Furniture

This weeks readings are very interesting in thinking about last week’s topic of infrastructure. Especially in thinking about the libraries like the Prelinger and Warburg, furniture and organizing ideas are intertwined. The Warburg library infrastructure mirrors the abstract structure, and thus requires furnishing to also match. I think it’s interesting to think about this in light of BILLY bookcases. While the construction and material is quiet shoddy (i too am doubtful of butt joints), it’s accessi-BILLY-ty allows larger participation in thinking about how we think about and display ideas, and how they relate to each other. In that way, it could be understood that IKEA holds great power in what we decided to display and organize, not to mention fuels our need to do so.