Designers to Books: “Sit on it”
In the classic late ‘70s and early ‘80s TV show Happy Days the phrase “sit on it” was just about the biggest insult someone could deliver. Like, if Richie ever told Fonzie to “sit on it” that was pretty much the equivalent of saying “go to hell.” I was reminded of this recently when I saw another one of Cory Doctorow’s “books aren’t just for reading” posts at Boing Boing, a series in which Cory highlights how various designers are choosing to use books as construction material. The latest example (pictured above) shows books being crammed into the underside and back of a wooden bench. I suppose that an optimist might say that by stuffing books into the nooks and crannies of this bench someone sitting on it could simply reach between their legs and find something to read. But in reality I think that all of those books are going to go untouched, and will probably just act as lifeless decoration for the people sitting on the bench watching TV.
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You know, you don’t have to respond to every one of these pictures posted on BoingBoing. I think everyone who reads your blog knows how you feel, even if its contradictory and nonsensical.
You see, but that’s exactly WHY I respond to them, because I think the idea of making furniture out of books is contradictory and nonsensical. People want to be warmed by Tolstoy as they watch American Idol, and I think that that’s something worth commenting on.
Did you see the book igloo? http://www.flickr.com/photos/in-duce/tags/bookcasebedroom/
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