A drawing of an imaginary fairyland was Wutopia Lab's starting point for the design of this cafe for children in Dalian, China. More about China's Lolly-Laputan cafe is designed to be an educational "fairyland" for kids
The colours and textures of a nearby nature reserve inform the interior of this Sydney cafe and restaurant designed by local studio Lot 1 Design. More about Lot 1 Design creates calming green interior for Sydney restaurant
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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A frame of monolithic concrete portals supports a bar and cafe, designed by Portal 92, which overlooks a raised terrace of terracotta-coloured seating in Moradabad, India. More about Portal 92 designs Village Cafe to evoke feeling of an Indian village
Fumihiko Sano Studio has created a cafe and shop for San Francisco chocolatier Dandelion Chocolate, which occupies a century-old house in Kyoto, Japan. More about Fumihiko Sano Studio creates cedar-lined chocolate cafe in Kyoto
Plaster surfaces and paved stone floors feature inside this deli-cum-eatery in Melbourne, which Studio Esteta's co-director has designed to reflect her Italian roots. More about Studio Esteta designs Via Porta eatery in Melbourne to look like an Italian street
Social media company Facebook is opening five pop-up cafes across the UK where visitors can get a privacy checkup and a free cup of coffee. More about Facebook to open pop-up cafes to give users privacy checkups
A tiered pocket-park tops this cafe in Kyushu, Japan, which Yabashi Architects has erected on the grounds of a building destroyed in an earthquake. More about Yabashi Architects slots cafe and pocket park between buildings in Kyushu
The materiality of Seoul's architecture informed the interiors of this Blue Bottle Coffee cafe, which Schemata Architects has completed with steel surfaces and red-brick fixtures. More about Schemata Architects stacks up red bricks inside South Korea's first Blue Bottle Coffee cafe
The Serpentine Coffee House, which Mizzi Studio has created alongside the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, London, is topped with a roof designed to look like a stingray. More about Mizzi Studio completes stingray cafe alongside the Serpentine
Stacked terracotta display plinths and celestial aluminium partitions help create an other-worldly atmosphere within this fashion store-cum-cafe in Hong Kong. More about Clap imagines "new planet" inside Hong Kong fashion cafe Her
Design firm Estudio Yeye used a limited palette of colours and materials to create a "simple and efficient" design for a cafe that serves up Mexican coffee. More about Wooden pegboards wrap walls of Mexico's Negro Blanco Café by Estudio Yeye
Brooklyn studios Workstead and Calico Wallpaper have created cosy nooks inside an arcade-cum-cafe in Manhattan to present their latest launches for this year's NYCxDesign festival. More about Workstead and Calico Wallpaper launch designs inside New York's Arcade Bakery
Carmody Groarke has refurbished the British Film Institute's home on the South Bank in London, with an illuminated new entrance canopy and revamped interior. More about Carmody Groarke creates new entrance to BFI Southbank
Brooklyn studio Commoncraft has designed this eatery in the borough's Williamsburg neighbourhood, which is intended as a playful tribute to the owner's grandmother. More about Commoncraft designs whimsical Gertie cafe in Williamsburg
Deep red walls and dark furnishings are some of the features that interior design studio Sivak & Partners used to create a cosy atmosphere inside this cafe in Ukraine. More about Sivak & Partners create cosy corners inside Odesa's Daily cafe
Indian architecture studio Nudes has built an entire cafe in Mumbai using cardboard to prove its versatility as an environmentally friendly material. More about Nudes creates cafe in Mumbai entirely from cardboard
Taking its cues from a cuckoo clock, Cuckoo House is a cafe combined with a four-person house in Da Nang, Vietnam, designed by architecture studio Tropical Space. More about Tropical Space builds brick coffee shop with a house perched above
Cane furniture, tiled floors and mint green upholstery fill this glasshouse-inspired cafe in Manila, Philippines, by Danish studio GamFratesi. More about GamFratesi creates plant-filled interiors for Harlan + Holden Glasshouse Cafe in Manila
Interlocking wooden panels form a geometric pattern across the walls of this small, grab-and-go Toronto coffee shop, designed by Ontario studio Batay-Csorba Architecture. More about Batay-Csorba designs Milky’s coffee bar in Toronto without furniture