Originally created as exotic amusements, they've long looked a bit hokey, and at worst offensively stereotypical.
His 15-minute Letter from America was originally created as a 13-part series.
Cresswell Pond is a large, brackish pool originally created as the result of collapsed mine workings.
Schools were originally created as incubators for American idealism and democracy.
One, "Riders to the Sea," was originally created as a curtain-raiser for "Playboy" and lasts only 20 minutes.
Originally created as a closed network for researchers, the Internet was suddenly a new public medium for information.
The brainchild of bio-chemist Dr Jurgen Klein and his wife Ulrike, it was originally created as a niche natural skincare range.
iPhone Artist Grayson Perry's The Vanity of Small Differences tapestries were originally created as part of a TV series that saw him travelling around Britain.
Originally created as part of an audio project by two outstanding storytellers, the inclusion of two CDs makes this a rich multimedia resource that honours the oral tradition.
Originally created as a division of Acorn Computers in Cambridge, it owes its very existence as a standalone business to Apple.
Originally created as a technical data specification for large donors, the language and fields it uses don't sit easily with the business model of NGOs.
