Significant Objects

This Artist Transformed the New Museum into a Swap Meet | The Creators Project : > As a part of her upcoming first solo museum show in New York, Pia > Camil  is turning the ...

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> Donna Seager’s book collection doesn’t look like most > people’s. Instead of being lined up neatly on shelves, many of her > books have been hacked to pieces, f...

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> Paula Zuccotti travelled around the world and asked everyone from a > cowboy in Tucson to a toddler in Tokyo to list every single thing > they touched in a day –...

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(via Clickety-clack: Design Observer )

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Melding the Beauty of Books with the Strength of Steel | The Creators Project : > For those of us who love books not just as information receptacles, > but as objects, Andrew H...

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wtbw : > (via Fancy - Oversized Paperclip > )

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> With a bit too much time on my hands and a subscription to Adobe > Photoshop I have been playing with an idea: what will happen to > traditional still life paintin...

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austinkleon : > HOW TO GRACIOUSLY SAY NO TO ANYONE  >  >>  “There is no money in answering letters.”  >>  —Groucho Marx >>   >  > A couple of years ago, I w...

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Used bookstores making a comeback : > They operate more efficiently than doomed out-out-town B&Ns and > offer a shopping experience Amazon can’t compete with, capturing > f...

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> Things Arranged Neatly > , an > exhibition of these curious lightboxes now on view at Winston > Wachter Fine Art, compels you to wonder why we have a tendency to > ...

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mulhollandbooks : > booksdirect :  >  >>  “Some potential bookmarks.” >  > If I ever tried this with my gato…

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(via WPA posters teaching kids how to take care of books. ) Via Coudal.

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Hanging Your Books Is a Thing That You Could Do Now For Some Reason

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(via Juxtapoz Magazine - The Book Collages of Alexander Korzer-Robinson )

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culturenlifestyle : > ADORABLE AND QUIRKY BOOKMARKS THAT MAKE TINY LEGS STICK OUT OF YOUR > BOOK PART II  >  > Kiev-based designer Olena Mysnyk >  > designs cute and u...

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> Between 1951, when Barney Rosset purchased it for $3000, and 1970, > Grove Press became a veritable communications center for the > counterculture, defined in many ways...

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> While the Significant Objects Project deals in physical objects, the > message is the same: information is not enough. Facts tell but > stories sell. More: What Is This ...

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The Short-Story Vending Machine : > Grenoble, France will soon be home to >  > a handful of devices that dispense short stories rather than sugary > snacks or soft drinks...

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> A few months ago, photographer Adam Flor >  and I embarked on a sweet project. > The goal was to shoot items using different colored backgrounds and > use focus sta...

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mostlysignssomeportents : >  

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