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Just don't arrange them by color. I see this sometimes on bookshelves in the backround on zoom and I think "What monsters would arrange their books by color?"
by UncleOxidant 4y ago
Just don't arrange them by color. I see this sometimes on bookshelves in the backround on zoom and I think "What monsters would arrange their books by color?"
- thraxil 4y agoMy partner, a former graphic designer, does this. It's mostly her art and design books so it's not too nonsensical and she swears that it's easier for her to find books because she remembers the color of the cover/spine better than title/author/etc in many cases.
- pottertheotter 4y agoIt looks cool when I think of it as art. But wouldn’t do it with books I plan on reading or referencing, and I wouldn’t buy books just to display sorted by color. I’d rather have a cool painting.
- aynsof 4y agoI absolutely agree - to a point. I think it's perfectly reasonable to move books out of their semantically 'best' organisation if that order results in an aesthetically unappealing shelf. As a specific example, I've mixed up a shelf's organisation because it had resulted in a row of pure beige. I didn't want that in my living room!
- bombcar 4y agohttps://booksbythefoot.com/ https://booksbythefoot.com/ This will make you sad.
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- Brajeshwar 4y agoI did that just to take pictures[1]. Otherwise, it is random in the main bookshelf and the one behind me for Zoom has the ones I've earmarked to read/re-read this year. 1. https://unsplash.com/@oinam https://unsplash.com/@oinam
- _carbyau_ 4y agoBooks are often used as decorative elements. The fact you see them via Zoom speaks to their purpose.
- jdlshore 4y agoSomeone I know arranges their books by color. They said it works surprisingly well as an indexing system, because they generally remember the color of the book they’re looking for, and when they don’t, an image of the cover is a quick web search away.
- piceas 4y agoMy local library does this for part of their collection. It works surprisingly well.
- wrp 4y agoMany years ago, I was at a (small college) Chemistry department where the stockroom manager arranged the bottles by the color of the label.
- yummypaint 4y agoFor chemicals the label color conveys important information: https://chemicalsafety.com/color-coded-labels-for-chemical-storage-and-segregation/ https://chemicalsafety.com/color-coded-labels-for-chemical-s...
- wrp 4y agoInteresting, although that is a proprietary system. Label color was not informative at the time.
- mcphage 4y agoI worked at a retail bookstore for a year a while ago, and at the time it seemed to me a good organization system. People's eyes & brains are really quick at picking out colors, faster than reading names or numbers. (Obviously that's not what bookstores do, but working there made me want it)