Jetlag Books pop up shop Beijing China, Chinese Bookstore Design Photos, The Cloud Architecture

Jetlag Books pop up shop Beijing Design

12 April 2022

Design: WIT Design & Research

Location: Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Jetlag Books pop up shop Beijing

Photos by One Thousand Degree Image

Jetlag Books pop up shop, by WIT Design & Research

“The fact that the artwork does not remain creates an urgency to see it.”
—-Jeanne Claude

Zhenhua Luo, the director of WIT Design & Research, was invited to design a pop-up shop named “The Cloud” based on the theme that “A bookstore runs away from home” in December 2021. In this case, bookstores no longer bear too much responsibility to be an iconic architectural representation of the city.

Jetlag Books pop up shop Beijing

Jetlag Books Pop-up Store in Beijing, China

Reverse thinking

Stop pursuing timelessness

No need to feel regret

Bookstores are facing challenges in the new area. At the same time, they need solutions to different problems. In this case, Jetlag Books, a pop-up shop, is proposed to attract the interest and attention of the public.

In December 2020, Luo was commissioned to design this space and he devoted six months to focusing on the concept of “disappearing architecture”. This is in contrast to other designers who normally pursue the timelessness of architecture. The key point here is to draw attention to the disappearance of Beijing bookstores. As when Cristo and Jean-Claude drew attention to temporariness when the Arc de Triomphe was wrapped in Paris.

Jetlag Books pop up shop Beijing

Solution

A new metropolis magazine stall in the era of “The Cloud”

The conceptual drawing was quickly and unanimously approved by the clients, Jetlag Books and The New, when they saw it. It shows several cloud-shaped installations hanging from the ceiling, and magazines and various life style scenes are scattered around. Different from other surrounding finely-decorated stores, Jetlag Books is immediately impressive at first glance.

Jetlag Books Pop-up Store Beijing interior design

For Luo, the design was based on the observation of the nature of things. The digital “clouds” are used to reflect on the concept of “disappearing”. They also represent the “cloud Internet era”. The limit of the original net height posed a challenge to the performance of spatial tension, so the flatter, softer and more fluid cloud eliminates this deficiency. “Sunshine” is projected through the holes in the cloud, and falling cloud fragments become display racks. The original roof and artesian floor are similarly colored, which backs up the performance of the pure white installations. With attention to sustainability, the designer was able to create a fantastic space in an elegant way.

Jetlag Books pop up shop Beijing China, Chinese bookstore design

Jetlag Books updates the magazines and items in the store on a regular basis and endorses lifestyle and culture concepts by going beyond the limits of the physical space to establish positive interactions combined with the required market themes of the mall.

Jetlag Books Pop-up Store Beijing interior

Exploration

Tech follows hospitality

When other commercial buildings are all exerting their efforts in the exploration of how to approach customers, WIT Design has managed to find a smarter solution. Through limited use of technology and the presentation of clouds with minimal form but full of tension, pure elegance is achieved.

Jetlag Book Beijing bookstore design

Far from experiencing jet lag, customers can enjoy a sense of travelling and roaming the world in the bookstore. A reminder of both the numerous magazine stalls that once lined the streets in old Beijing and their sudden and complete disappearance. In contrast, through mapping Jetlag Books has created a pop-up space which reminds people of the lost magazine stall.

Jetlag Books Pop-up Store in Beijing, China

The space does not aim to be an “immortal” store, nor do Jetlag books wish to become an immortal brand. Hence, the design returns all the autonomy to the bookstore. People walk into it, not because the space caters to the needs of consumers, but because it reveals itself in the way it does.

Through the concept of “cloud” born out of research of the magazine and its marriage with technology, WIT has created a substantial space that can truly deliver the creative core value of Jetlag Books.

Jetlag Books Pop-up Store in Beijing

Jetlag Books pop up shop Beijing in China – Building Information

Customer丨Jetlag Books Pop-up Store
Owner information丨Jetlag Books-Ziqiang Lian, Guanru Li
Project Location丨Beijing, China
Project area丨520 sqm

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Interior Design丨WIT Design & Research
Lead Designer丨Zhenhua Luo
Design Team丨Gongpu Zhao, Rui Tao, Changxin Tian, Qianxuan Niu, Yaqi Zhang, Wenyi Chen
Website丨www.witarch.com
Branding丨L3 branding
Project Planning丨Le Brand Strategy Agency
Copywriting Agency丨NARJEELING

Photography丨One Thousand Degree Image

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Jetlag Books pop up shop Beijing images / information received 120422 from WIT Design & Research

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