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i am in some sympathy with the obsessive hoarder, as i feel the perpetrators are generally harmless but to themselves, and their motivations sad but in some ways admirable--an impossible, ill-conceived attempt to grasp and retain all the knowledge in the world, and to somehow secure their small place in it. on the other hand we have those fetishists who obsessively order all that they acquire: ie, the bookshelf arranged by spine color. i must admit some sympathy for them also. but maybe we should force them all to move in together. ]]> http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/the-never-ending-struggle-against-clutter/35748/#comments 2012-08-28T16:42:25-05:00
As for the French bookseller, he may just have been poorly organized, an indifferent salesman, or having a bad day — two bad days. But his "shop" was totally different in its style of display (impenetrable stacks) from other well-organized used bookstores to be found in his part of town.]]> http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/the-never-ending-struggle-against-clutter/35748/#comments 2012-08-28T08:51:18-05:00 ruthclaire weintraub http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/the-never-ending-struggle-against-clutter/35748/#comments 2012-08-28T04:22:52-05:00