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The Hypothetical Development project

Rob Walker — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:54:10 +0000

S.O. friends and readers, this may interest you:

With collaborators Ellen Susan and G.K. Darby, I’ve launched a new side project: Signage depicting imaginary building uses in New Orleans.

In a nutshell: We’ve identified a number of buildings around New Orleans that appear neglected and seem to have no future. We have devised imaginary future uses (The Museum of the Self, The Loitering Centre, etc.), and are illustrating those and printing onto 3′X5′ signage. These are meant to be “displayed” on the buildings (starting in December), and later in a gallery show (probably in April) in New Orleans.

It’s a comment about “future use” advertisements in the down economy; it’s a new form of storytelling; and it’s fun.

We’re raising money to print the signs on Kickstarter and made what I think is a not-bad promotional video there. In addition to the Kickstarter pitch there’s a further explanation here. Your support is much appreciated; a lot of people have volunteered a lot of time to get it this far, and I truly believe that if we pull it off, it will be delightful. I hope you will take a look. Thanks.

The work of Berit Kalmer …

Significant Objects — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:29:18 +0000

"The capsules were a huge seller ... "

… is examined by Matt Brown on Core77:

Berit Kalmar is one of a kind. One of those people that will be part of a shuttle launch on Monday and eating hot dogs with hobos on the tracks on Saturday. This sort of understanding of humanity is what has defined most of her work. She’s Swedish—from a small town called Kalix up in the far north. When she was 16 she wanted to get some experience overseas and moved to Sandusky, Ohio.

Continued here.

Of course it’s all made up, but you didn’t hear that from us. Part of his Design Fancy series for that august online publication. Matt’s Significant Objects story was about the “Crumpter.” Read it here .

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Joshua Glenn — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:00:43 +0000

Tila Tequila’s garage sale — very telling. Here’s a person who obviously has never invested any object with narrative significance.