Everyday objects feel neutral because time has sanded down their edges, not because their beginnings were harmless. Many were shaped during periods when efficiency, power, or profit mattered far more ...

The objects filling our homes rarely prompt consideration of their origins. Each item, from the coffee maker brewing your morning cup to the mattress supporting your nightly rest, emerged from ...

‘Where the museum sees a static ‘duck-shaped kohl container’ from an unknown 19th-century workshop, I see a lineage of working-class hands’ This lack of descriptive metadata made me wonder how we can ...