Comments on: Public street-bookshelves in Berlin made from hollow logs http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Cluisanna http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1486857 Cluisanna Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1486857 As far as I can see, it says on the website that the project went on from 2006 to 2008, so this is quite old, sadly. As far as I can see, it says on the website that the project went on from 2006 to 2008, so this is quite old, sadly.

]]> By: Amelia_G http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1483386 Amelia_G Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1483386 Baufachfrau e.V.! In addition to such a poetically rhyming name, their website says they're an education nonprofit for women construction workers or women builders. "Ideentischlerei" = "ideas cabinet making" or "ideas joinery," but the word for cabinetmaker literally means "tabler" (table maker) so it sounds like bringing ideas to the table as well. Awesome. Baufachfrau e.V.! In addition to such a poetically rhyming name, their website says they’re an education nonprofit for women construction workers or women builders. “Ideentischlerei” = “ideas cabinet making” or “ideas joinery,” but the word for cabinetmaker literally means “tabler” (table maker) so it sounds like bringing ideas to the table as well. Awesome.

]]> By: Jorpho http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1483259 Jorpho Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1483259 Acht, the books are already spilling out into the street.  It's going to get messy, and then it's just going to get messier. Acht, the books are already spilling out into the street.  It’s going to get messy, and then it’s just going to get messier.

]]> By: Shelagh Pepper http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1483246 Shelagh Pepper Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1483246 I tried a similar book exchange about 25 years ago at a local university. We started with several hundred books. After about 2 weeks, there were no books left. I tried a similar book exchange about 25 years ago at a local university. We started with several hundred books. After about 2 weeks, there were no books left.

]]> By: Jon Winchester http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1483240 Jon Winchester Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1483240 Given that they're quintillions of euros in debt, I think Berliners need to cut back on frivolities like hollow-tree book shelf and implement some austerity measures.  Given that they’re quintillions of euros in debt, I think Berliners need to cut back on frivolities like hollow-tree book shelf and implement some austerity measures. 

]]> By: show me http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1483212 show me Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1483212 As a bonus, there are elves inside it baking cookies. As a bonus, there are elves inside it baking cookies.

]]> By: Christian Schilter http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1483164 Christian Schilter Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1483164 Well thanks, now all I can think of is the delicious cake in the café right next to it. Well thanks, now all I can think of is the delicious cake in the café right next to it.

]]> By: Megan Hanson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1483136 Megan Hanson Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1483136  Check out www.littlefreelibrary.org!  Check out http://www.littlefreelibrary.org!

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1482939 Lemoutan Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1482939 Must annoy the hell out of content owners who want to be paid for every new reading. Expect prosecutions and injunctions soon. Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Must annoy the hell out of content owners who want to be paid for every new reading. Expect prosecutions and injunctions soon. Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

]]> By: Roel Siebrand http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1482914 Roel Siebrand Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1482914 Them Berliners. Such an awesome place. Them Berliners. Such an awesome place.

]]> By: Ted Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1482825 Ted Johnson Fri, 20 Jul 2012 04:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1482825  I wish people in America still capitalized. Where I live, there's a thriving economy of used books at a local bookstore. They won't take anything, but for the books they won't take, there's the nonprofit thrift store. This thing with the hollowed-out trees is a marketing gimmick -- an interesting interdisciplinary marketing gimmick -- but it's not as though they've cured a disease.  I wish people in America still capitalized.

Where I live, there’s a thriving economy of used books at a local bookstore. They won’t take anything, but for the books they won’t take, there’s the nonprofit thrift store.

This thing with the hollowed-out trees is a marketing gimmick — an interesting interdisciplinary marketing gimmick — but it’s not as though they’ve cured a disease.

]]> By: zombiebob http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1482817 zombiebob Fri, 20 Jul 2012 04:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1482817 So is it  a momento mori for logs? So is it  a momento mori for logs?

]]> By: zombiebob http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1482815 zombiebob Fri, 20 Jul 2012 04:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1482815 Fucking. Awesome. Fucking. Awesome.

]]> By: BombBlastLightingWaltz http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1482810 BombBlastLightingWaltz Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1482810 No need for listing as the books are already logged. Ty, ty, tyvm.   No need for listing as the books are already logged. Ty, ty, tyvm.  

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1482741 timquinn Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1482741 just out of frame is the free firewood rack made from old books. just out of frame is the free firewood rack made from old books.

]]> By: Ender Wiggin http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/public-street-bookshelves-in-b.html#comment-1482724 Ender Wiggin Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172138#comment-1482724 This is awesome. i wish people in america still read, so that i could do something like this with my dead tree collection. This is awesome. i wish people in america still read, so that i could do something like this with my dead tree collection.

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