Chen Karlsson is a Scandinavian-Asian homeware company. This post was on the blog Junkculture yesterday.

From the MediaBistro blog Unbeige, on April 5: Here’s the Saved by Droog site.

Check out this New York Magazine slideshow titled “A History of Obama Feigning Interest in Mundane Things.” This sort of thing is the flip side of the Significant Objects Meme! From now on, instead of “More Cowbell,” I want hipsters … Continue reading →

Obsessive Consumption: What Did you Buy Today? (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010), by Kate Bingaman-Burt, represents a selection of three years’ worth of the author’s annotated drawings of her purchases — including wedding bands, beer, a dog, and, of course, drawing … Continue reading →

We’ve mentioned a few other art projects that use eBay as a platform or medium. The idea-based artist Caleb Larsen’s A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter is a fun one. It’s a significant object — a sculpture, supposedly, though it looks … Continue reading →

*** READ MORE about the Significant Objects Meme.

*** READ MORE about the Significant Objects Meme.

Here’s yet another twist on adding an invented narrative to a seemingly low-value thingamabob: Designer Matt Brown bought a pack of 15 plastic horses for a couple of bucks. Then he dreamed up a name for each one, then packaging, … Continue reading →

There’s no doubt about it. A significant-objects meme has emerged in US culture, recently. I’m not just talking about Orhan Pamuk’s museum. Over at Fast Company, William Bostwick writes: “Maybe it’s the recession (it’s always the recession), but we seem … Continue reading →