About
THE THING Quarterly
THE THING Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. Each year, four artists, writers, musicians or filmmakers are invited by the editors (Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan) to create an everyday object that somehow incorporates text. This object will be reproduced and hand wrapped at a wrapping party and then mailed to the homes of the subscribers with the help of the United States Postal Service.
THE THING’s current year of subscriptions(issues 8-11) will begin with an issue by artist and writer Trevor Paglen; and will continue with visual artist Ryan Gander; and writer/radio personality Starlee Kine; and will end with Chris Johanson.
THE THING Projects
From time to time, THE THING will release special side THING projects. These will not be a part of the quarterly. These projects will range in terms of price and production: sometimes free, sometimes not, sometimes limited and signed and sometimes neither.
Press
Read (and listen to) what people are saying about THE THING
- New York Times Style Magazine, Dec 2008
- Art 21 Blog, Dec 2008
- Salon.com Dec 2008
- LA Times, Oct 20, 2008
- KQED Arts, Oct 27, 2008
- Poppytalk, June 11, 2008
- ARTINFO, February 27, 2008
- Design Arts Daily, American Illustration and American Photography, February 15, 2008
- Marketplace on NPR, January 24, 2008
- Impackt, Italy, January 2008
- Marie Claire Italy, December 2007
- Hide & Chic, Holland, December 2007
- ReadyMade, November 2007
- GOOD Magazine, November 2007
- KALW radio, November 2007
- Springwise, October 18, 2007
- Jordan Ferney, October 1, 2007
- The Onion (Bay Area Edition) AV club, October 2007
- Frieze Magazine, October 2007
- The San Francisco Chronicle, August 26, 2007
- Laughing Squid, August 17, 2007
- Daily Candy, August 14, 2007
- Flavorpill NYC, August 14, 2007
- SFist, August 13, 2007
- Flavorpill SF, August 8, 2007
- Design Observer, August 2007
- NOTCOT, August 2007
- Apartment Therapy, July 30, 2007