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 … Continue reading
A quick note: I just did a short interview about S.O. (and objects and value and story) on Where We Live, with John Dankonsky, on Connecticut Public Radio. I chimed in for about the last 15 minutes, in what I … Continue reading
Above, and after the jump, the latest additions to our Significant Objects Owners Photo Pool: Two from the recent Epistolary Week series.
UPDATE: This sale has been extended until Tuesday at 11:59 pm. Technically, I guess you can save 20% on any 20X200 order of $50 or more, but you’ll feel good about yourself for buying one of the ones created for … Continue reading
Thanks everybody for reading the stories and bidding on the objects and helping spread the word on our Epistolary Week series, guest-curated by Ben Greenman. In five short days we converted $3.50 worth of thrift-store flotsam into a sweet $229 … 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
Would look like this. Now you know.
Here’s where things stand as of… well, as of when I took this screen grab. These are the last five auctions of S.O. v3, proceeds to Girls Write Now. Own a piece of this project, and support a great cause. … Continue reading
I teased this last week — and now it’s here! We’re really excited to announce the latest S.O. team-up, resulting in thoroughly affordable art, and another way to support v3 beneficiary Girls Write Now. The prints you see on this … Continue reading
Three pieces of exciting news: 1. Our friends over at Electric Literature dropped a line to let us know they have created “mini-book of our Significant Objects on the iPhone. It’s free content, and the app is free.” How cool … Continue reading
We’ve hinted at various cool stuff that we’re up to that’s in the offing and that we can’t quite share details about yet. And now we’re doing it again! But listen: You must have heard about 20×200 by now — … Continue reading
I’m a big fan of BBC Radio’s A History of the World In 100 Objects series, so I am supremely disappointed and irked that my attempt to join in the series’ interactive Web feature invitation to “add your object” to … Continue reading
A request came in to make this available in one easy-to-access post/link. Here it is. This is our unprecedented four-part, four-object, four-auction story. This is an incredibly difficult task to pull off, but we got the four members of Kasper … Continue reading
Dear discriminating readers: What are your thoughts about these attempts to tell fictional stories via unusual online means: 1. Sumedicina: “Data fiction project. Story telling with information graphics.” (Via Listenerd.) 2. Mr. Plimpton’s Revenge: “A Google Maps Essay, in Which … Continue reading
What? Not enough stories about objects in your week? Well then! Check out these entries in the Significant Objects Fictionaut Group, where the following talented writers have all created stories about the above object. Which one do you find to … Continue reading
These just came in today — and they’re too amazing to keep to ourselves! Above: Toy Airplane + Robert Lopez Story; below, Mermaid Figurine + Tom McCarthy Story. And check out the amazing story-in-a-found-bottle presentation, courtesy of Underwater New York. … Continue reading
Have you been reading Jim Hanas’ series, Why They Cried? You should! And not just because it culminates tomorrow with a story right here on Significant Objects. Since Monday, he’s been posting stories in this five-story cycle on Fictionaut; it’s … Continue reading
I meant for this to be the final post in my series on Significant Advertising (that is, ads for Significant Objects created by students Art Novak’s advertising class at the Savannah College of Art & Design), focusing on ads inspired … Continue reading
