Comments on: Intrinsic Appeal http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/19/intrinsic-appeal/ ...and how they got that way Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob Walker http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/19/intrinsic-appeal/comment-page-1/#comment-1261 Rob Walker Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:52:35 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=2549#comment-1261 I've seen that ... In fact, uh, I'm IN it! But I don't know if Josh has seen. I’ve seen that … In fact, uh, I’m IN it!

But I don’t know if Josh has seen.

]]> By: metheothertwin http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/19/intrinsic-appeal/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 metheothertwin Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:01:17 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=2549#comment-1255 If you haven't already, check out the film 'Objectified' by Gary Hustwit (Netflix). from the film: "Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability." It focuses on the idea of an object as an object yet also as a piece of art or creative thought. Much like you are doing. If you haven’t already, check out the film ‘Objectified’ by Gary Hustwit (Netflix).
from the film: “Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability.”
It focuses on the idea of an object as an object yet also as a piece of art or creative thought. Much like you are doing.

]]> By: Rob Walker http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/19/intrinsic-appeal/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 Rob Walker Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:07:54 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=2549#comment-1252 But wait -- why did you stop collecting vintage meat thermometers? But wait — why did you stop collecting vintage meat thermometers?

]]> By: Jason http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/19/intrinsic-appeal/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Jason Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:37:50 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=2549#comment-1248 I would assume that intrinsic appeal makes a difference. How could it not? People aren't buying the stories and getting the object as a bonus. They are buying the object and getting to experience the stories as a bonus. I do take exception that a meat thermometer has no appeal, though. I used to collect vintage meat thermometers. I would assume that intrinsic appeal makes a difference. How could it not? People aren’t buying the stories and getting the object as a bonus. They are buying the object and getting to experience the stories as a bonus. I do take exception that a meat thermometer has no appeal, though. I used to collect vintage meat thermometers.

]]> By: Rob Walker http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/19/intrinsic-appeal/comment-page-1/#comment-1243 Rob Walker Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:21:43 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=2549#comment-1243 Certainly our top two sales -- Russian Figure with Doug Dorst story, and Indian Maiden with R.K. Scher story -- fit the bill of having intrinsic appeal of a certain kind. The cute kind, namely. To me the most intrinsically appealing object was the HAWK Ashtray (William Gibson story) followed by Smiling Mug (Ben Greenman) and probably Neck Team Button (Susannah Breslin). Some others, too, but those were all classic "finds." It'll be interesting to analyze more thoroughly how much of an impact this had on on sales price, compared against the objects that really had no particular intrinsic appeal -- like the 4 Tile (Toni Schlesinger story, and a top seller), or the Meat Thermometer (Nicholson Baker story) or, uh, almost every single object that I added to our inventory. Certainly our top two sales — Russian Figure with Doug Dorst story, and Indian Maiden with R.K. Scher story — fit the bill of having intrinsic appeal of a certain kind. The cute kind, namely. To me the most intrinsically appealing object was the HAWK Ashtray (William Gibson story) followed by Smiling Mug (Ben Greenman) and probably Neck Team Button (Susannah Breslin). Some others, too, but those were all classic “finds.” It’ll be interesting to analyze more thoroughly how much of an impact this had on on sales price, compared against the objects that really had no particular intrinsic appeal — like the 4 Tile (Toni Schlesinger story, and a top seller), or the Meat Thermometer (Nicholson Baker story) or, uh, almost every single object that I added to our inventory.

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