After the last cookies
I created a small visual campaign around an object many of us may have seen before: the butter cookie tin.
I chose it because it feels so ordinary, yet strangely familiar. In many homes, once the cookies are finished, the tin doesn’t get thrown away. Instead, it begins a second life , holding coins, sewing supplies, buttons, and all kinds of little things.
What I found especially interesting is that I’ve seen this happen in both west and the east. Although the domestic settings are different, the habit feels surprisingly similar. The same tin moves beyond its original purpose and becomes part of everyday life.
That shared familiarity became the starting point of this project. I wanted to capture the quiet emotional resonance behind an everyday object : how something designed as packaging can slowly become a container of routine, memory, and care.
In a way, the cookies disappear, but the tin stays.
- Published
September 14, 2026
