9 — Dax Ko

Turning points

Welcome to Objectively, a series about people, the objects that hold meaning for them, and the stories they tell.

Leading with curiosity, the project is interested in objects as extension and embodiment of selves. We want to give space for people to reconsider their relationships with things, maybe acquiring new understandings of themselves in the process.

In our ninth edition, we have Dax Ko recounting turning points in his life, like when his view on umbrellas forever changed after a single encounter, and how losing a half-mark in a test taught him a poignant lesson he may never forget.