Taking Things Seriously: 75 Objects with Unexpected Significance
In an age when we're obsessed with the design, provenance, and value of every objects around us, these 75 short essays and photographs honor those magical, mysterious items that wiggle their way into our lives, and somehow into our hearts....eclectic group of creatives who eloquently describe their little pieces of Nothing Special--and why they mean everything to them. --StepInside Design, December 2007Short essays about treasured possessions, by artists, designers, writers and performers.  The cartoonist and musician recalls playing with an assortment of rubber animals as a boy, 'acting out battles, domestic scenes, everything.'  But the star was always Sunshine, above:  'one special little yellow pig.' --New York Times Book Review, August 2007Taking Things Seriously is a process, an experience in looking and interpreting, reminding us to take a good look at all the ordinary things around and to realize that they are each far more just that. --FiveandaHalf.net, September 17, 2007The Must List #9. Proving one man's trash is another's treasure, this collection of photos and essays shows how the unlikliest of things can provide inspiration. --Entertainment Weekly, October 26, 2007delightful, often hilarious --Dwell, December 2007