Thing
An object that opens the door.
Your interests, in full.
One connected place for the Things, knowledge, memories, places, experiences and people around what you care about.
Photography by @hothersideChapter one · Leica
Every Thing leads somewhere
The thing is only the beginning.
otherthing connects what is usually scattered: the object, what you know, what you make, where you go and the people you meet along the way. Photography is the first live chapter, beginning with Leica owners.
Why this needs to existContext
The story, knowledge and memory around it.
Practice
A reason to return and do more.
Discovery
Something useful to learn, see or try.
Connection
Relevant places and people, when they matter.
Experience
The next memory, skill or occasion.
Inside (other)thing
One product. Four ways to keep an interest moving.
Current native product captures, arranged as one compact product map rather than a sequence of disconnected features.
01
Today
A finite home for what matters now.
A recommended Session, recent photographs and Club activity in one finite home.02
Photos
Keep each photograph complete.
The image leads, with equipment and capture details held as useful context.
03
Things
Give the object its context.
Your purchase and value details stay private, alongside the photographs and memories connected to the Thing.
04
Club
Keep the practice moving.
Sessions and Conversations without a generic attention feed.
Current otherthing interface · Swipe to browse on mobile
The photographs
Uncropped. In context. Still yours.
The photograph leads. Camera and capture details remain supporting context, never proof of ownership, authorship or manufacturer endorsement.
- Original aspect ratios stay intact
- Metadata-safe sharing copies
- Member-controlled publication
Member recordLeica Q3
Thing ≠ catalogue product
The thing
More than a model number.
A Thing is the object you own, separate from the catalogue entry. Keep its purchase and value details private, then connect it to the photographs and memories that give it meaning.
- Camera-first capture
- Private purchase and value context
- Narrow, display-safe public identity
The people
A club through the interest, not the algorithm.
Sessions from anywhere or in person, and considered Conversations. No follower count as status. No likes as the organising signal.
Read the researchSessionConversationSydney photo walkMember profile
Focus · Leica
The launch stays focused.
Focus is a three-part story, not a filter. Photography and Leica are live now. Other camera families and interests show where the product can go, without pretending they are already available.
Interest · Photography
Things · Leica cameras
Camera families
More photography, when it is ready.
Fujifilm, Ricoh, Sony, Hasselblad and other families are the next direction, not selectable launch states.
FujifilmRicohSonyHasselblad
Other interests
The same human loop, earned again.
Things, knowledge, memories, places and people can connect around more than photography. Each chapter must earn depth.
Cycling · Golf · Cooking · Design · Running · Gardening
Why the parentheses
otherthing, a place for the interests and things that matter
The thing is the object. The other is everything it connects.
Parentheses make other a human aside: the interest, memory, story, place and people around an object. Photography is the first chapter, without pretending future chapters are already built.
See the futureFounding cohort
Keep life interesting.
We are beginning with a small cohort of Leica owners in Photography. Access may be staged while the cohort opens.
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