This Seattle optometry store by local firm Best Practice Architecture features mirrored surfaces and a steel-framed enclosure shaped like a house. More about Seattle eyewear store by Best Practice Architecture is designed to "toy with perception"
Business news: Italian design brand Arper has opened a New York showroom, following in the footsteps of other European brands setting up shop in the US. More about Italian furniture company Arper opens a Manhattan showroom
US firm Aranda\Lasch has completed a store for fashion designer Tom Ford in the Miami Design District, featuring an angular facade that references bold Art Deco motifs (+ slideshow). More about Aranda\Lasch creates pleated concrete facade for Tom Ford flagship Miami store
Business news: San Francisco studio Wood Thumb is opposing Black Friday's discounting frenzy by upping the price of its products, adding a "Maker's Bonus" for its craftspeople. More about Design company raises prices on Black Friday in support of craftspeople
Business news: "bemused" by Black Friday retail frenzies, UK furniture brand Vitsœ is closing its stores on 27 November to protest against the culture of discounting products. More about Vitsœ to avoid Black Friday "insanity" by closing stores
Assorted glass blocks give varying levels of translucency to the facade of this showroom and storage facility for an antiques dealer in Osaka, Japan (+ slideshow). More about Glass blocks create multi-tonal facade for antiques showroom by Jun Murata
New York studio Snarkitecture has designed a Brooklyn store for menswear brand Kith, including a cereal bar and an installation made from 700 replica Nike Air Jordan II sneakers (+ slideshow). More about Snarkitecture suspends 700 Air Jordan replicas in Kith's Brooklyn store
British designer Tom Dixon has opened a permanent store in New York's Soho neighbourhood, saying America has become "a land of opportunity" for his brand. More about Tom Dixon's Manhattan showroom is his first outside London
Fashion brand COS has opened its first Canadian store, concealing a minimal-looking interior behind a blackened cedar facade (+ slideshow). More about Blackened cedar planks cover the facade of COS Toronto store
Brooklyn studio Snarkitecture has used pink-hued steel and floor-to-ceiling mirrors to transform an industrial space in Los Angeles into a pop-up store for fashion brand COS (+ slideshow). More about Snarkitecture uses steel sheets with garment-shaped cutaways for COS pop-up shop in LA
Adjaye Associates has revealed images of its combined cultural foundation and luxury shopping centre in Beirut, Lebanon, ahead of the building's completion later this year (+ slideshow). More about David Adjaye's Aïshti Foundation gallery and shopping centre nears completion in Beirut
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed the interior of fashion brand Comme Moi's first flagship store, installing custom-made metal rails and cage-like cabinets (+ slideshow). More about Neri&Hu installs continuous clothing rail through Comme Moi flagship store
Fashion designer Rick Owens has opened his first store in Los Angeles on North La Brea avenue – installing architectural elements influenced by a legendary filmmaker within a former industrial space (+ slideshow). More about Rick Owens opens first Los Angeles store in 1920s ribbon factory
Business news: Bradford Shellhammer's online design retailer Bezar has announced the addition of a digital marketplace to its current offerings of pop-up and flash sales (+ slideshow). More about Bezar launches e-commerce site Storefronts to offer a "broad view of design"
Dutch Design Week 2015: design agency Maurice Mentjens referred to the convoluted structures of the brain when creating the interior for this boutique selling stimulants in Eindhoven (+ slideshow). More about House of Smart drugs shop by Maurice Mentjens features maze-like wooden beams
Old stone walls contrast with crisp white surfaces inside this converted barn in southern France, which architect Michaël Menuet has transformed into an office and showroom for furniture retailer Objekto (+ slideshow). More about Michaël Menuet converts French barn into a showroom of Brazilian furniture
Original features are paired with blackened steel in modular concrete furniture brand Isomi's first factory in London's Clerkenwell (+ slideshow). More about Paul Crofts Studio creates Isomi showroom in former London print factory
Towering fibreglass panels modelled on the tailoring of Dior clothing envelope the fashion brand's new boutique in Seoul, created by architect Christian de Portzamparc and Peter Marino (+ slideshow). More about Christian de Portzamparc and Peter Marino create garment-inspired boutique for Dior
Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Metro Associated Architects teamed up to design Aesop's first outpost in Latin America store, pairing exposed concrete with handmade tiles (+ slideshow). More about Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Metro add pastel tones and concrete to Aesop's São Paulo store
Slovenian studio SoNo Arhitekti has lined a book store in Trieste, Italy, with floor-to-ceiling stacks of shelves in patterns that reference the architecture of a local landmark (+ slideshow). More about Box-like shelving covers walls in SoNo Arhitekti's Book Centre Trieste shop