My grandfather used to write down everything he purchased through the day and kept these logs for years. Now a design grad-student is doing the same thing – only now it’s live on the web and illustrated. Welcome to Obsessive Consumption.
This is how Obsessive Consumption works. I take a picture of the item, keep the receipt, store the picture and the receipt in a glassine envelope, mark the outside of the envelopewith the date and then rank it according to myoverall satisfaction. Some envelopes contain mor e than just a photo of the purchase and it’sreceipt. As I flip through the months, certain objects contain memories that I wouldn’t have normally remembered if I hadn’t been doing this project. Some purchases embarrass me,some make me sad, and others contain minute moments that would have been lost if I didn’t have the pictures to remind me of them. Other items have been lost, eaten, thrown or given away, but I still have the photo of the item. I own a part of the history of the object.
I’m glad someone is doing this. I’m glad it’s not me.