{"id":4027,"date":"2019-06-23T09:51:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T16:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=4027"},"modified":"2019-06-23T09:53:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T16:53:26","slug":"amazing-bookstores-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=4027","title":{"rendered":"Amazing bookstores of China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are amazing new designs coming from China. Some of them are happening in retail spaces – especially in book stores. Shanghai Zhongshu Industrial Ltd. is one such bookseller that has been using Shanghai-based X+living<\/a> design firm to create amazing book stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most noteable to me was this 1,300 square-meter (approx. 14,000 sq.ft) store on four levels is located in the Zodi Plaza completed in 2016 in Chongqing. The clever use of mirrors and staircases makes it a truly M.C. Escher-esque experience and takes its inspiration from old libraries with the dark brown hues and floor-to-ceiling shelves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For other stores, the designers also took cues from the shapes of Chinese lanterns and lamp shades:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What makes the areas of the store even more fantastical is the use of mirrors and reflecting surfaces that makes the space seemingly endless and turns things upside down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m continually amazed by the innovative work coming out of China. They appear to be having a real design renaissance. I for one will be keeping an eye out for work coming from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference: https:\/\/thecoolhunter.net\/zhongshuge-bookstore-chongqing-china\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are amazing new designs coming from China. Some of them are happening in retail spaces – especially in book stores. Shanghai Zhongshu Industrial Ltd. is one such bookseller that has been using Shanghai-based X+living design firm to create amazing book stores. Most noteable to me was this 1,300 square-meter (approx. 14,000 sq.ft) store on four levels is located in the Zodi Plaza completed in 2016 in Chongqing. The clever use of mirrors and staircases makes it a truly M.C. Escher-esque…<\/p>\n

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