Desperate Housewares

THINK

Desperate Housewares exposes the little-known lives of objects teetering on the edge of being discarded. Suspended in a curbside purgatory, will they get a second chance? Will someone respond to their urgent cries for a new home? FREE. BARELY USED. BROKEN.

Desperate Housewares : an emotional internet of things.

This mobile app is a space for users to share photos of things found on the street and attach auto-generated stories to them. The app not only helps those who are looking for free things on the street but invites users to engage in a creative space that brings those objects to life.

MAKE

The "auto-generated" stories used to populate this app are a mashup of Craigslist Missed Connections. The native mobile app was designed using Phonegap / Cordova and is currently in Alpha.

PLAY

The "Best Use of Technology" prize at the World Science Festival Hackathon 2013 was awarded to Desperate Housewares collaborators Sheiva Rezvani and Jacki Steiner.