I asked a book-loving colleague to organize her collection by color and report back. I also rearranged my own collection. Here’s what we learned from this extremely low-stakes experiment.

Designers today often judge a book by its color. On shelves throughout the land, books are being organized not by topic or author but by the color of their spines. Color-blocking books is a design ...

Naysayers argue that you can’t find the book you want if your books aren’t organised by author ... Lonely Planet books are ...

I told him that when I first saw a bookshelf organized by color several years ago, I thought it looked fresh, promptly rearranged my books accordingly, and was pleased with the result. Because not ...

Thatcher Wine, a long-time bibliophile and collector, tapped into this concept in 2001, sourcing rare, out-of-print books to build beautiful libraries based on interest, author, and even color for ...

To help make sense of your collection and keep it organized over time ... increased in popularity in recent years is grouping books by the color of the spine to create a rainbow across the ...

Katy Winter, founder of Katy’s Organized Home ... We just make sure to plan out where we want the colors before placing the books.” To help envision this Winter suggests you “imagine ...

It was meticulously organized, yet outright pretty, with cascading shelves of hardcovers in coordinating colors. I thought ... discussed every one of these books, often with me.