Nice note from the folks at 826 Michigan, with special shout-out to Nicholas Rombes (@NicholasRombes). http://bit.ly/bGInJV # Nice note from cyberscribbles, “It’s good reading, too.” Love hear that. http://bit.ly/aY0yHR # The Mystery Object sold for $103.50. Significant! Object revealed here: … Continue reading
If you happen to have one you’re not using, please consider donating it to Significant Objects. *** This is the second in an irregular series of posts aimed at raising awareness, among the Significant Objects readership, of the project curators’ … Continue reading
Here’s yet another twist on adding an invented narrative to a seemingly low-value thingamabob: Designer Matt Brown bought a pack of 15 plastic horses for a couple of bucks. Then he dreamed up a name for each one, then packaging, … Continue reading
[The auction for this item, with story by Debbie Millman, has ended. Original price: $1.49. Final price: $197.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.]
Congratulations to Paula Newman, for scoring The Mystery Object with Story By Ben Greenman, with a $103.50 bid! The auction’s final 30 seconds were pretty exciting. So what is it? The answer below the fold, as they say. The wily … Continue reading
[The auction for this item, with story by Martha McPhee, has ended. Original price: $3.00. Final price: $20.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] My grandmother gave me the piggy bank when I was … Continue reading
[Tomorrow the auction for Mystery Object with story by Ben Greenman will conclude. When it’s over, we’ll reveal the object (first to the winning bidder, then to everybody else). Meanwhile, here is my case (borrowed from Murketing.com) for this as … Continue reading
Over at Hilobrow.com, a critical-culture website that I coedit with Matthew Battles, we’ve just invited our readers to enter a science-fiction short-short story contest. We’d be delighted to have Significant Objects readers enter, as well. Check it out. CONTEST DEADLINE: … Continue reading
[The auction for this item, with story by Randy Kennedy, has ended. Original price: $1.00. Final price: $16.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] Later, in the glove box, the police found a letter. … Continue reading
There’s no doubt about it. A significant-objects meme has emerged in US culture, recently. I’m not just talking about Orhan Pamuk’s museum. Over at Fast Company, William Bostwick writes: “Maybe it’s the recession (it’s always the recession), but we seem … Continue reading
[The auction for this item, with story by Annie Nocenti, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $36.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] This cold ceramic bear witnessed some electrifying poker hands. … Continue reading
[The auction for this item, with story by Nicholas Rombes, has ended. Original price: 50 cents. Final price: $147.50. This story was chosen from the S.O. Fictionaut Group. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] … Continue reading
Some weeks back we launched the Significant Objects Group on Fictionaut.com, as yet another way to bring new and unexpected voices into the project. We invited Fictionaut members to create Significance for the object at left — a music box. … Continue reading
Selected highlights from twitter.com/SignificObs: Fast Company/William Bostwick: “Our Objects, Ourselves.” bit.ly/5tux4l # Object that sells itself: http://bit.ly/4GgAnC # Nice writeup on Apartment Therapy by Tammy Everts– Thanks! http://bit.ly/8E4WtY # Can creative writing programs be ranked? http://bit.ly/6nzh0v # “The fingers of … Continue reading
[The auction for this MYSTERY Significant Object, with story by Ben Greenman, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $103.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] This object was the first artifact found … Continue reading
[The auction for this item, with story by Rodrigo Chávez, has ended. Original price: 50 cents. Final price: $20.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] We were almost home from the doctor’s office. “I’d … Continue reading
Readers, if you have this remarkable toy in your possession — with or without the original packaging — please consider donating it to Significant Objects. We’ve got a spot reserved for it on our knick-knack shelf already. *** This is … Continue reading
With the close of yesterday’s auction, we’ve now passed $1,000 on the amount raised on behalf of 826 National. (By the way, we’ve added a snazzy “running total” box to the top of the right-hand column, have you noticed?) Big … Continue reading
