As a kick-off project into my thesis direction on imperfect technology, I've given out a survey to my friends outside of the studio. I got a total of 29 people to answer my survey in 3 days.

The survey asked:
1. What are 3 objects/spaces/etc you have an emotional attachment to despite/because the fact that it is imperfect / broken / burnt / not in mint condition? (no people or pets please.) Also, give a quick explanation as to why you chose them.
2. If none of your answers was a piece of electronic, please name one and give a short reason / story behind its importance.

I got a total of 100 objects and 51 species of objects in response. I then went into analyzing the survey.

I was able to identify 7 definitions of imperfection though the survey;
1. old
2. used
3. broken in: the object has adapted to me
4. broken
5. the object is in an incomplete state / set: pieces of the set is missing
6. ephemeral: it's something that we can enjoy glimpses of
7. risky
(see photo #5)

There were also keywords that were reappearing in different answers. The top 5 were:
first,
kid(and its synonyms),
always(and its synonyms),
with,
use.
*not in order of amount of usage

I've divided the answers into number of responses/species according to technology vs everything else. My biggest finding is that the number of responses that named a piece of technology was nearly twice the number of everything else but the number of species was the opposite. 30% of the interviewees didn't name a piece of technology as their answers in the first question.

At the end I had to wonder if imperfection was taken as is in these beloved objects.
I was surprised to see that the responses contained slightly more answers that contained objects people loved BECAUSE of the imperfection and not despite of it.

I have a lot to take out of this survey. The different definitions of imperfection, the face that there are less species of technology people name as objects they are attached to, and the idea of "because / despite of imperfection" seem like three starting points for my next exploration.