I've noticed a trend to stack one's books vertically. It seems like the ultimate exemplification of the objectification of literature. I see pictures of hallways lined with precarious towers, from the floor to eye-level, of the standardized fare and, even worse, proper bookshelves on which reading materials have been meticulously arranged in vertical pods. Here's one of Ralph Lauren's homes:
C'mon Ralph, we know you're not reading that junk. You don't have to make it more obvious by organizing them so awkwardly. What if I want a book second-up-from-the-bottom?
It's just silly. Arrange your books in the, long-since-known-to-be-certain, most practical way.
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| Trinity College Library |
Speaking of book storage: enlivening hallways by turning them into a library is a good way to reclaim space. Corridors which are nothing but places to walk through as quickly as possible are bad, bad, bad. Avoid them at all costs. Read A Pattern Language for more thoughts on the matter.
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| A Pattern Language |
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