Taking Things Seriously: 75 Objects with Unexpected Significance

by Carol Hayes and Joshua Glenn

Book Overview

We all have something in our lives that while not obviously valuable, is displayed as though it were a precious and irreplaceable artifact. Inquire about the object's provenance and you'll likely be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568986904
• ISBN13: 9781568986906
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 7.0"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

My Kind of Materialism

This was such a delightful read. Each of these (mostly short) essays extols a particular object which might, at first glance, seem like a piece of junk. But it turns out that junk is in the eye of beholder. The uplifting moral of the book is that the best "things" aren't the most expensive or shiniest or rarest. They are the ones with the most personal significance. Highly recommended.

Objects of Interest to eveyone

This book is a real original. It's great to pick up and enjoy, then pick it up again later and enjoy some more. It encompasses something everyone does and hardly anyone really thinks about...hoarding/collecting stuff that is really important only to you. It puts a perspective on people's emotional ties to sometimes useless things. I had a lot fun reading it and sharing it. Pat D.

Things are great!

If you are somebody that enjoys things or objects, or even if you don't, this book is great fun to read. If you know somebody that tends to find interest in life - you should buy this book for them. If you know somebody that does not tend to find interest in life - you should buy this book for them, maybe it will help.

A plate of toothsome canapés

A beautifully presented collection of bite-sized insights into objects and the minds of their owners. A coffee table without this book is a naked coffee table.

Outstanding!!

What a gem! This is easily one of my favorite books of the year. Elegantly written adorned with beautiful images, I implore you to rush right out and buy a copy for youself--and another for a friend! Top notch stuff here. It's a keeper!