suggested donation » material world http://suggesteddonation.com museums, libraries, and archives Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:49:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 retail me not http://suggesteddonation.com/world-wide-web-world/retail-me-not http://suggesteddonation.com/world-wide-web-world/retail-me-not#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:55:42 +0000 Andy Van Slyke http://www.suggesteddonation.com/?p=908 We're going to look at a bunch of museum-cum-retail outlets today, as the G20 assembles and capitalism faces the inevitability of a reality which does not align with models of constant expansion. We've touched on this a bit in the past, with "projects" (stores) such as the Etsy revolving paperback book "museum." And to be fair, we kind of like these projects. They involve curation, they are genuinely filled with interesting items. We guess everything is for sale, in the end. Read more about our first entry, Barbara Levine's Project B]]> dexterity gameWe’re going to look at a bunch of museum-cum-retail outlets today, as the G20 assembles and capitalism faces the inevitability of a reality which does not align with models of constant expansion. We’ve touched on this a bit in the past, with “projects” (stores) such as the Etsy revolving paperback book “museum.” And to be fair, we kind of like these projects. They involve curation, they are genuinely filled with interesting items. We guess everything is for sale, in the end.

Read more about our first entry, Barbara Levine’s Project B

First up, Project B, by Barbara Levine, an online museum-shop featuring vintage photos, curiosities, dexterity games, and the like. Ms. Levine is a museum professional, and objects are catalogued with subject tags and condition reports. The dexterity games, our favorites, were exhibited in the San Francisco library in a show curated by Levine.

Project B, we like thee, we just hope you collections don’t get scattered and disassembled too badly as you sell them off.

]]> http://suggesteddonation.com/world-wide-web-world/retail-me-not/feed 0 fixture this http://suggesteddonation.com/museums/fixture-this http://suggesteddonation.com/museums/fixture-this#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:35:04 +0000 Andy Van Slyke http://www.suggesteddonation.com/?p=886 Cool gallery of light fixtures from the E.F. Caldwell & Co, lighting extraordinaire from the late 19th/early 20th century. Via the Smithsonian on Flickr Commons. We love this modern spherical number, especially in the context of the more ornate neo-classical stuff that it's grouped with. We'll take it!]]> lampCool gallery of light fixtures from the E.F. Caldwell & Co, lighting extraordinaire from the late 19th/early 20th century. Via the Smithsonian on Flickr Commons. We love this modern spherical number, especially in the context of the more ornate neo-classical stuff that it’s grouped with.

We’ll take it!

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