Most people would take a faulty product back to the store and exchange it for a perfect one. But could these broken products actually serve a greater purpose?
Erratum is a collection of everyday products by artist Jeremy Hutchison, but unlike other products that might appear perfect, his are designed to have flaws.
Hutchinson approached Asian manufacturers and asked them to send him products with intentional faults, such as a comb without teeth, or a two-headed tennis racquet.
"There's a big question about why people buy things that they don't need," he says. "People that buy Gucci handbags are not stupid, they know what they're doing."
"I think we'll see the implication of our consumer choices on far flung corners of the globe."
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Hutchinson work was partly inspired by Modern Times, a 1936 film starring Charlie Chaplin. A film that Hutchinson says illustrates how workers have disappeared into the manufacturing machine.
"I think Charlie Chaplin in some ways was anticipating this phenomenon," he says.
But while many people might look at the collection and see errors, Hutchinson says we can always find another use for the products.
"Anything has a function," he says "All errors are potential successes"
"Then when we look at an error maybe we need to redefine our position according to it."
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