JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED OFFICES01 · The big one
More than 3,000 books at COLOPL
COLOPL’s Kuma Library holds more than 3,000 books, from technical titles to comics, and they can be borrowed through an online system.
02 · Manga allowed
pixiv shelves its own comics
Behind three coloured box seats, pixiv keeps technical books, art books and manga serialised on its own service — free to read or borrow.
03 · At the desk
GMO lends books to take back to work
GMO Library lines one wall of the Shibuya office with books that staff can take to their desk.
04 · A box each
Nikken Sekkei turns the shelf into an introduction
At Nikken Sekkei each person gets one box to fill with the books they want to show — which makes the shelf a conversation starter.
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NEWCOLOPL
“An office you want to come to”
Tokyo · Mobile games
NEWPIXIV
“Drawn by its visitors”
Tokyo · Internet & creators
NEWGMO INTERNET GROUP
“A free canteen, open around the clock”
Tokyo · Internet & tech
NEWNIKKEN SEKKEI
“PYNT: a floor open to outsiders”
Tokyo · Architecture & design
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