IKEA has the least inspiring book storage options known to man. ![]() What strikes me as the wildest, and this is obviously very anecdotal for the place where I live in Denmark, is how little help you can get from “pre-made” solutions. Tinyhome and DIY YouTube videos are excellent for inspiration, but it’s still a lot of work to get it done in a way that looks nice. I mean for many that combination of things + the time it takes isn’t easy, and then if you can’t pay for it, it’s just a massive project to accomplish in your free time. So it’s not weird to me at all that many people struggle with it. This is a process which involves quite a lot of creativity and spatial awareness to do well, on top of the manual labour and at least some craftsmanship (books are heavy) to accomplish. ![]() Because you’re going to have to build things yourself to make it custom fit. You can do a lot of clever book storage, but it tends to be quite a lot of work to do so. I was there, they weren't - these old rags are important to preserve. For instance, the high flying pollyana nonsense of 90s wired magazines is probably embarrassing to read now but it's also a very important cultural context for historians and academics - imagine a 25 year old phd student of say, science&technology studies, trying to get a grasp on ~1998 silicon valley culture. You'll see like 18 complete months then a 10 month hole, then like 7 more complete months, etc. You'd be surprised how many holes they have. 2600, Usenix journal, make, wired, datamation, byte, creative computing, etc. sorry if I got some term wrong).Īs far as what to donate that you probably have? Magazines. We've been in contact with them for months and have sent off something like 20 boxes of mid-century cultural academic literature focusing on hungary and other regions (I'm no expert there. ![]() I have an elderly friend who was a slavic anthropologist. They understand that many books do not contain barcodes or isbns. If there are any questions you can email them.
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