Periodicals
Current issues, back issues, and issues that are technically current but whose contents feel historical. We carry print. We do not carry subscriptions. Harold has opinions about subscriptions which he will share if asked and occasionally if not asked.
The periodicals are shelved by the month they arrived, not the month they claim to be. This means the February issue of several publications is shelved in April, which is accurate. Harold considers this the most honest section in the store.
Surfaces Quarterly
Vol. 34, No. 2. This issue: material grief, the ethics of concrete, and an extended profile of a building in Oslo that the editors describe as "doing something." Four hundred and twelve pages. The advertisements are considered part of the content.
The Journal of Things That Are Mostly Flat
Bi-annual. Covers graphic design, surface design, and objects whose primary dimension is horizontal. Peer reviewed. The peers are not disclosed. This issue features a twenty-page essay on the rectangle which has generated, by the editors' own count, eleven responses and one letter of resignation.
Structural Concern: A Review
Published irregularly from a location not specified on the masthead. This issue arrived in March. The cover date says November. The editors have not addressed this. The contents are, by any measure, worth the wait: a debate on whether buildings can be mistaken, and if so, whether they know it.
Interior: A Magazine About Interiors
The Spring 2024 issue. Features: the corner, revisited; a kitchen in Zurich that was photographed but never cooked in; and an interview with a designer who has strong views about the placement of objects and will share them at length. Harold keeps several back issues for reference. This one he keeps for the kitchen.
Annual Report on Doors
Published once a year. Covers doors: their status, their condition, notable openings and closings, a survey of new door-related publications, and an obituary section for doors that were removed in the preceding year. The obituary section is, by reader consensus, the most affecting part. This year's is no exception.
Foundations: The Newsletter
A photocopied newsletter produced by the Department of Structural Feeling at an institution that is not named. Published when finished. Distributed by hand at conferences and, on one occasion, left in a public park. The Department says this was intentional. Harold has four issues. He will not sell them. He has listed them here as a courtesy.