If the average person in the future will own over hundreds of terabytes for safekeeping personal data, what does this mean to the ever evolving conventions of digital storage and our culture of collecting? What happens when the over accumulation of our data engulfs our very senses for remembering and feeling?
The aim of this project explores these very questions by fabricating a device that is capable of reinforcing the losing art of being compassionate. A device that will allow itself to gradually grow and be in sync with its fellow users, so that even when the progresses of technology has rendered this device obsolete, they would have already bridged a significant relationship with their users and therefore, preventing them to be mindlessly discarded as an expired artifact.
Memory Treasure is a personalized solid-state drive. With a high level of customization, you will be invited to co-author the creating process of your devices. You may match your Memory with a wide selection of marbles and engravings of initials, dates or personalized messages that will adorn the aesthetics of your device. Marble was chosen as the dominant hardware material for its beautiful aging qualities. The device will operate with an app and device system where data transfers may be synced from a number of other smart devices via a secured Wi-Fi network.
With that, Memory Treasure can store your illustrious memories, and at the same time, embody the emotional values of possessing a statuesque form of physical prestige.
