Objects too hard to throw away find a place in a museum
The Museum of Broken Relationships collects objects and stories left after relationships end. Personal memories take the place usually given to price or date of manufacture.
Culture
People smelling chocolate in old books
Researchers documented the smell of old books through both people’s descriptions and chemical analysis. An odor wheel links terms such as chocolate and coffee with another dimension of heritage preservation.
Stone skimming has a world championship too
On a small Scottish island, competitors see how far a stone will skim across water. A former quarry provides the venue, and local slate supplies the equipment.
Even a piano has gone up the mountain for the autumn leaves
A restaurant beside the summit gondola station in Niigata, Japan, has welcomed a piano anyone can play. Yamaha’s LovePiano travels between public places, from stations and airports to a mountain.
Choose a collection object and the V&A will bring it out
The V&A offers free appointments to view selected objects from storage. Visitors can request up to five objects at one location and examine them with staff guidance.
Place a figure on a Toniebox and a story begins
Toniebox lets listeners choose songs and stories with small figures. Its second model keeps existing figures compatible and adds dedicated interactive games.
Listening to an album together at a Bandcamp Listening Party
Listening Parties play an album from the beginning for everyone while a live chat runs alongside it. Music brings people together without a video performance.
Wallace & Gromit’s world, built one frame at a time
The Aardman exhibition at the Young V&A shows the process of creating stop motion using puppets, sets and storyboards.
A game controller for two at the Nintendo Museum
The familiar gamepad has been enlarged and requires two people to match the timing. This is how the Nintendo Museum brings back old games.
How artists and photographers captured clouds, on show at the Met
Early photographers painted elusive skies or combined multiple negatives. The Met exhibition follows the production process.
Playdate puts a small crank in control of the game
Playdate’s crank is not for charging. In one game, turning it advances or rewinds time for a character who is late for an appointment.
Your Mii characters become neighbors in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
The Miis you create meet, quarrel and fall in love in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. The game invites you to see what happens next in their relationships.