Some people come in, and they’re like, “We don’t understand it. Why is there one bookshelf?” 

Isabella Burley, founder of Climax Books.

That single bookshelf in every Climax store is UTIL’s Plié Bookshelf 2 Doors. Climax is highly specific, sharp, and impactful, and the store’s design — an interplay of steel, latex, and pink — reflects that. Beyond their tightly edited collection of books, the store also sells media ephemera, rare objects, and miscellaneous erotica. In both their New York and London locations, face-out merchandise is displayed on UTIL’s brushed aluminum KGT Wall Shelves 3 Vertical. If you know, you know... And if you didn't know, now you do. 

Pictures by Jacob Lilli