With much of the world suffering from heatwaves and the UK set to experience its hottest summer on record, we have collected five ice cream stores that offer a temporary cool fix. More about Five ice cream shops that provide cool respite from the summer heat
Architecture studio Kii has designed an ice cream shop on Miyakojima Island, Japan, featuring a pink ceiling, a limestone counter and perforated concrete tiles. More about Kii uses local limestone and colourful "melting" stools for SR Ice Cream Miyakojima
Local studio DRM Arquitectura has designed a space-framed drive-through ice cream parlour lifted on inverted V-shaped columns in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More about DRM Arquitectura uses prefabricated structure for Buenos Aires ice cream shop
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the first food made from plastic waste by designer Eleonora Ortolani. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "incredible" ice cream made from plastic
Designer Eleonora Ortolani has created what she believes to be the first food made from plastic waste, as part of her final-year project at Central Saint Martins. More about Eleonora Ortolani recycles plastic into vanilla ice-cream
Arches and undulating surfaces fill this small ice cream parlour, which Czech studio Holky Rády Architekturu has designed in the city of Brno. More about Holky Rády Architekturu creates "fun" but compact ice cream shop in Brno
Customers can get a glimpse of gelato being made inside this ice cream shop in Melbourne, which local studio Ewert Leaf has completed in shades of blue and pink. More about Little Sky ice cream shop in Melbourne aims to capture the "theatre of gelato"
As the warm weather fades away and winter approaches, Dezeen has scooped up seven design-focused ice cream shops to satisfy your sweet tooth all year round.
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Cloud-like ceilings and neon signage are just some of the playful features that design studio FormRoom employed to create this Instagram-friendly ice cream store in central London. More about FormRoom fashions Instagrammable interiors for Milk Train ice cream shop
A rose and chai-flavoured ice cream designed by Sally Reynolds has won Bompas & Parr's ice cream competition, which took place during this year's London Design Festival. More about Rose-flavoured breast wins Bompas & Parr's ice cream competition
New York-based designer Ben Denzer has attracted a fleet of followers on Instagram with his ice cream photography series, which see tasty frozen treats matched with aesthetically pleasing books. More about Ben Denzer pairs books with ice cream for summery photography series
The city of Miami Beach has fined the organisers of an Instagrammable ice cream-themed museum $3,000 for environmental damage, after remnants of its plastic sprinkle ball pit were found littering the streets and feared heading into the ocean. More about Miami Beach's Museum of Ice Cream fined for plastic pollution from sprinkle pool
Stacked soil walls resemble layers of cake in this chocolate and ice cream shop in Kichijoji, Tokyo, designed by Japanese studio Nendo. More about Nendo designs Tokyo store interior to look like "melted ice cream cake"
Whitewashed brickwork and galvanised steel surfaces feature inside this old Vancouver warehouse that Canadian studio Scott & Scott has converted into a liquid-nitrogen ice cream shop (+ slideshow). More about Scott & Scott Architects creates stripped-back interior for Vancouver ice cream shop
A white chocolate shell forms a calendar on top of this year's Häagen-Dazs Christmas cake by Italian interior designer Paola Navone. More about Paola Navone designs edible Christmas calendar for Häagen-Dazs
Japanese design studio Nendo has created an ice cream cake, featuring a group of small chocolate houses intended to remind people of returning home for the holidays (+ slideshow). More about Nendo designs ice cream Village cake for Häagen-Dazs
Japanese firm Torafu Architects used contrasting floor finishes to define the three distinct spaces of Snow Picnic, an experimental ice-cream shop in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Torafu Architects creates three-tiered interior for Japanese ice-cream cafe
Food design studio Bompas & Parr has created luminescent ice cream so cinema-goers can see their snacks in the dark. More about Cornetto ice creams by Bompas & Parr glow in the dark
Swedish design collective Front has designed a cloud-shaped ice cream in collaboration with dessert company Häagen-Dazs. More about Häagen-Dazs Cloud ice cream by Front
Product news: this white cratered moon is actually a densely filled ice cream cake created by London designers Doshi Levien for Häagen-Dazs. More about Ice Moon by Doshi Levien for Häagen-Dazs