"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 in 2023, this isn't your typical cozy corner bookshop with reading nooks and potted plants."
"What makes this space so mind-blowing? It's all about those massive three-dimensional structures that look like astronomical instruments floating inside the store. 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."
Huai'an Zhongshuge Bookstore in Jiangsu Province reimagines a retail library as a celestial installation completed in 2023. Designer Li Xiang of X+Living deployed massive three-dimensional structures resembling astronomical instruments that function as bookshelves and display areas. Concentric rings and geometric forms create an illusion of floating books and a library suspended in deep space. The design won the 2025 Platinum A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design. The concept frames a spacetime rift amid urban routine to encourage brief detachment and reignite imagination. The scheme prioritizes experiential depth over mere visual spectacle while remaining highly photogenic.
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