SEATTLE, WA — Since its debut, Significant Objects, the bold online inquiry into the relationship between narrative and the value of everyday objects, has been the subject of speculation by everyone from NPR to litbloggers to The New York Times’ … Continue reading
Wieden & Kennedy retail concept, "as inspired by Significant Objects." http://bit.ly/9bP9Z1 # "An infinite good (the story) being used to make a scarce good (the trinket) much more valuable." Useful summary. http://bit.ly/c8SGhT # The joy of outdated facts: http://nyti.ms/dp8FyL # … Continue reading
The Index — a storefront gallery in Brooklyn — is a collection of materials and objects whose purposes, characters, and origins are fascinating to curator Jonathan Roquemaure. As Cool Hunting recently explained: While each object’s uncommon looks are compelling enough on … Continue reading
June 5th is the deadline to enter HiLobrow’s OIL SPILL — WHERE YOU LIVE short-short story contest. Prize money will be donated to a good cause! THE CHALLENGE: Write a story set in the town or city where you live, … Continue reading
We already know, thanks to this project, that people will buy a near-worthless doodad for much more than its free-market value after it’s given a completely invented narrative. But how important is the identity of the narrative-maker? In other words: … Continue reading
This is the 10th in an occasional series of updates about our nearly 200 Significant Objects authors. We’re publishing these while we work on various Significant Objects-related projects about which you’ll hear more soon. In the meantime, read SO v1 … Continue reading
