Posts Tagged ‘ DIY

Boise Bike Library?

The Boise Bike Project is moving in near where my apartment is (see below).  I ask you, is this a type of “library” to? Must a library be books, or can a library manifest itself in the way other forms of knowledge are organized and accessed such as bike expertise?

Home at Last | Rec News | Boise Weekly – News, Opinion, Music, Events, Dining – Boise, Idaho.

and also here for more info.

Tags: DIY, libraries, re-purpose, transportation

Denver Zine Library

Denver Zine Library

Check it out, if ye ain’t hip already.

Tags: collections, DIY, zines

LA Times article on making your bookshelves “jazzy”.

Tweaked: 3 different looks for an IKEA bookshelf – Los Angeles Times

I just got some fancy new bookshelves for my apartment, so no more giant piles of books everywhere. Maybe I can hire a librarian to put them in some sort of order… wait, I am a librarian!

In any event, check out the above article for making your shelves more unique.

Tags: article, books, design, DIY

Who wants to form a band?

This is the greatest thing ever…

Machine converts light from microfiche reader to music on a Casio keyboard | Free Government Information FGI

Tags: audio, DIY, re-purpose

Are Libraries Steampunk?

The NY-Times has an article about “steampunk fashion” the mixing of the old and new technology (think the guts a fancy computer set in a nicely finished wood housing) –

Steampunk Moves Between Two Worlds – New York Times

I wonder if libraries are the ultimate in steampunk because they mix the old (books) with the new (computers and databases)…. thoughts?

Tags: art, context, design, DIY, libraries, metaphors, philosophy