1. A method for operating a display associated with a user interface and a collection of digital multimedia objects, the method comprising the steps of: presenting a first selection set of predefined organizational metaphors; receiving a selection of a first organizational metaphor from the first selection set of predefined organizational metaphors; presenting a second selection set of predefined organizational metaphors other than the first selected organizational metaphor; receiving a selection of a second organizational metaphor from the second selection set of predefined organizational metaphors; and presenting a result on the display having one of at least two group icons, each group icon indicating a group of digital multimedia objects chosen from the collection according to rules associated with the selected organizational metaphors and the content of the digital multimedia objects or any metadata associated with the digital multimedia objects; wherein the group of digital multimedia objects indicated by each group icon are chosen according to result presentation rules.