A Thing We Love
What Is A Thing We Love?
Van shows an object he loves and explains why. The register is sincere object-appreciation: the warmth is the point. These are tools and devices that earned their place through years of use, not because someone sent them.
Multiple instances can appear in a single episode. Each is a self-contained moment of genuine enthusiasm for a specific, often single-purpose object. No affiliate links, no sponsorship deals. Just things that work.
See alsojust things that work.
See also: Things I Love for a running collection.
Every Thing We Love
Franklin Language Master
Van shows his Franklin Language Master electronic dictionary: a device from the 1990s that does exactly one thing: look up words. Noa device from the 1990s that does exactly one thing: look up words. No Wi-Fi, no apps, no updates. You type a word, it gives you the definition. Van argues this is what a tool should be: a machine that serves a single purpose and does it permanently.
Camera Flat Mount Plate
A flat-mount camera plate Van uses on every shoot: a simple, purpose-built piece of hardware that solves one problem cleaa simple, purpose-built piece of hardware that solves one problem cleanly. Under a minute. The kind of specific, single-purpose tool that defines this segment.
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