Carpenter Nick Tudor has crafted an elongated, curved counter for the second branch of the popular Toad Bakery in southeast London, in response to its regular winding queues. More about Toad Bakery designed to "avoid the bottleneck of choice paralysis" between pastries
Fragrance brand Costa Brazil's flagship retail space in New York's Hudson Yards features items from its founder's personal collection and was designed in collaboration with Alexander May Studio. More about Amazonian crafts feature in Costa Brazil's New York fragrance store
New York- and Seoul-based studio LMTLS Architecture has carved a steep canyon of wooden layers through the Soho flagship store for Korean skincare brand SKIN1004. More about LMTLS creates wooden "gorge" inside New York skincare store
Danish architect Nikolaj Mentze has overhauled the interior of Cobe's architecture studio in Copenhagen by adding a bookshop dedicated to publications on the built environment. More about Nikolaj Mentze fits out Cobe's Copenhagen studio with architecture bookshop
Chinese studio FOG Architecture has designed a flagship store for local fashion brand MSLAN in Quanzhou, China, creating a slow experience by adding a series of gardens. More about FOG Architecture draws on traditional Quanzhou houses for MSLAN store in China
Spanish architect Laura Vela Lasagabaster and designer Manu Bañó have used copper as an accent material inside a luxury concept store Colima 162 in Mexico City's Roma Norte neighbourhood. More about Recycled-copper elements accent "purist interior design" of Mexico City fashion boutique
Creative agency Steep Learning Group wanted to emulate "a giant doughnut outside a doughnut shop" when creating a playful 2.5-metre-tall sculpture of a pair of shorts to act as the mascot for clothing brand Gramicci's east London store. More about Gramicci store in east London revolves around jumbo pair of stripy shorts
Brooklyn architecture studio SO–IL has transformed a cavernous space inside the neo-gothic New York Life building into a flagship store for Issey Miyake. More about SO–IL completes "clean, precise, audacious" Issey Miyake store in New York
Ahead of Milan design week, Dezeen has asked some of the city's most exciting designers and tastemakers to share their recommendations for the best places to eat, drink and soak up culture across the Italian city. More about Milan designers share their favourite local spots and hidden gems
US firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero has mixed glossy red tiles with Queen Anne-style furniture inside a store for perfume brand Nonfiction, in Manhattan's Lower East Side. More about Charlap Hyman & Herrero designs New York fragrance store as a "place of pause"
Design studio Formafantasma and architecture firm Gonzalez Haase AAS worked with carmaker Ferrari to create the interiors of the London flagship store for its fashion brand. More about Pops of bright red decorate Ferrari's flagship fashion store in London
A sinuous curtain rail and bright-yellow carpeted islands help to define areas for testing products within this mattress store in Madrid, Spain, designed by local studio JotaJota+. More about Yellow accents highlight different routes through Madrid mattress store
A monumental stone table forms the centrepiece of this jewellery store in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, which Parinamah Architects designed as a meditative space informed by religious rituals and symbology. More about Parinamah Architects references temple architecture at Indian jewellery store
Design studio Up2date Architects has revealed the minimalist Messa House store in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which reimagines the form of a Kazakh yurt. More about Messa House boutique recalls traditional Kazakh yurt
Swedish-Danish fragrance brand En Doft has opened its inaugural store in Stockholm, designed by sister company All Matters Studio with an emphasis on precisely crafted details. More about All Matters Studio designs store to "reflect the quiet side" of scent brand En Doft
Indian architecture practice The Melange Studio used elements such as manhole covers and corrugated metal shutters to evoke local streets in this New Delhi sneaker store, with a shoe-shaped sculpture dangling over its entrance. More about The Melange Studio suspends giant shoe from facade of New Delhi sneaker store
Local studio Schemata Architects has renovated a store in Tokyo for perfumery brand Le Labo, featuring shelves and furniture made from the same wood used to cast the textured concrete walls. More about Schemata Architects designs Le Labo store to reflect Tokyo's urban character
Ukrainian designer Anastasiia Tempynska has completed a lifestyle store in Kyiv where modern materials, including mirrors and tiled surfaces, were used to complement the building's original ornate interior. More about Anastasiia Tempynska transforms former embassy into "gallery-like" Kyiv showroom
Camper shoes are displayed on curvaceous clay-tiled blocks in this overhaul of the brand's store in Chiyoda, Tokyo, designed by Jorge Penadés' studio. More about Penadés creates "archipelago" of tiled objects for Tokyo Camper store
Design retailer APOC Store has reconfigured its London boutique so it doubles as an informal gallery where emerging creatives can showcase their work amid "incredibly challenging" industry conditions. More about APOC Store reimagines London boutique as rotating gallery for independent designers