–> Most important fact: We are taking today off. New story tomorrow. Meanwhile, read through old ones, or, even better, see what’s still on auction in our eBay shop. Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $64.83. Aggregate sales, post-Significance: … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $60.50. Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $1,478.54. Coming up this week: Objects with Significance added by Sari Wilson and Sloane Crosley. Posted earlier this week: object-oriented stories by Sung J. Woo, Todd Levin, and Rosecrans … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $55.50. Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $1,176.54. Coming up this week: Objects with Significance added by Rosecrans Baldwin, Matthew Klam, and others. Posting later today: Sung J. Woo. Still on auction: Time is running out … Continue reading →

If you’ve read the Significance that Colson Whitehead added to his wooden-mallet Object, you must have wondered: What are the Labors of Worthiness? Turns out that he is revealing them, in his Twitter stream. Check it out: @colsonwhitehead.com. The Second … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $50.25 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $1,092.16 Coming up this week: Objects with Significance added by Doug Dorst, Colson Whitehead, and others. Posting later today: Toni Schlesinger. Still on auction: The batch from our collaboration … Continue reading →

One of my favorite objects, so far, is the Toy Hot Dog about which Jenny Davidson wrote on July 8. My sentiment is of the punk or camp variety, I guess: after all, hot dogs are already grotesque, and wooden … Continue reading →

With the conclusion of the auction for the PBR Bottle Opener + Sean Howe story yesterday, this project passed an astonishing milestone: Total sales have surpassed $1,000. Specifically, we’ve sold 35 objects, purchased from thrift stores and yard sales and … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $46.50 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $937.15 Coming up this week: Oh, it’s a big week on Significant Objects, folks: An extra-special week-long collaboration with Design Observer! Five regular contributors to that popular site, including … Continue reading →

One of the early supporters of this project was (and is) Susan Clements, one of the few who have actually bought multiple Significant Objects. So we are very excited that she’s sent along a few pictures of those Objects in … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $40 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $675.65 Coming up this week: Objects with stories by Nathaniel Rich, Sarah Weinman, Kevin Brockmeier, and more. Still on auction: Time is running out on Meat Thermometer with story … Continue reading →

We’ve asked some Significant Object buyers if they would care to pass along photos of their outstanding purchases, shown in their natural surroundings. These images have begun to arrive; we’ll be sharing more in the days and weeks ahead. Today, … Continue reading →

Scenes from the mailroom of Significant Objects…

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $29.01 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $462.33 Coming up this week: Objects with stories by Glen David Gold, Sarah Rainone, Ed Park, and more. Still on auction: Time is running out on Popsicle Stick Construction … Continue reading →

Susannah Breslin, who wrote the story that made the Necking Team Button into a Significant Object, offers the point of view of a writer participating in this project in a great post, “The Story Behind The Story.” Defnitely worth a … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far:         $15.40 Aggregate sales, post-Significance:           $247.30 Coming up this week: Stories of objects by Curtis Sittenfeld, Stewart O’Nan, and (later today) Todd Pruzan, among others. Still on auction: You’ve got … Continue reading →