Bookstore

In 2021, Haikou City initiated a series of cultural projects titled "Pavilions by the Sea," aimed at providing citizens with interdisciplinary and intellectually engaging public entertainment spaces. As one of the 16 coastal pavilions, "Mountain of the Sky" has become the second new urban landmark built at the northern end of Haikou Bay. Facing the southwest coast, the Sou Fujimoto Architects crafted an undulating, continuous ring-shaped roof with an irregular, curved surface shell structure made of thin concrete. Invited by Aranya and the operators, Juanzhong Bookstore and Yishan Children's Bookstore, we designed a space for reading and relaxation for the citizens of Haikou under this expansive roof. Runzi Zhu Aranya Runzi Zhu... More

In the bustling market of the city, a gigantic celestial apparatus descended from the sky, as if a magical sensation from another dimension invaded the mundane daily life and seeped into the almost identical urban landscape. The completion of Huai'an Zhongshuge is like tearing open a spacetime rift in the midst of the vibrant city reality. SFAP SFAP SFAP The designer breaks the repetition and monotony of reinforced concrete, using exaggerated three-dimensional structures to reshape intricate celestial instruments, creating astronomical wonders of intertwined star rings within limited indoor spaces. It is like astronomical instruments slowly rising from the sea of stars, releasing marvelous gravity, with swirling light strips... More

Masters Project is an independent commercial organisation headquartered in St. Petersburg, with a unique mission to teach people of all ages with the history of art and develop thinking skills about the phenomena of the contemporary artistic process. As a continuation of the educational project, the company opened a second bookstore in a growing cluster of the historical Petrogradskaya Storona of Saint Petersburg. The flagship Masters Bookstore combines a bookstore, a coffee shop and an exhibition space for collaborations. There you can find special editions and latest books about painting, architecture, design, fashion and photography. Part of the space is reserved for a coffee shop, well-known Russian roasters and coffee suppliers Sibaris... More

For the Generation Z, young people has built a new consumption era with their highly personalized enthusiasm. Karv One Design parses them as "the Generation Undefined ". We take "Jinling Star Map CULTURE HUB" as the theme, to combine with the new commercial scene of "day coffee night wine", and the mysterious planet as a visual memory point in space，which has presented a 24-hour neighborhood map of the younger generation. Combining the urban culture with the vitality of the Sunac community, we have planned an exploration line to create a new type of urban commercial unit, making it an active experience. Caption   Caption There is a display cabinet next to the bar for coffeeholics to shop the coffee products . All equipment... More

"In 2008, I was on a study trip to Germany and encountered Anish Kapoor's artwork - Memory, which was then being exhibited. And in subsequent press interviews, I frequently recounted the impact it had on me. The artwork sparked a feeling that then ignited an inner urge in me that inadvertently shaped my initial ambition for design values.  SFAP SFAP SFAP This hazy inspiration has often guided me in my designs to create a sense of atmosphere and spirituality, first as spirit and certain emotions, and then as form and symbolism, with function being properly integrated. SFAP When I received the design assignment for Zhongshuge in Shenzhen last year, I had led the designs for several completed Zhongshuge across China.... More

In this post pandemic era, operation of cinemas and future development of film industry has become a hot topic in current society. After a long period of business close-down and limiting audience capacity due to the pandemic, a problem gradually appeared in front of the public – cinema owners should have done a deeper analysis on how to develop their cinema’s commercial value and expand its features in order to adapt to the rapidly changing society.  SFAP Last year, we created another FAB Cinema in Xi’an and brought the scenes behind the big screen into the public space. This time in Taiyuan IF Center, FAB Cinema collaborated with Zhongshuge to create an innovational cinema experience, and we are invited to desi... More

Shenyang Jiuwu Culture City, a 24 hour “book mall” in Shenyang themed with the design concept of “Tree of Cultural”- a page on a book, a leaf on a tree. “Book-ladder culture” as the focal point of the project is meant to reflect the atmosphere of reading under the tree, where this area also served as a main event space to held seminars and autograph event. Lighting effect penetrating through origami like elements from walls and ceiling becomes a nostalgic element to show a new culture of the city with a growing lantern that never goes of. With its design and new way of operation, the cultural plaza has now become one of the major landmarks in Shenyang, demonstrating a revolution of bookshop and shopping e... More

Many years of experience with the team behind Biovege cut down the customary analytic prep time as the client’s values were already familiar to us. Those values are respect for the environment, nature, and people, and in this case the biggest challenge was to figure out how to apply those same principles to the design of a bookshop. The bookshop’s concept had to reflect the values promoted by Planetopija as a publishing house and library and by Biovege as their parent brand, summarized in the slogan: the best nature and man can give. It was necessary to also design in the new space an area for eco products, a special children’s corner, and a corner where visitors can take a break and read. The concept is based on the idea of... More

Panta Rhei is a well established and popular bookstore in Slovak Republic. Café Dias is a coffee place, which became an addition to in Panta Rhei branches to support bookloving atmosphere. With its size, Panta Rhei is one of the largest subjects in its market segment. We were chosen for a competition to provide a fresh new design for the branches, and after two rounds we came out as winners. Our main goal was to create a design, that sustains the friendly face of the bookstore appreciated by its customers with a focus on quality and effectivity of the design and modularity of its parts. The elemental module, which we based the design on, is a book, specificaly a connection of a book and a shelf, which led us to find and define t... More

FiL Books is an interior design project that Halukar Architecture / Mimarlik completed in 2015. The employer requested a space that would not only function as a photography and art books store but also a coffee shop. The design and application process spread over approximately 6 months. The program that is distributed on four floors with a total area of 80m2 included the design of a bookstore, coffee shop, a kitchen, a workshop and storage areas as well as places for the users to hang out, study or drink coffee. One of the challenges of designing in such small spaces is the necessity of considering the ways in which each centimeter meets the required functions. We aimed for forming/creating a comfortable and bright / lighted environment... More