Thousands and Thousands of Color-Coordinated Books

Posted by: Crystal King on: October 24, 2007

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Not sure how on earth you would find what you wanted but dang it looks cool!

clipped from www.superherodesigns.com Chris Cobb’s piece at Adobe Books, Canon Digital Rebel Chris Cobb, a local San Francisco artist did something amazing to a bookshop called Adobe Books- he arranged every single one of the 20,000 books by color. {Can you see this would be my fantasy?} The project is called “There is Nothing Wrong in This Whole Wide World” and is based on a simple idea: “Even though there is so much to be unhappy about in this world, we should try to create something amazing and beautiful and interesting despite all of the problems.” Chris Cobb Chris and a team of 16 volunteers stayed up all night (ten hours, several pizzas and 30 bottles of water later) and arranged all of the books by hand. Inside every book there is a tag saying where it belongs. If you live in the Bay Area, visit Adobe Books. And while you’re there, buy a book and support this wonderful independent bookstore {and the incredible owner who allowed his entire bookstore to be re-arranged!}

Tags: Art, Books, bookstore, cool, Reading