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P 165. Anniina’s shelf
4 S T O R I N G D E S I G N
I counted 995 products in the photographs, 71 products per apartment on
average. Of these, Hannele, Mervi, Kalle & Emma, and Janne had more than
90 products in the photographs, while Liisa, Sakari & Elisa, Anniina and Tiina
had less than 50. Based on these approximations, Mervi and Kalle & Emma
had around two items per square metre, whereas Rea had four square metres
per each item, with average room for the products being a bit less than one
designed item per square metre.
Perhaps a bit surprisingly, whether the product was on display and being
used or hidden and not being used turned out to not be a very useful point,
because it did not seem that there was much consistency in what was hidden
or displayed, being used or not being used: after a couple of interviews, I had
no reason to assume that, for example, a product “objectified” in a central physical
position in the home would be equally central to the household’s moral
economy. Anniina’s bookcase illustrates this point (P 165).
The bookcase covered the whole wall in their one-room apartment, so, based
on its positioning, it certainly was a central piece dominating the whole space.
And it was central to Anniina as well, because she stored her clothes in it and
her clothes were one of her favourite items. On the other hand, however, the
bookcase contained the rare annoying items that she possessed (a laptop is
stored above the LP records):
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A: I don’t have any kind of relationship with any television or stereos or
the computer. I think they’re, like, as long at they work and then, well,
of course it’d be nice if they looked nice, but they rarely do, ones at a
reasonable price, look nice. So when I bought a laptop, so it is incredibly
ugly and thick, but, as long as it works, that’s fine. (Anniina 04
365-369)