Overview

The Covid Objects

“Covid object” is a label fit to any product in close relation with the pandemic. This research's goal is to find out what these objects are, what was the price fluctuation and how the open-source community reacted when the production chain failed to deliver the needed goods.

Goal

The goal of the research is to objectively depict the global approach to covid objects to better understand the materiality of covid in the post-pandemic future.

The analysis of COVID-related items across 17 Amazon marketplaces worldwide has revealed that many of these items serve as souvenirs, encapsulating ideas, trends, and opinions about the pandemic. An online archive has been created to facilitate the exploration of these objects.