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01-13-2018, 08:30 PM
I'm down on my knees, begging you please not to do this to your bookshelf
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How many takes will it take to kill the backwards bookshelves trend?*
I don't know. But that won't stop me from tryin'.
#Backwardsbooks is a recently reemerged design trend where books are flipped to hide their colorful spines. The effect is neutral and monochromatic and, I guess, pleasing to the minimalistic Crate and Barrel elite.*
It's also violently boring and offensive to traditional bookshelf design values — principles my living room was built on.
SEE ALSO: Our favorite books of 2017 (http://mashable.com/2017/12/22/mashreads-podcast-best-books-2017/)
The backwards bookshelf fad first emerged sometime in 2009. At the time, it was believed to a reactionary movement against the growing and equally heinous "organize by color" bookshelf aesthetic.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/13/backwards-books-are-back-no/)
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How many takes will it take to kill the backwards bookshelves trend?*
I don't know. But that won't stop me from tryin'.
#Backwardsbooks is a recently reemerged design trend where books are flipped to hide their colorful spines. The effect is neutral and monochromatic and, I guess, pleasing to the minimalistic Crate and Barrel elite.*
It's also violently boring and offensive to traditional bookshelf design values — principles my living room was built on.
SEE ALSO: Our favorite books of 2017 (http://mashable.com/2017/12/22/mashreads-podcast-best-books-2017/)
The backwards bookshelf fad first emerged sometime in 2009. At the time, it was believed to a reactionary movement against the growing and equally heinous "organize by color" bookshelf aesthetic.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/13/backwards-books-are-back-no/)
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