An ad for YLighting, from the January 2010 issue of Zink Magazine
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 to be going through a phase of self-analysis-through-stuff.” Here’s an ad for YLighting, from the current issue of the magazine Zink. Readers, let us know whenever you spot something like this!
January 27th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Yeah, those ads are perfect examples! Another couple I’ve been thinking of lately are the “What’s in my Bag”/”What’s in my Drawer” Flickr photogroups or, kind of, the popularity of a site like The Selby.
January 27th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Yes, the What’s in My Bag flickr groups are fascinating. I spent an entire day, not long ago, just searching that group for different brands of hand sanitizer — comparing and contrasting. A pseudo-anthropologist’s dream come true, really. I don’t know The Selby — will have to check it out now. And then there’s Leanne Shapton’s “Important Artifacts,” a book in which SO contributor Sheila Heti features prominently… What else, readers?