Rachel Axler (@rachelaxler)’s play SMUDGE, which enjoyed its off-Broadway premiere this past January, was just published by Samuel French. http://bit.ly/bqwJlS # NPR story on unpublished Kafka (http://n.pr/de0hbT) misses Monkey Puppet angle. Dara Horn story: http://bit.ly/afuxj2 # Not speaking Italian, must … Continue reading
*** From your friends at Significant Objects.
“The Curious World of Patent Models” is a traveling show organized by the Rothschild Patent Model Museum. On display at the Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena through Aug. 15, 2010. Via Core … Continue reading
From your friends at Significant Objects.
Study says voluntary-pay schemes way more successful with charity tie-in. Sort of our experience on S.O. Sort of. http://bit.ly/d6iFyn # "Check which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool." http://iwl.me/ # Susanna Daniel (@SusannaDaniel) on "The Quiet … Continue reading
From your friends at Significant Objects.
From your friends at Significant Objects.
Andrea Magnani and Giovanni Delvecchio of the Italian design collective Resign claim theirs is a methodology “for all the designers who believe in magic and symbolic value of things.” Via Cool Hunting Twelfth in an occasional series.
From your friends at Significant Objects.
Photo: World’s Smallest Book: “Measuring 2.4 x 2.9 mm and presented in a wooden box including a magnifying glass: http://tumblr.com/xr4d721ee # Beware of blurbs – Surprisingly (to me) this Laura Miller column cites evidence that book-buyers rely heavily on blurbs: … Continue reading
From your friends at Significant Objects.
At the Guardian‘s books blog, Alix Rayner runs Significant Objects through Kantian Critique of Judgment filter before deciding that what we’re doing is perfectly OK. Excerpt: Ad man turned novelist F Scott Fitzgerald declaimed advertising as having contributed “exactly minus … Continue reading
It had to happen eventually. In September 2009, I noticed that a modern smartphone or PDA of some sort had somehow ended up in a photo on the cover of the 1960 French edition of Chester Himes’ Imbroglio negro (All … Continue reading
Above, and after the jump, the latest additions to our Significant Objects Owners Photo Pool: Two from the recent Epistolary Week series.
Fox News Attacks Chicago Libraries – “They eat up millions of your hard earned tax dollars. It’s money that… http://tumblr.com/xr4clu1h4 # “Reading appears passive because it takes place in a chair, on a bed, at the beach, in the tub, … Continue reading
Comprehensive takedown of latest “Fiction is Dead” argument: http://bit.ly/aCbNqi # Laura Miller on the slush-pile reading future. http://bit.ly/bZtPQe # Pictures of Stuff, on the MKTG Tumblr: http://murketing.tumblr.com/tagged/Pictures_of_Stuff # Nice writeup about S.O. on Shareable.net. http://bit.ly/aFciSV # Powered by Twitter Tools
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
