In consumer society, stuff goes quick. Whether it's through planned obsolence, changing fashions, or just because it's plain old plastic crap, our things need replacing a lot. Read more »
I’m never quite sure what to do with myself on the last day of a year. The holidays always serve as a strange and sudden reminder of the fact that an entire year has almost passed. Read more »
As resources grow constrained, economies stall, and businesses innovate, there is a hope for a reversal in the way that consumers use products and services.
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Perhaps no company stands more for upper-middle class American conformity than Ikea. The Swedish furniture company offers the simulation of both thrift and style, the Holy Grail combo of mass-market consumer product qualities. Read more »
On July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter spoke to the American people about the "Crisis of Confidence" faced by Americans who were losing faith in the government and who increasingly feared that their children would be worse-off than them. Read more »
Can an unwanted, discarded item of consumer kitsch be imbued with new value by the simple act of telling its story? And what if that story was completely fabricated? This is the question that Significant Objects poses. Read more »
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