Kyle Von Schtupp

Selections from the book, Restaurant & Shop Facades (1994) by publisher Shotenkenchiku-Sha

CD compact disc Shop 'Tsutaya' - Neyagawa, Osaka - designed by Seishi Kondo

2. Gallery Hikosen - Kichijoji, Tokyo - designed by Jo Oda, Shinpei Owaki

3. Chinese restaurant 'China Blue' - Amagasaki, Hyogo - designed by Shin Takamatsu

4. Chinaware shop 'China China' - Aoyama, Tokyo - designed by Edward Suzuki

5. Café QUEST & Terre - Mito, Ibaraki - designed by Kazuhiro Nishino

6. Children's boutique 'Laforet Dear Kids' - Jingumae, Tokyo - designed by Null Haus Co., Ltd.

7. Disco 'Ronde Club' - Akasaka, Tokyo - designed by Sumio Yoshino

8. Restaurant 'La Table de Kiriko' - Sumiyoshi, Yokohama - designed by Setsuo Kitaoka

9. Disco 'Acropolis' - Tsubaki-cho, Nagoya - designed by Hiroshi Hiraki

Surrealist office space in a preserved/adaptive reuse of a 1907 church - Oklahoma City, OK (early 1990s)

Designed by HTB, Inc.

Included the third image since it's an example of a surreal, mostly forgotten trend in postmodern spaces: adding mannequins/contemporary 'statues' as a part of the overall decor (outside of their more typical applications in store windows, modeling clothing in department stores, etc.); in this case construction workers perpetually 'repairing' the old church facade.

Roger Huyssen.