What You'd Take If The House Were Burning
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.All captions taken directly from user submissions to theBurningHouse.com.
Name: Luca Cavallaro
Age: 34
Location: New York
Occupation: Designer
Alma Lou, she would even be enough.
If I have time: Hard drive, for memories that my brain failed to store.
Sunglasses, I feel naked without them.
Wallet, a gift from my wife.
My father’s old camera, I promised him to take good care.
Sneaker, emergency orange.
In the black box, my vintage eyewear collection (favorite only).
Phone.
Vintage leather mask, in case I have to protect my face from the flames.
Dieter Rams alarm clock, I don’t wake up on my own.
Orange hummer, if i have to brake some windows during the escape.
Life buoy ring, in case of flooding. In Italy we say: "Le sfighe non vengono mai da sole.” Misfortunes never come alone.
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Name: Janet West
Age: 58
Location: White Plains, New York
Occupation: Finder and Seller of Things
my iphone and marshall headphones
my house key worn thin because it was my grandfathers
gold coin with the lord’s prayer engraved upon it, not because i’m a believer, but because someone was
brooch beautifully painted, of a homely woman, who was, i am certain, adored
rock shaped like a heart
cigarette smoking monkey
handkerchief stenciled by my mother
a tube of elwell’s liquid glue, stick’s like grim death
one book of my real photo post card collection
book drawn on by R.L.
collection of tiny glass vials filled with dirt and other things, some not filled yet
prison carved woman ( gift from my dad)
thread painting
folded painting
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Name: Hamid
Age: 23
Location: Tehran, Iran
Occupation: Graphic Designer and Front-End Developer
macbook
Nokia n70
iPod touch
Tissot
car toy
video tapes
Photos
ID card
money. As many as I could possibly carry.
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Name: Sophie Eekman
Age: 42
Location: Amsterdam
Occupation: Photographer/Designer
Website: www.fotohotel.com
(Our house did burn down when I was twelve, all was lost but I did not miss a thing...)
the fish my son made at the age of 4
wool socks my husband brought me from Sweden
all passports
the little make-up etui I made myself
our cat and her sister
the gumballmachine my father gave my son when he was born
sunglasses oliver peoples
little jewellery box from Japan
vintage shoes from Paris
Madonna Della Sedia, my godmother gave me
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Name: Justin R. Swaby
Age: 25
Location: Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Student of Architecture
my dog Rooster.
childhood toy truck
vintage suitcase a gift from my aunt.
Nikon EM 35mm film camera
sewing machine
baby doll head mug. gift from a dear friend.
my favorite gun toting marionette.
small bird carved from bone. gift from my boyfriend.
vintage porcelain black lady salt shaker.
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Name: Sandra Belanger
Age: 52
Location: Briones, California
Occupation: Anthropologist, Spirit Medium
Website: www.heliumraven.com
African Gray Parrot and best friend, Horus
Toshiba Laptop
Hard drive with 10 years of EVP research
Tektite from Gobi desert.
My house burned to the ground in 1977, lost everything. I learned that material possessions are unimportant. However, in a pinch I would take the hard drive and Horus and leave everything else. Am about to get a safe deposit box to keep an extra hard drive in so I would just take Horus and come back and dig the tektite out of the ashes. Word to all the folks with big piles of stuff: You have way less time than you think.
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Name: Amanda Hvidrass
Age: 12
Location: Denmark
Occupation: Student
Website: hvidrass.blogspot.com
my diary
a picture of me and my sister
my favorite wristwatch
my dog, who unfortunately couldn’t join in the picture
one of my favorite cd’s, nirvana - nevermind
my converse
my little box with my outcome skate teeth
my cell phone
ray ban sunglasses
my favorite book of all time, the pillars of the earth
and at the end, my campers (the shoes you see down in the bottom of the picture)
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Name: lockyi
Age: 22
Location: Kuantan, Malaysia
Occupation: Designer
Website: http://lockyi.tumblr.com/
Canvas bag
Vintage game console
Rabbit pencil case
Carbonated drink
Holga 120
Note book & color pencils
Yellow watch
A box of chewing gums
Keys
Handkerchief
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Name: Carlos Morevi
Age: 36
Location: Curitiba, Brazil
Occupation: Designer
Website: http://morevi.tumblr.com
My favorite book of all time, The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
A illustration dedicated to my son, drawing by my best friend
My portfolio backups
Korg Kaoss Pad
Korg Monotron
Atari keychain With 2 builtin games
Pen and Ink
Twin Peaks complete series in dvd
My sketchbook
Some documents
Wall clock that I made in the form of time bomb
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Name: Dirk Gonzales
Age: 55
Location: San Francisco, USA
Occupation: Banker / Experience Architect
Box of cufflinks
iPad
Painting reminiscent of my father, circa 1947
Cash
Hi rez camera
Notebook
Ohto fine point pen
Juice multi-tool
Ibuprofen
Bronze mouse sculpture, “squeekie”
iPhone
Portable rugged hard drive
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Name: Justin McClinton
Age: 19
Location: Matteson, Illinois
Occupation: Student, TV Salesmen, Underachiever
Navy Diver T-shirt (my father was a seal he used to wear it and now I do)
Portrait of my family from the 80s (closest thing we got to a colonial family photo)
Picture of me and my two brothers (older bro has on the OG Bred 13s)
New Balance 999 (Foresst would call it a comfortable shoe)
Ralph Lauren Twill five pocket jeans (I sacrificed my APC NS for comfort)
Favorite Comics (Static before cartoon popularity and an 80s Wolverine)
SNES NBA Jam (family heirloom)
Pokemon cards (T206 Honus Wagner < Holographic Charizard)
Ernie Banks autographed baseball cap (not a Cubs ban, but its freaking Ernie Banks)
All on top of my custom high school blanket given to me for being a four year athlete
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Name: Moris Semenzin
Age: 41
Location: Treviso, Italy
Occupation: Graphic Designer
Website: http://moris.carbonmade.com/
Holga Lomo
BjorkTape
SuperMoris Cloak
Supelsampler Lomo
Candle
Bjork (Volta)
Boris (pups.it)
iPod
Chambao (flamenco chill)
Box Knife (Dexter Style)
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Courtesy theBurningHouse.com.Note: Foster Huntington is the creator of this project. He's planning to post a revised photograph soon as his list has changed, he says, since he began the website in May.
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Name: Foster Huntington
Location: New York City
Occupation: Fashion
Website: http://restlesstransplant.blogspot.com/
My Grandfather’s Explorer Scout Shirt
Naked and Famous Jeans
Nike SFB boots
Ralph Lauren Alligator Belt
Leatherman Wave Black
One basalt rock from the Columbia River Gorge
One shell from Nicaragua
Three shells and one stone from the Maine coast
45 RPM Orange Bandanna
Vintage Woolrich Horse skin hunting gloves
LaCie Rugged External Hard Drive (all of my photos and image research)
Rolex Submariner Date with Zulu Ballistic Nylon Band
Oakley Razor Blades
Ernest Thompson Seaton, “Two Little Savages” (well worth a read)
iPhone 4
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