Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has teamed up with Starbucks on a coffee house featuring origami-like ceilings and trails of cherry blossoms, designed to offer customers a more theatrical experience. More about Kengo Kuma designs building for Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo
Tactile surfaces made from sisal plant fibres helped Master Studio foster an inviting atmosphere inside this pared-back coffee bar in Cape Town, South Africa. More about Sisal covers almost every surface in Pauline's stand-up coffee bar
A counter that looks like sliced salami and light fixtures that recall bocconcini balls feature in this Melbourne delicatessen by locally based studio Mim Design. More about Cold meats and cheeses inspire design of Hunter & Co Deli by Mim Design
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 counter covered in Max Lamb's colourful man-made marble provides the focal point of this cafe and bookshop in Hamilton, Canada. More about Synonym cafe features "cosy corners" by Atelier Barda
Russian studio Asketik has designed a cafe with bright white interiors in Moscow, offset with many indoor plants to soften the industrial space. More about Asketik creates stark white coffee shop in Soviet silk factory
Creative agency Futura has decorated a cafe in Mexico City using cobalt and pink surfaces, and designed playful branding to match. More about Futura pairs pink and blue at Mexico City coffee shop Motín
Starbucks has unveiled a sprawling outpost "inspired by the history of manufacturing" in Manhattan's Meatpacking District, with copper pipes overhead that move coffee beans around the site. More about Starbucks Reserve Roastery cafe opens in New York's Meatpacking
Seoul-based designer Jeonghwa Seo has furnished a cafe and wine bar with furniture that celebrates the qualities of raw materials. More about Jeonghwa Seo creates cast aluminium and brass furniture for Seoul cafe and wine bar Et Cetera
Huge elevated boxes creates private tearooms inside this cafe in a Shanghai warehouse, designed by locally based studio Linehouse. More about Linehouse adds elevated tearooms in a warehouse for Tingtai Teahouse in Shanghai
A monochromatic palette and limited selection of materials create a minimal interior for the LePur yoghurt cafe in Beijing, while mirrors exaggerate light in the space. More about Lukstudio creates monochrome interior for LePur yoghurt cafe in Beijing
Studio Joanna Laajisto has used red and cream floor tiles, ash wood carpentry and marble table tops to create a relaxed interior for an organic bakery, coffee shop and wine bar in Helsinki. More about Studio Joanna Laajisto designs The Way bar in Helsinki to reflect its organic menu
Japanese studio Puddle has designed a coffee shop inside a ferry terminal building in Hong Kong's Kowloon area, with white, concrete and light wood surfaces to match the existing structure. More about Puddle completes concrete coffee shop at Hong Kong's Star Ferry terminal
Large triangular windows offer glimpses of spotted terrazzo flooring, paper globes and planting inside this concrete bakery and cafe in Colombia, designed by Studio Cadena. More about Jagged windows pierce Studio Cadena's Masa bakery in Bogotá
Van Staeyen Intérieur Architecten has created a gothic-inspired cafe in one of the former chapels of Antwerp's medieval cathedral. More about Antwerp Cathedral chapel turned into modern gothic cafe
A colourful palette and custom furnishings outfit this cafe and bakery in Ukraine, completed by designers Lera Brumina and Artem Trigubchak. More about Pink and blue enhance "warm colour of bread" at Breadway in Odesa
Lukstudio has designed a shop and cafe for fashion platform Dear So Cute in Haining, east China, with theatrical flourishes to engage with young shoppers. More about Lukstudio creates theatrical shop for Chinese fashion brand Dear So Cute
This black and white space in Toronto by local firm StudioAC offers coffee in the front and haircuts in the back. More about Corrugated metal bar runs through Juice cafe-cum-barbershop in Toronto
This coffee shop is squeezed into an ultra-narrow space in Curitiba, Brazil, with a simple counter inside for serving takeaway beverages and snacks. More about Svelte coffee shop by Boscardin Corsi slots between two stores in Brazil
For those who enjoy cafe culture, interiors reporter Natasha Levy picks out 10 eye-catching examples from cities around the world, from a Canadian coffee shop that doubles as an artists' workshop to a Vietnamese eatery with its own fish pond. More about Ten visually striking cafes to visit in cities all around the world