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By: The Significant Objects Mug Mug | Significant Objects

The Significant Objects Mug Mug | Significant Objects — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:20:27 +0000

[...] S.O. shown above to illustrate their stories and posts — a Smiling Mug, bought by Josh, and given Significance by Ben Greenman. Josh has already written a bit about this mug in an analytical post on Significant Dishware. The [...]

By: Cognitive Design » Blog Archive » Making Up Significant Objects for Fun and Profit

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:30:44 +0000

[...] price was $2 and it sold for $32.08. Click here to read the story that created $30.02 of [...]

By: Real goods, invented value « Leo Burnett

Real goods, invented value « Leo Burnett — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:46:08 +0000

[...] after it was paired with a story about its “involvement” in a botched jewel heist. A “smiling mug” fetched $30 more than its original price after it was revealed to have been “featured” in a [...]

By: Josh Glenn

Josh Glenn — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:27:42 +0000

I miss having this item in my house! It became significant to me — perhaps because so many bloggers who mentioned our project used the mug as their one illustration. Anyway, it was tough to mail it to the winning bidder…

By: From the Briefly Noted Section of The July 6 & 13 New Yorker « Kanlaon

From the Briefly Noted Section of The July 6 & 13 New Yorker « Kanlaon — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:52:50 +0000

[...] Ben Greenman’s Please Step Back “You can only paint the town red so many times before you begin to bleed.” [...]

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:33:16 +0000

I once knew a man whose teeth all had tiny smiles carved onto them. This mug would be perfect for him. He was a pirate.

By: Josh Glenn

Josh Glenn — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:13:58 +0000

Only 15 hours left to bid on this item!

By: Virginia France

Virginia France — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:38:03 +0000

The significance of this object cannot be overestimated. The story of its creation and utilization, while familiar to many, remains virtually unexplored in the popular literature. Yet the seller leaves some ambiguity in his description. What, for example, are we to make of the apparent irregularity along the mug’s rim? Serious scholars agree that it is this very imperfection– this bold yet subtle reference to Compostio’s Les Dents, les Dents, les Dents de Vie that Wilton originally found so compelling about this piece. Greenman’s omission leads the potential buyer to suspect that the rim is chipped, which would negate the powerful, even sinister influence of the mug as cinematic icon.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:51:44 +0000

I own the companion Piece.
The frown face shaving mug.

By: The Significant Objects project | chavansoft

The Significant Objects project | chavansoft — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:08:21 +0000

[...] a variety of “junk” objects bought by the curators at garage sales and thrift stores. A smiling mug. A Sanka ashtray. A JFK bust. Then, we would write a short story about the object. Whatever we [...]