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
Art nouveau details and a Milanese-style parquet floor combine with traditional Asian motifs at the Season patisserie in Taipei, designed by local practice Ecru Studio. More about Ecru Studio designs Taipei patisserie as "convergence of East and West"
French studio Uchronia has completed the interiors for Cafe Shin in Paris, which features a central coffee counter topped with a washi-paper roof to emulate a traditional Korean house. More about Uchronia designs Cafe Shin to be "halfway between Paris and Seoul"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a patisserie in Thailand with a design that references French cathedrals and pastries. More about "So much concrete to sell a few croissants" says commenter
Bangkok studio Touch Architect has created French Kitsch III, a patisserie in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, with a design that references French cathedrals and pastries. More about Touch Architect shapes French patisserie like "the curve of a croissant"
A steely space-themed patisserie displaying chunks of meteorite and a green monochrome pastry shop with squiggly furniture feature in this lookbook of unusual and unique bakery interior designs. More about Eight offbeat bakeries and patisseries that provide playful backdrops for baked goods
Two rooms – one white and one green – make up this striking colour-block pastry shop that architecture and interiors studio Casa Antillón has completed in Madrid. More about Cara Mela by Casa Antillón is a dual-colour pastry shop in Madrid
Interior architecture studio Emmanuelle Simon used arched shelving coves, sandy tones and rounded furniture in the Liberté bakery in Paris. More about Emmanuelle Simon designs "welcoming" Parisian bakery
We've rounded up six bakeries and shops for sweet treats that have been designed with cream interiors just as delicious as the goods for sale. More about Six bakeries and sweets shops with delectable interiors
The interior of this São Paulo patisserie is designed by Dezembro Arquitetos to answer the question, how does it feel to be inside a croissant? More about Mintchi Croissant is a São Paulo bakery filled with pastry-inspired details
A sloping wall clad in slim white tiles hides the formerly problematic facade of this minimal patisserie in Hangzhou, China, which has been designed by Say Architects. More about Curved tiled wall guides customers inside Hangzhou's Angelot patisserie
YPYC Architects has paired pastel pink and white surfaces with glass bricks to make a small patisserie in Hangzhou appear more spacious. More about YPYC Architects uses pink and white shades for N² patisserie in Hangzhou
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
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
The latest outlet of Japanese cheese tart shop Bake displays its wares on a Lego counter made by designer Yusuke Seki. More about Kyoto cheese tart shop by Yusuke Seki features counter made of Lego
Architect Lucy Tauber has transformed a derelict post office in north London into an artisanal bakery with its kitchen on show. More about Lucy Tauber converts old London post office into light-filled bakery
Japanese designer Yota Kakuda has combined industrial and citrus tones in his interior design for Bake Kitasenju, a cheese tart shop in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Sunset-hued counter welcomes customers at Tokyo cheese tart shop by Yota Kakuda
Japanese designer Yota Kakuda used a bespoke aluminium tile to cover the walls and floors in this shop that sells baked cheese tarts (+ slideshow). More about Yota Kakuda creates tiled interior for cheese tart store in Japan
Architects office Roovice has converted a former warehouse in Miura, Japan, into a bagel shop, replacing the existing walls with polycarbonate panels to make the building more transparent (+ slideshow). More about Roovice transforms wooden warehouse into bagel shop with see-through walls
Japanese designer Wataru Kumano has transformed an old confectionary warehouse into a sweet shop that prepares and serves only one type of sugary treat (+ slideshow). More about Wataru Kumano converts disused Japanese factory into sweet shop