Matsumaru Honpo

A bookstore that encourages visitors to wander around with its bookshelves and Spatial Production "unexpected encounters"

Commercial Spaces

Matsumaru Honpo is a shop-in-shop bookstore that opened in Maruzen's Marunouchi main store. Regardless of format or genre, such as new releases, used books, paperbacks, or manga, the store has been laid out to categorize the knowledge each book holds under a unique theme. The shelves with staggered levels encourage visitors to browse, Spatial Production the atmosphere for unexpected encounters. <br /> In an age where books can be purchased with a single click by searching on a computer, Matsumaru Honpo presents a new type of communication between readers and bookstores that is unique to brick-and-mortar stores, presenting an exciting and challenging concept for a bookstore that makes use of the message that emanates from the entire bookshelf.

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About the Project

Overview	"Matsumaru Honpo" is a shop-in-shop bookstore that opened in Maruzen Marunouchi Main Store. Regardless of the format or genre, new books, used books, paperbacks, manga, etc., each book is classified and laid out according to its own theme, based on the "knowledge" it contains. The shelves are arranged in a row, encouraging visitors to wander around and Spatial Production "unexpected encounters." In an age where books can be searched on a computer and purchased with one click, we present an exciting and challenging concept of bookstore that utilizes the message that emanates from the entire bookshelf, as a new opportunity for communication between readers and bookstores that is unique to physical stores.

Overview

"Matsumaru Honpo" is a shop-in-shop bookstore that opened in Maruzen Marunouchi Main Store. Regardless of the format or genre, new books, used books, paperbacks, manga, etc., each book is classified and laid out according to its own theme, based on the "knowledge" it contains. The shelves are arranged in a row, encouraging visitors to wander around and Spatial Production "unexpected encounters."
In an age where books can be searched on a computer and purchased with one click, we present an exciting and challenging concept of bookstore that utilizes the message that emanates from the entire bookshelf, as a new opportunity for communication between readers and bookstores that is unique to physical stores.

Basic Information

Client	Maruzen Co., Ltd.
Services Provided	Concept composition and planning: Matsuoka Seigo Office Co., Ltd., Editorial Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd. Space planning: Tanseisha Co., Ltd. Design plan: MIKAN-DESIGN Space and furniture planning and design: Maruzen Co., Ltd.
Project Leads at Tanseisha	Space planning: Tsuyoshi Kato
Awards	2010 Good Design Award, 44th SDA Award Grand Prize, Display Industry Award 2010 Encouragement Award (Japan Display Industry Association Award), Display Design Award 2010 Planning Research Award
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Opening Date	October 2009
Tag	Commercial Spaces Retail store Retail Stores Award Kanto

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