Freelance writers and journalists can work for as long as they want without being pestered by waiting staff at this black and white Parisian cafe by local design studio POOL. More »

Dutch architects Shift ripped out the walls of this central Rotterdam townhouse and replaced them with a three-storey bookshelf. More »

Glass bottles rest on rows of hand-made iron nails along the walls of this Aesop skin and haircare shop in Paris by French designers Ciguë (+ slideshow). More »

A wave-like wooden ceiling undulates above the heads of students at this chapel by architects Gensler in the basement of a Los Angeles university. More »

Spanish design studio Masquespacio have turned a dilapidated Valencia art gallery into an office for a law firm, featuring clusters of empty picture frames on the walls (+ slideshow). More »

Architect Hiroyuki Miyake used a traditional English bricklaying pattern for the ceramic tiles on the walls of this beauty salon in Toyokawa, Japan. More »

Chocolate appears to be dripping down the walls at this cafe in Opole, Poland, by interior designers Bro.Kat. More »

London studio Haptic has created a forest-like lounge at a hotel in Oslo, filled with trees, stacks of lumber and a plant-covered wall. More »

Dutch studio i29 have coated everything in grey at this pop-up furniture shop in Amsterdam. More »

London Design Festival: Zaha Hadid teamed up with hairdressing brand Fudge to create a pop-up hair salon in London last week. More »

London Design Festival: designer-makers East London Furniture have temporarily fitted out the interior of London bar DreamBags JaguarShoes using nothing but scrap materials found on the local streets. More »

French designers Ciguë modelled this north London store for skin and haircare brand Aesop on a 1930s medical laboratory. More »

Dutch designer Ka-Lai Chan has wrapped a whole wall, furniture and ornaments behind an all-encompassing layer of sticky tape at an abandoned apartment in Utrecht. More »

Dutch design brand Droog has opened a hotel in Amsterdam where guests who venture out from their rooms can attend lectures, visit exhibitions and shops or relax in a "fairy-tale garden" without leaving the building (+ slideshow). More »