TAKING THINGS SERIOUSLY: 75 OBJECTS WITH UNEXPECTED SIGNIFICANCE by Joshua Glenn and Carol Hayes is a beautiful little book about the bizarre artefacts we cherish beyond reason.

Artists, writers, designers, musicians, among many others, contribute their objects and try to explain their significance in the book. From everyday objects like a cocktail glass or a cigar box, to the more surprising such as a dirt pile or a one-hundred-pound practice bomb, it is a truly fascinating insight into the things that inspire and motivate our creativity.

Now our friends at Maisonneuve magazine are requesting YOUR stories and photographs of the random and weird objects that you hold dear. The best entries will receive a copy of TAKING THINGS SERIOUSLY and will be printed in the magazine!

Click here for Maisonneuve’s TAKING THINGS SERIOUSLY contest!

Click here for a glimpse inside the book!