Books: read, stacked, and open

A room filled with genuinely used books. Large-format art books and exhibition catalogs are stacked horizontally on coffee tables, standing vertically on shelves, and piled in floor corners against the wall. Some are open, some have bookmarks. The spine colors are varied but, due to the sheer volume, form a quiet background. These are the most honest inventory of this home's collection. Avoid: arranging books by color, using decorative practices with spines facing inward, making books so neat they don't look read, using fake books and decorative book boxes.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一室真正在用的書。大開本的藝術書與展覽圖錄橫疊在矮几上、直立在層架上、堆在地板靠牆的角落;有幾本攤開放著、有幾本夾著紙條。書背的顏色雜但因為量大反而形成一片安靜的底色。它們是這個家最誠實的收藏清單。避免:把書按顏色排列、使用書背朝內的裝飾做法、讓書整齊到看不出被讀過、使用假書與裝飾用的書盒。