Archive
Archive
Here you will find the magazine's contents: every section with a short explanation, so you can quickly find the topic you need. Below is an account of what happened to the old addresses on this domain and why some of them now open notes on the history of things.
An old address is like a key to a door behind which the furniture was rearranged long ago. We have left a sign so that visitors do not get lost.
Magazine sections
- Home: about the magazine, five steps for reading an old object and answers to frequently asked questions.
- Articles: six magazine topics and a catalogue of articles for the English-language edition.
- History: a timeline of ordinary things from 1892 to 2014 and an account of how an object becomes history.
- People and makers: roles in the culture of things and tips on not falling for an invention myth.
- Collections: three reading routes (light at home, on the road, in the kitchen).
- Events: exhibitions, vintage fairs, open workshops and lectures, plus how to check listings.
- Analysis: how a vacuum flask works and how the materials of ordinary things age.
- Archived address notes: torch history, the wheeled suitcase, vacuum flask history and the measuring spoon.
About the domain's old addresses
This domain used to host an online shop selling goods for the home and leisure. Its pages have not survived: the catalogue, product pages and descriptions disappeared along with the shop.
We do not restore or retell that content. The magazine has no connection with the site's former owner and does not continue its business.
Some old addresses are still linked from other websites. So that such visits do not end on an empty page, four addresses have become notes on the history of the corresponding objects: the torch, the suitcase, the vacuum flask and the measuring spoon.
Some addresses redirect to these notes, while addresses that once held product images no longer work. This way the links stay useful without giving the impression that the shop still exists.
If you arrived here through an old link, start with the list of sections above or with the magazine's home page.
Read next
- Home
A magazine about the culture of ordinary things: the history of household objects, their form, design and place in family memory.
- Articles
Six magazine topics, from the history of household things to collecting, plus a catalogue of articles written for English-language readers.
- History
A timeline of ordinary things: Dewar's vessel of 1892, the 1899 torch, stainless steel in 1913, the wheeled suitcase and blue LEDs.
- Collections
Three reading routes: light at home, things for the road and kitchen utensils.
- Torch history (in Russian)
Archived address note: how candles and lamps gave way to pocket-sized electric light.
Sources
- Variety Store magazine content
- Public web archives
Dates of inventions and patents are taken from open historical and encyclopaedic sources. Exhibition, fair and museum lecture schedules change, so always check them with the organisers.