I think it can be related to forms coming from nature. Whoever was designing was referencing nature in a way, I am sure, but they also had to deal with its upcoming production. 
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This bulldog clip feels alive in my hands, its energy when contracting and relaxing is perceivable. Its mechanics make it alive, as well as my interaction with it. Its shape reminds me of different things: when I move the clips its form changes. I quite like this transition. I can move one, then the other, or even both at the very same time. When I pick it up my fingers and palms can feel the smoothness of the material. I have to admit I enjoy playing around with it. My hands quite like interact with the clips opening and closing it, clipping a finger, a piece of paper or cloth.
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Never actually thought this bulldog clip could mean something. But I guess it does now: I purchased it in Turin, where I did my Bachelor. It was during an exam's session period; I felt quite stressed out but wanted to buy it for my next personal projects. Through it I was looking at future possibilities; at what would I ever been able to clip it to. Thoughts on paper? Film rolls? Drawings? (…) Who know what I was thinking of? But, at least, I imagined chances. I am wondering what I am seeing now, what will I see coming next.  

            The coaster is designed to be an extension of my body. The design allows it to hold another object, most often a mug, when my own hand doesn’t want to hold the mug.       

            In terms of value, the coaster means very little to me. It feels cheaply made and holds no sentiment. To me, its meaning is more practical than emotional.

            The coaster is technically dead, the material it is made of is not biologically alive. On the other hand, I would argue that anything that serves a purpose is alive. This coaster is alive when it is holding a mug because it is protecting the surface under it from becoming damaged from the mug. 

            The coaster has a natural feel due to its material. Still, it feels cheap and mass-produced due to its weight, shape and practicality. 

            Although the history of coaster in general align with the concept of ‘form follows function’, I have little personal history with the object. Where and when it came from is unknown and in my opinion, irrelevant. 

            With its practical design and light wearability, the coaster can easily be owned and used for a very long time. It is other factors, such as trends, that will decide whether or not the object becomes discarded or forgotten. 

It is a product of stationery industry and can be used in building, fashion and many other industries.
The first record of people using a measuring device was by the Romans using marked strips of leather. Personally I bought it on Taobao.com with 6 yuan when I want to buy some cloth online.
It's a dead thing but it means safety to me because I can measure nearly everything with it when I want to know something’s length. I take it everyday and everywhere, even put my keys on it. I will use it for several years and replace it with a new one when it’s broken. It might be recycled and become the material for useful products in the future.

The pencil is designed in a neutral manner that whoever and however picked up holds the power to use and drive it to their wish. It is designed to implement action. 

My relationship with the pencil goes way back, even beyond from the very first time could learn how to write. I may not have looked at it in such a light until now describing it, but it is definitely one of the things that has taught me to scribble, write and be literate. 

I would find the pencil to be very much dead, as it is a tool that is being sacrificed by its user until sharpened to it’s very last width. It’s relationship to nature would be  harmful as commercially trees are cut down for its production and lead remains in the environment. 

I don’t know the history of the object but I imagine the cave people using twigs and inks from natural sources as pigmentation, blood, coal etc. and the future of the object I think is getting redundant as the use of digital devices.  

   The first thing I interacted with these objects was to stretch them with my hands and put them on a chair. And in normal interaction, I can feel these objects when I sit on a chair. When my body sits in a chair, my weight is delivered to the objects.

   These are the items I bought while traveling in Japan a few years ago. The Mickey Mouse design captured me. This is because I like Mickey Mouse the most among many characters as I was born in 'the Year of the Rat' according to the Chinese zodiac. Actually, they're dead because they're manufactured. But Mickey Mouse design is always alive in my heart. Haha

   They could have burned a lot of forests to be produced in factories. And, the chair industry has been able to trust this stuff and produce noisy chairs that scratch the bottom of the floor carelessly. However, with the advent of the chair socks, many industries and jobs must have been created.

   These socks were produced at a factory, sold at a Japanese retailer, and were bought by a tourist. And they were kept in Korea, the tourist's country, and then they followed her to England as she went abroad to study. And they are warming the feet of chairs in a dormitory in London. They will keep the chair's feet warm, and if she moves away, they will follow. And eventually they'll be abandoned, burned.

The primary keys have a more classical, old shape with a nice smooth texture, their dimensions are about 6,5 cm x 2 cm; two of them are gold and one is silver, so their ‘visual’ temperature is hot for the gold ones and cold for the silver one.
 The paracentric keys contrarily have a more actual, modern shape with a more complex texture, one is smaller (about 5 cm x 2 cm) then the other (about 6 cm x 2,5 cm). Their colour is silver and their ‘visual’ temperature is cold.
The real temperature of all the keys is generally cold, since they're made from metal.

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All of them are designed to be hold from the top from the fingers, these are then used with a rotatory movement.

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They don’t have a particular meaning but if I have to choose one I would definitely say that they mean ‘home’.

It is dead and they don’t have a particular relationship to nature. I don’t think they have a particular relationship to industry as well but it’s made from silver so is something produced industrially.

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I don’t exactly know what is the history of my object but I’m sure they have a long one because they’re used to open the door of a rented house. They could have easily been lost, or forgotten somewhere since it is a must-have object, I’m sure they’ve been in a lot of places and been hold from a lot of different people.

As well as their history I cannot predict it but I hope I won’t lost them. For sure they will be owned by someone else in the future - hopefully not in the near future.

Although it is inanimate, it became a part of me when puts on my hands, or accompanies me for a while.

Its packaging is plastic, so it's not nature-friendly. I'm not sure if the paste is artificial or natural, maybe both. It was the first hand cream I bought after I came to London. I bought it after listening to others' recommendation and I liked its simple function. It may be discarded after a few months of use, but I will cherish the time with it. It will also remind me of this special time.