIN WHITE SHIRTThingsTHE SALK COURTYARDThingsTHE BUILDING THAT FRAMES SKYThingsTHE WINDOW AT EYE LEVELThingsTHE STAIR THAT TURNSThingsTHE ROOM THAT LEAVES SPACEThingsTHE PUBLIC DOMAIN REVIEWThingsARE.NAThingsTHE SITE WITH A GOOD INDEXThingsTHE ARCHIVE OF SMALL THINGSThingsTHE PERSON WHO NOTICES WINDOWSThingsTHE OBSESSIVE COLLECTORThingsTHE PERSON WHO REPAIRS CHAIRSThingsBREAD WITH TOO MUCH BUTTERThingsTHE ORANGEThingsTOAST AT MIDNIGHTThingsA ROOM FROM MEMORYThingsTHE SOUND OF A DOORThingsTHE OLD RECEIPTThingsTHE USEFUL UGLY OBJECTThingsTHE CHAIR THAT DOES NOT MATCHThingsTHE UNNECESSARY PURCHASEThingsTHE ROOM WITH ONE RED THINGQuestionsHOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LIKE SOMETHING?QuestionsHOW MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF YOURSELF CAN ONE LIFE CONTAIN?QuestionsCAN AMBITION BECOME A FORM OF DISTRACTION?QuestionsWHY DO SOME ROOMS MAKE US WANT TO STAY?QuestionsWHEN DOES TASTE BECOME TASTE?QuestionsWHY DO WE WANT THINGS WE DON'T NEED?QuestionsHOW DO YOU KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE CHANGING OR SIMPLY CHANGING YOUR MIND?QuestionsCAN A WEBSITE HAVE A PERSONALITY?QuestionsWHY ARE SOME OBJECTS IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET?QuestionsWHAT MAKES A LIFE FEEL EXPENSIVE EVEN WHEN IT ISN’T?QuestionsHOW MUCH OF TASTE IS INHERITED?QuestionsWHAT HAPPENS WHEN CURIOSITY BECOMES TOO EXPENSIVE TO IGNORE?PhotographyTHE COURTYARDPhotographyTHE OPEN BOOKPhotographyTHE METAL RULERPhotographyBURGUNDYPhotographyTHE WINDOWPhotographyTHE UNFINISHED PAGEPhotographyONE RED THINGPhotographyTHE CHAIRPhotographyTHE SCREEN AT NIGHTPhotographyTHE STREET EDGEPhotographyTHE FABRICPhotographyTHE ORDINARY THINGWatchSTUDIO VISIT.WatchA DESK AT 2 A.M.WatchMAKING A WEBSITE.