I arrange my books by color. I tried it all sorts of other ways: by subject, by size, and biographical*. Nothing looked good, it just was sort of messy. These pictures are from an installation I went to back in 2004 at Adobe Bookshop. A guy rearranged the books by color and they stayed like that for a few weeks. The installation was called “There Is Nothing Wrong in This Whole Wide World.”
*I stole that idea from High Fidelity
pics via Love Forever
nie nie
March 21, 2007
i love love that idea
Jane
March 21, 2007
I just saw this idea somewhere recently, can’t remember where, but I LOVE IT!!!!!!! these pictures are awesome – thank you for sharing!
bluebird
March 21, 2007
visually i always want to organize my books that way, but i can’t decide if it’s worth the organizational confusion. i guess i should try it out while my libary is still pretty small…
JennyW
March 21, 2007
I’m so glad I’m not alone … I didn’t know other people did this too 🙂
melissa
March 21, 2007
i’ve done color too. Most of my books have white binding though- so it’s not nearly as magical!
Sara
March 22, 2007
we had this for a while as well, it was funny to see that you can learn what color the books are so it is easy to find them when you are looking for a certain one.
it also made it clear that the only color the French make paperbacks in is white, how boring!
pepper
March 22, 2007
so pretty
Emily
March 20, 2009
several years ago, i began organizing my books like that, and it’s so much easier for visual people like me. i think “crime and punishment” and think immediately “dark red cover”, etc. so i can always put my hands on them faster this way. not to mention, it’s pretty.