Significant Objects Meme (3)
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The giant check we wish we’d had
If you missed this comment, the above courtesy of S.O. v1 contributor, Sung J. Woo. How do you know the check is a giant one? Simple:
Significant Objects Meme (2)
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It’s not as exciting as a giant check but…
Here comes v3!
Significant Objects v3 gets underway in a matter of hours, and we’re really excited. Proceeds from this cycle of 50 stories, objects, and auctions will benefit Girls Write Now, which mentors under-served or at-risk high school girls in New York … Continue reading
Gearing up for v3
We’ll start publishing Significant Objects v3 stories on Monday, and we’re excited about the strong lineup of writers and the Significance they’ve invented. Usually we don’t announce in advance which writer will be published on which day, but there’s a … Continue reading
Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-02-21
“Thousands of ‘tasteful’ banana items” being auctioned on eBay. http://bit.ly/digU8j (Not by us.) # “Thinking about the role of objects in fiction; how they carry meaning for the story.” http://bit.ly/da3wSS # “Products that have a story to tell.” Compares S.O. … Continue reading
Hilobrow micro-fiction contest winner
Last month, I announced a micro-fiction contest (about troubled and troubling superhumans) over at Hilobrow.com. The contest began on Jan. 26, 2010 and ended on Feb. 15. We have a winner! Matthew Battles, Matthew De Abaitua, and I selected Charles … Continue reading
826 National’s Significant haul: $2,244.11!
With the close of the last auction of Significant Objects v2 on Friday, we can now report that this cycle of 50 object/story auctions ended in $74.61 worth of flotsam selling for an impressive $2,244.11! We’ll crunch the numbers later, … Continue reading
The end of SO v2 — and here comes v3!
The final auction from Significant Objects volume 2 ends today, and when it’s all over we’ll have raised over $2,200 for 826 National. How? As always, by pairing great creative writing with otherwise near-worthless thingamajigs. We’ll recap the v2 final … Continue reading
Significant Ads: The Sanka Ashtray
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
Hot vs. Cool
In Marshall McLuhan’s pioneering 1964 study, Understanding Media, the Canadian philosopher, literary critic, and communication theorist argued that “hot” media don’t require much work on our part when it comes to determining meaning; “cool” media, however, require us to participate … Continue reading
Significant Ads: Yo yo más
As I mentioned the other day in my initial post about students in Art Novak’s class at the Savannah College of Art and Design creating Significant Advertising, a surprising number chose the Amoco Yo Yo + Mark Sarvas Story as … Continue reading
Significant Ads: The Halston Mug
So far in discussing the creations of Art Novak’s advertising students at the Savannah College of Art Design, who devised Significant Ads for select Significant Objects as a scholarly exercise, I’ve highlighted online Flash-based inventions. But many of the students … Continue reading
Only two SO v2 objects left!
Check it out. This Friday the 19th, we’ll officially wrap up the second volume of Significant Objects. This is your LAST CHANCE to bid on an object from SO v2, proceeds from which will be donated to 826 National. SPECIAL … Continue reading
Significant Ads: Cracker Barrel Ornament
I mentioned earlier that students in Art Novak’s advertising class at the Savannah College of Art Design, carrying out an assignment to create ads for Significant Objects, were given four to choose from. Among the choices was the Cracker Barrel … Continue reading
Ads for Significant Objects
Many observers have drawn comparisons between this project and the commercial persuasion business — after all, aren’t ad pros hired precisely to invent significance for stuff, just as our contributors do? (For some examples, see this comment on BoingBoing (and … Continue reading
Presidents
We’re off duty today, thinking about our favorite presidents of all time, and watching the action in our shop. Speaking of which, the first auction in our collaboration with Underwater New York, Kangamouse + Chris Adrian Story, finished up at … Continue reading
