A series of mirrored panels obscure the cocktail bar that lies inside this shop-cum-cafe in Chengdu, China created by design studio Office AIO.
The shop, which is unusually called O, was named by its owner and the co-founder of Office AIO, Tim Kwan.

Taking the first letter from the word "object", Kwan and the shop owner felt that O was the "perfect shape representing eternity ? it has no beginning nor end, no direction nor a right way round".
The looping shape of the letter O also nods to the shifting function of the 68-square-metre shop: by day it's a cafe that sells and showcases a curated selection of lifestyle items and designer furnishings, while at night it turns into a bar.

Down one side of the shop runs a lengthy sandstone counter where the cafe's coffee machine is kept. Just in front is a long wooden table where the barista can prepare drink orders. The base of the counter has been in-built with a fireplace, which can be switched on as night falls to evoke a cosier mood within the store.

On the other side of the store is a silver-metal shelf where products are displayed and a row of fold-down seats upholstered in tan leather.

The rear of the store appears to be lined with mirrored panels, but these can be drawn back to reveal the night-time drinks bar. Liquor bottles line the inner side of the panels.

Surfaces throughout the rest of shop O have otherwise been kept simple. A patchy band of exposed concrete runs around the lower half of the ...