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March 12, 2010
"Brass" Pitcher + Kasper Hauser Story, Part 4
No. 15 of 50 -- Significant Objects, v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by John Reichmuth, here. This is the final installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
A violiner, a fifer, some apples, a small girl holding a bunny by its fore-ears. These were the images depicted on my dad Dale's mung pitcher. When I was 13 and learning how to use this the East Coast Way, as an inconvenience preferred because of its...
"Brass" Pitcher + Kasper Hauser story, part 4
No. 15 of 50 -- Significant Objects, v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by John Reichmuth, here. This is the final installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
A violiner, a fifer, some apples, a small girl holding a bunny by its fore-ears. These were the images depicted on my dad Dale's mung pitcher. When I was 13 and learning how to use this the East Coast Way, as an inconvenience preferred because of its...
Significant Objects Meme (4)
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 supplies.
Full disclosure: Princeton Architectural Press also published my 2007 book, Taking Things Seriously. Fast Company's William Bostwick recently quipped that I wrote the book on the significant objects meme; actually, I e...
March 11, 2010
Toy Bronco + Kasper Hauser Story, Part 3
No. 14 of 50 -- Significant Objects, v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Dan Klein, here. This is the final installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
I commissioned this sculpture of Fries n' a Shake in 1990, or thereabouts. He was a great horse. A zoo horse. The sculpture commemorates the moment Fries n' a Shake realized that zoos are a godsend and that work sucks. This is him kicking down the doors to...
Shout-out from 826 National
This nice note appears in the current 826 National newsletter:
March 10, 2010
Gaucho Tray + Kasper Hauser Story, Part 2
No. 13 of 50 -- Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by James Reichmuth, here. This is the second installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
One thing I won't need if I open my own zoo is a lot of crap holding me back. Or sentimental/highly-valuable things:
This is a '60s-era Mexican "Madero-type" of my dad, Dale Carpy; if you're looking at this, you know what it is and how rare to have the...
March 9, 2010
Pencil Case + Kasper Hauser Story, Part 1
No. 12 of 50 -- Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Rob Baedeker, here. This is the first installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
One night I looked at my saggy old beanbag, a sad black lump just lying on my living room floor like one of Bigfoot's breasts.
That beanbag represented the old me.
I wear a Leatherman on my belt, and I gashed into that beanbag and didn't stop sawing till I...
Today: Our first multi-part story — from Kasper Hauser!
Readers, we try to keep things interesting and surprising for you here at Significant Objects, not merely publishing great stories all the time, but throwing a curveball every now and again. We've done so by offering stories in comix form, by selling a Mystery Object, by holding a contest or two, by teaming up with Underwater New York to sell found objects, and so on.
Today we add to that list the debut of our first multi-part story: Four installments, four writers, four objects, over the...
March 8, 2010
Metal Dish + Scott Jacobson Story
Object No. 11 of 50 -- Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Scott Jacobson, here. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now..]
Donald "Dax" Florin stood behind the bar, balancing the hard-boiled eggs. Dax — 44 years old, face just a lifestyle change or two away from being handsome in a Treat Williams kinda way — placed the eggs upright on a small metal dish. There they sat: six little Dax-directed insults, dumpy and lazy in ...
March 7, 2010
Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-03-07
http://bit.ly/9zVwf3 #No. 10 of 50: Utah Snow Globe + Blake Butler Story. http://bit.ly/c1o5Ml "My granddad's granddad had a box under his bed. …" #No. 9 of 50 Needles Case + Duane Swierczynski Story. http://bit.ly/czuSp9 #"It would seem that even attaching a known fictitious story to an object added enough meaning to warrant the price." http://bit.ly/cWRmhw #No. 8 of 50 Paper Fan + Lakin Khan Story. http://bit.ly/cOGPya #No. 7 of...
