‘Mix tapes’ were a thing of love, a physical object which people would share with significant others and friends around them. They were naturally a social object and highly representative of a person’s identity. The knowledge of effort involved by the giver in selecting the songs and having to sit through each one was also part of the symbolism for the receiver. Objects can be generated and shaped from and by the media you “teach” them or existing objects you play (embed) media into. Thus the modern mix tape could become a linked series of small objects like lucky charms which are physically shareable in a form representing the tracks they contain. This is based on the idea that physical items often mean more to us as physical beings and adds a level of exclusivity and personalisation to the sharing process. Considering trans-platform engagement and the ability to engage users and viewers in co-creating media it is suggested that this may presented as a new modality for user co-creation and curation.

1. @adriangradinar
Physical Playlist

2. Together we are creating new products, experiences and business
opportunities which empower anyone, anywhere to access, explore and
create with the newly accessible collections of media, public information and
personal data trails which form the digital public space.
Connect Cluster Support Make & Test

3. http://raconteur.net/public/img/articles/2014/07/iot-0ver-1520.jpg

4. Objects?
http://youthvoices.net/sites/default/files/image/4433/may/type.jpg

5. Self
http://blog.rapidsea.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/20071022napoleonsymbolsofpowermfa.jpg
http://www.luxurytopics.com/chest/gallery/top-5-luxury-villas/luxury-villas-architecture-chateauFrench-Baroque-estate%20(15).jpg
http://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/66cd6f19fabf8c16da3c2e5c2d4f034c/0x600.jpg?fit=scale&background=000000
http://www.hiphunters.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cartier.jpg
“Objects with great mass, such as
houses or imposing furniture”
M. Csikszentmihalyi

6. Personalisation
http://cdn0.notonthehighstreet.com/system/product_images/images/001/707/957/original_personalised-desk-organiser-for-her.jpg?1403873165http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/system/product_images/images/001/456/908/original_personalised-desk-tidy-crate.jpg

7. http://wheretoget.it/look/107415 https://seventiesmusic.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/kiss-2.jpg
http://wordsbrand.com/t-shirts/designer-tshirt-t-shirts/
On ourselves!

8. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yUXecohYD0g/TD2FFw6zsZI/AAAAAAAAABw/KsVKK0UFjXU/s1600/bible.jpg
Unconsciously?

9. Memory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souvenir#mediaviewer/File:Eiffel_tower_models.jpg

10. Social objects
http://www.namcofunscape-londonevents.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/namco-showcase-178.jpg
1. Personal
2. Active
3. Provocative
4. Relational
Nina Simon

11. Social & memory http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/1/let-us-now-praise-chocolate-eggs/

12. Un-social
http://itunesforever.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/50-itune.jpg

13. http://mic.com/articles/77119/mixtape-culture-is-keeping-hip-hop-fresh

15. The prototype

16. The Brain!

17. v.1 v.2

18. The Bracelet

19. Physical Playlist Writer

20. http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--lcZ52NA8--/19c0uzmi9bmv1jpg.jpg
Customisation