For those sick of my Halloween posts, here’s something totally unrelated. The Kid’s Republic Bookstore.

This space was designed by Sako, Japan’s leading architecture firm, for Poplar Picture Bookstore, Japan’s largest children’s book publisher.

I think it’s a phenomenal idea to use space and architecture to appeal to childhood imagination. What better way to have kids form positive associations with books than to make them feel like they’re walking around in a giant game of Chutes and Ladders (do they still make that game, or am I just an old fossil?)?

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