Yanko Design: This Award-Winning Bookstore Looks Like a Portal to Outer Space

Imagine concentric rings and geometric forms inspired by celestial mechanics, all reimagined as bookshelves and display areas. The books themselves seem to defy gravity, positioned on these dramatic structures in ways that make you feel like you’re browsing a library floating somewhere in deep space.

#LSpace #libraries #Discworld

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This Award-Winning Bookstore Looks Like a Portal to Outer Space - Yanko Design

Picture walking through a bustling marketplace in China and suddenly stumbling upon what looks like a giant celestial machine that's crashed through the ceiling. That's exactly the vibe designer Li Xiang was going for with the Huai'an Zhongshuge Bookstore, and let me tell you, this place is absolutely wild. Located in Jiangsu Province and completed

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@Anoia I love Award winning design. All form, no function.

A lot of those aren't books, just pictures of books. Many of what are books are apparently unreachable by normal means.

Ce n'est pas un book shop.