Every so often, I like to sort our books by color. I find the process relaxing and it makes the bookcases less chaotic-looking. This time, I decided to make it even more enjoyable by estimating the distribution of colors. This is a sample of about 10% of our Amsterdam books. I was limited by the size of our dining table, so the long tail of orange (7%), purple (4%), pink (2%), other (2%) and unclassifiable (2%) isn't in the picture.
A good book store is a 3D, immersive search engine and book covers are like banner ads. Each jostles against its neighbors, using its strictly limited area to convince you that it links to something interesting.
Very innovative way of arranging books. Doing it alphabetically is so predictable, plus arranging it by colour scheme in many ways makes it art, in my mind. Wish I'd thought of it!
Posted by: Anjali | October 05, 2008 at 05:57 AM
It's a pleasant but subtle effect. More than one person has suddenly noticed it after an hour or more and said, "Hey! Did you do that on purpose?"
Posted by: Jeffre Jackson | October 08, 2008 at 09:43 AM