It's billed as the world's largest outdoor bookcase.In honor of 30th anniversary of their BILLY bookcase Ikea constructed an outdoor library, consisting of 30 bookcases, on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. The BILLY is the best selling bookcase in history with over 40 million sold and 3 million a year still being produced.The one day event allowed beach goers to swap books or to buy them with the proceeds going to The Australian Literacy & Numeracy FoundationEvery one in attendance also received a voucher for $30 off a limited edition BILLY 'Jader' bookcase. The BILLY 'Jader' bookcase is covered with...
Happy Anniversary Billy Bookcase. OK, Maybe Not so Happy
Designer Gillis Lundgren and his progenyIn 1979 Ikea introduced the Billy bookcase. In 2009, there are over 40 million Billy bookcases sprinkled throughout the world. It is the best selling bookcase in the history of mankind. They're still producing over 3 million a year. Bloomberg has even begun an index tracking the cost of Ikea’s standard Billy bookshelf in 38 countries (in case you're wondering, it is currently cheapest in the United Arab Emirates and the most expensive in Israel.)In the UK, to celebrate Billy's 30th anniversary Ikea released some rather cool limited edition bookcases and other goodies that cater...