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To Have You To Hand

Mobile phone in female jean back pocket. Given that back trouser pockets are often perceived as a carrying 'problem area' for women and the fact that she is also carrying a handbag why is it carried there? How does the role of the phone strap change when it becomes the main part of the 'phone' that is visible when carried?

The extent to which the position of carried objects changes according to: perceived necessity and a desire to keep it within hand reach reach; and (the lack of) alternative carrying positions; convenience after finishing other activities e.g. putting the phone in the pocket is a one-handed action after a call but opening the handbag is a two-handed action. The degree to which object's move around the body and from the body to other carried objects such as bags, resting on nearby surfaces, handed around with friends or simply left charging. From a rather lively friday night out in Tokyo.

Why is where-stuff-is-carried interesting? More about Center of Gravity here.

Writing from Tokyo | September 4, 2006 | Permalink