News: from April visitors to the Czech city of Pilsen will be able to visit three restored interiors designed by influential Modernist architect Adolf Loos in the early 20th century (+ slideshow). More about Restored Adolf Loos-designed interiors open to the public in Pilsen
Brazilian architect Marko Brajovic has fixed thousands of bright red shoelaces to the undulating ceiling of this Camper footwear shop in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More about 30,000 red shoelaces hang from the ceiling of Melbourne's Camper store
John Pawson has applied his signature Minimalist style to the interior of British fashion designer Christopher Kane's first physical retail space (+ slideshow). More about John Pawson designs interior for Christopher Kane's first store
New York studio Grzywinski+Pons has ripped out the "sterile" interior of a lobby in a London hotel to reveal industrial fittings, which it has paired with pastel accessories and paintwork (+ slideshow). More about Grzywinski+Pons pairs industrial fixtures with pastel tones for Urban Villa hotel lobby
Small wooden houses contain play areas and swinging furniture at this Buenos Aires cafe for both adults and children by architect Íris Cantante (+ slideshow). More about Fiii Fun House cafe by Íris Cantante features wooden swing seats
Bags of rice and bottled condiments are displayed on simple plywood units inside this former Tokyo greengrocers that has been converted into a tiny rice shop, cafe and a home for the proprietor (+ slideshow). More about Tokyo rice shop by Schemata Architects is filled with boxy plywood fittings
A large circular mirror reflects a tree planted in the centre of this Osaka cafe by Japanese studio Ninkipen! (+ slideshow). More about A small tree grows inside Ito-biyori cafe by Ninkipen!
Graphic wallpaper by Eley Kishimoto creates the illusion of a three-dimensional grid across the walls and floors of this bakery in south-east London (+ slideshow). More about Eley Kishimoto adds optical-illusion wallpaper to London patisserie
A veil of smoke clouds the window of this jewellery shop in Athens, behind which Kois Associated Architects has installed display cases modelled on trees (+ slideshow). More about Kois Associated Architects furnishes Athens jewellery shop with metal "forest" and smoke
Exposed brickwork, unfinished plywood and a wall of pivoting metal doors all feature inside the new Beijing office of Chinese architecture firm Spark (+ slideshow). More about Beijing office for architecture firm Spark boasts a swivelling wall and a plywood room
A mixture of transparent and translucent glazing creates varying levels of privacy inside this dimly lit office created for a mortgage broker in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More about B.E. Architecture's "relaxed" office for a mortgage broker uses soft lighting and frosted glass
Opinion: why did the Postmodernist design movement flounder at the end of the 1980s? Will Wiles finds the answer in popular Hollywood movies. More about "Postmodernism was typecast as soon as it made it out of the Italian magazines"
Parisian office Modal Architecture has created a bright white artist's studio with a wall of golden plywood cupboards behind the thick stone walls of a 17th-century barn in Brittany (+ slideshow). More about Old French barn converted into printmaker's studio by Modal Architecture
Architecture studio NAAD has gutted a 100-year-old house in Kyoto and re-skinned the interior in plywood to create a temporary dwelling that is designed to look incomplete (+ slideshow). More about NAAD lines a century-old Japanese house with exposed plywood
Stockholm studio Form Us With Love has designed and curated an exhibition at the city's Spritmuseum dedicated to the culture of making and drinking beer (+ slideshow). More about Form Us With Love hops onto craft beer trend with laboratory-inspired exhibition
Homeware retailer Made.com has opened a showroom in London's Soho, featuring a shopfront based on a pin-art toy and a series of domestic sets combined with full-scale video projections (+ slideshow). More about Bureau de Change combines furniture with digital projections for second Made.com showroom
Snøhetta has renovated a Brooklyn warehouse to create a studio for Cuban-American artist José Parlá, whose murals adorn the lobbies of One World Trade Center and the Barclays Center (+ slideshow). More about Brooklyn warehouse overhauled by Snøhetta to create art studio for painter José Parlá
Part of OMA's colossal De Rotterdam building is now home to the Dutch city's municipal offices, with an interior laid out as a "vertical city" by a trio of designers including Studio Makkink & Bey (+ slideshow). More about Municipal government moves into OMA's De Rotterdam skyscraper
Interior design studio Hidden Fortress created a boxed-in floating staircase at the centre of this homeware store in Berlin, painting the outside black to contrast with the pale wood interior (+ slideshow). More about Box-like staircase forms a centrepiece inside Bazar Noir concept store
Skincare brand Aesop's new Hamburg store by Belgian studio Vincent Van Duysen Architects features ladder-like shelving made from oak and blackened steel, and a large stone sink (+ slideshow). More about Vincent Van Duysen Architects fits Aesop's Hamburg store with a chunky stone sink