If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It’s a conflict between what’s practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities. Sure is interesting what people would choose based on what they feel is important.
Name: Nuria
Age: 19
Location: Connecticut
Occupation: Communication/Psychology student
List:
Over-worn lace-up boots
Acer laptop with all my picture
Covergirl face powder
IPhone
Drop of solidified liquid gold given to me by my father
Olympus E-510 camera
Boots, the very traveled stuffed cat
Dream journal
Kindle to use as an escape
Grandfather’s harmonica from the Marines
Passport (dual citizenship: USA/Spain)
Grandmother’s favorite old bracelet passed on from my mother
Victorinox pocketknife with my name engraved (long-lived tradition for the men on my father’s side to pass one on to their son-I’m the first daughter)
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Name: Marilyn
Age: 17
Location: Michigan, USA
Occupation: Student
List:
Jansport backpack
Nike Free sneakers
iPhone
External hard drive
Rollbahn journal
Wallet
Wristband from Lollapalooza 2013
Favorite white v-neck
Favorite jean shorts
Bikini
Macbook
Olympus waterproof fisheye camera
Picture of my namesake (Grandma)
Mini ruby slipper from my Wizard of Oz phase
Headphones
Vintage Coach bag passed down from mom
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Name: Bret Newcomb
Age: 34
Location: Houston, Texas
Occupation: Marketing
List:
Chucks
iPad mini
Jeans
Tee shirt
Hat
Socks
Wallet
Car key
iPhone
Charger
Ear buds
Photos of what people would grab if their house was burning. (3)
Name: Joel
Age: 25
Location: Catalunya
Occupation: Freelance Designer – Illustrator
List:
Macbook
Wallet
Keys
iPhone
Pencils/pens
Sketchbooks
Name: Fiel Flameño
Age: 19
Location: Philippines
Occupation: Student
List:
Huge Corona sketch pad that I’ve had since I sucked at art (and I still kind of do).
Tiny Corona sketch pad where I save the “better” art for.
My small variety of Staedtler pencils plus some tech pens.
Blending stump.
Knead-able (and regular) eraser.
My tiny yellow sharpener.
Spiritual journal.
Strawberry body butter from The Body Shop.
Volkswagen die-cast.
Lucky 8-ball.
Fisheye 1.
Diana F+ Mr. Pink.
Some expired films.
Eveready headlamp.
Skate dice.
Name: Svenja Wache
Age: 23
Location: Germany, Buchholz in der Nordheide
Occupation: Design Student
List:
• Wallet
• Small Shark
• Canon
• Asus nexus Tab
• iPhone
• Cooper Ring
• Knife
• Headphones
• Sewing Maschine
• Backpack
• Wool Blanket
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Name: Nikola Stojilković
Age: 27
Location: Niš, Serbia
Occupation: Web Developer
List:
FED 5B camera
A pack of Fisherman’s Friend
My external HDD
Photo of FK Partizan squad from 1966
My watch
Picture-souvenir from Stavros, Greece
My lucky Zippo
Wallet
Phone
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Name: Callan
Age: 17
Location: NSW, Australia
Occupation: Student
List:
My towel my Dad bought me (always have to know where your towel is)
Swiss army knife
School Tie with Prefect and House Captain Badges
Favorite pair of Converse
My iPad
My iPod (Krafterk’s Computer Welt album cover showing)
My Dad’s copy of (now mine) “A Clockwork Orange”
Raybans Wayfarers
Wallet
Nokia (Samsung died)
Internal Hard-drive
Notebook
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Name: Fred D.
Age: 27
Location: Berlin, Germany
Occupation: Designer
List :
Laptop
Paper block
Pens
Glasses
Sunglasses
Passport
Headphones
Multitool
Spanner
Wallet
Camera
Phone
Backpack
Bike (not pictured)
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Name: Sarah
Age: 31
Location: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
Occupation: Gardener
List:
Love of my life (in photo)
Bible
Passport
Blanket from Peru
Wooden box (made by my brother) filled with rocks from every place I’ve been
Favorite Felco Pruners
Toy wheelbarrow
Name: Willy Pieper
Age: 29
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Occupation: IT at a videogame studio
List:
iPhone to call the fire department.
My external hard drive containing thousands of photos.
Car key.
The white rose I wore when my parents got married.
My trusty raybans.
My dad’s army passport and dogtag.
My own passport.
My camera, a Nikon D610.
Yoda. We’ve been taking care of each other since I was a kid.
Nixon watch.
YSL perfume.
Bose headphones.
A brown canvas-leather Bree bag to carry around all of the above.
Name: J.Burns
Age: 27
Location: Upstate New York
Occupation: If only time in the mountains paid an hourly rate
List:
Heady Topper
Car Key
1960s photo of my old man
Hazelnut spread
Knife
Backcountry Ski Bible
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Name: Joe
Age: 25
Location: England
Occupation: Malcontent
List:
Max the Axe
Bushcraft Knife
Decent Boots
Swiss Army Knife
Jumper
Warm Scarf
Mini Guide Books
Beat Up Wallet
Necklace I’m attached to for some reason
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Name: Poppie Airil
Age: 29
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Occupation: A Poet
List:
Kepulauan Banda (Banda Islands) – a book about a place where i am going to stay after.
Digital Camera
Notebook
Wallet
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Name: M Coleman Horn
Age: 39
Location: Ogunquit Maine
Occupation: Industrial Designer
List:
William Henry Pocket Knife
Toys from youth
A couple of Panerai watches
Sketch book
A bottle of old Ardbeg scotch
Glock 19
iPhones
DVD with a handwritten note in it from Cameron Crowe
Rolleiflex 2.8
Backup Hard drive
Dunhill Lighter
The tag from my deceased dog.
Fountain Pen
Some cigars and case.
Passports
Analog photos in leather bag.
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