# Simone Book Services

> A curatorial practice for reading culture: books and printed matter, designs for reading and book services for brands. Based in Copenhagen.

Simone Book Services is a curatorial practice for reading culture, founded in Copenhagen in February 2026 by Tugce Kayar Subay and Ibo Subay. It works in three directions.

1. **Books and printed matter.** More than a thousand titles share one floor with no sections: rare and out-of-print books on art, design, architecture, photography, fashion and culture, starting with the founders' own collection; limited runs from independent publishers; and around eighty current magazines beside vintage issues.
2. **Book Services.** Book services for brands, a practice the founders call literary branding. Simone curates and builds libraries for brand locations, offices and exhibitions, and uses books and printed matter in campaigns, events and spaces.
3. **Reading Design.** Objects for reading, commissioned from Copenhagen designers.

## Fact sheet

- Name: Simone Book Services (Simone ApS)
- Address: Vester Voldgade 106 st. tv., 1552 Copenhagen V, Denmark
- Neighbourhood: museum quarter, one minute from Glyptoteket, near the Danish Architecture Center, the National Museum and the Black Diamond
- Opened: February 2026
- Size: 114 square metres, fully modular, with the Red Room of around 20 square metres
- Founders: Tugce Kayar Subay, executive editor of Numéro Istanbul (formerly Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel and Marie Claire), and Ibo Subay, marketing and media
- Interior: Derya Arpaç. Brand identity: Alexis Mark, Copenhagen
- Pieces by: Lærke Ryom, Kasper Kyster, Daniel Schofield, Derya Arpaç, Staffan Sundström
- Selection: more than 1,000 titles and around 80 current magazines, mostly in English
- Programme: exhibitions, book launches, talks and live performances
- Services: brand library curation, book branding, book styling and Reading Design
- Hours: Tuesday to Friday 11:00 to 17:30, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 to 16:00, closed Monday
- Online shop: ships across Denmark and to Germany, Norway and Switzerland

## Pages

- [Press and about](https://simonebook.services/press): the founders, the three directions, images and contacts
- [Visit](https://simonebook.services/visit): address, hours, directions and events
- [The space](https://simonebook.services/space): the shop and the Red Room for events
- [Reading designs](https://simonebook.services/designs)
- [Sourcing](https://simonebook.services/sourcing): finding a specific rare book
- [Online shop](https://shop.simonebook.services): [books](https://shop.simonebook.services/collections/books), [magazines](https://shop.simonebook.services/collections/magazines), [rare books](https://shop.simonebook.services/collections/rare), [new arrivals](https://shop.simonebook.services/collections/new-arrivals)

## Guides

- [Photobooks in Copenhagen](https://simonebook.services/guide/photobooks-copenhagen)
- [Fotobøger i København](https://simonebook.services/guide/fotoboeger-koebenhavn)
- [Fashion and art magazines in Copenhagen](https://simonebook.services/guide/magazines-copenhagen)
- [Mode- og kunstmagasiner i København](https://simonebook.services/guide/magasiner-koebenhavn)
- [Rare, signed and out of print art books in Copenhagen](https://simonebook.services/guide/rare-art-books-copenhagen)
- [Sjældne, signerede og udsolgte kunstbøger i København](https://simonebook.services/guide/sjaeldne-kunstboeger-koebenhavn)
- [Design and architecture books in Copenhagen](https://simonebook.services/guide/design-architecture-books-copenhagen)
- [Design- og arkitekturbøger i København](https://simonebook.services/guide/design-arkitektur-boeger-koebenhavn)
- [A bookshop by the Glyptotek](https://simonebook.services/guide/bookshop-near-glyptotek)
- [En boghandel ved Glyptoteket](https://simonebook.services/guide/boghandel-ved-glyptoteket)

## Contact

- Email: info@simonebooks.dk
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonebookservices
- Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJxfiyh1FTUkYRxcab7_AK_kc