Japanese studio Schemata has designed a shop with hanging rails that lower from the ceiling in Daikanyama, Tokyo, for sportswear brand Descente Blanc (+ slideshow). More about Clothes descend from the ceiling at Schemata Architects' Descente Blanc Tokyo store
A white steel cross encased by glass forms a display for spectacles at this shop in Seoul's Gangnam district by local studio Nordic Bros Design Community (+ slideshow). More about Berlin's Cold War memorial referenced in cross-shaped display at Seoul eyewear shop
Australian designer Jordana Maisie has created a Manhattan boutique for upscale shoe brand Feit that features asymmetrical display areas made of thin sheets of wood (+ slideshow). More about Floating timber slabs create layered walls within New York shoe store by Jordana Maisie
A translucent lightbox hides the concrete interior of Swedish fashion brand Acne Studios' first flagship store in Seoul, designed by London architect Sophie Hicks (+ slideshow). More about Sophie Hicks conceals "concrete monster" within translucent walls for Acne Studios' Seoul flagship
London Design Festival 2015: British designer Tom Dixon has partnered with Selfridges to open a multi-sensory temporary department store at the Old Selfridges Hotel in London (+ slideshow). More about Tom Dixon launches Multiplex pop-up department store in disused London hotel
A men's footwear store in Seattle by local firm Best Practice Architecture features exposed concrete and hexagonal lamps suspended from a high ceiling (+ slideshow). More about Sneakers are displayed on bleachers in Seattle boutique by Best Practice Architecture
Apple has lifted the veil on the first of its store interiors since Jonathan Ive became chief design officer, at the tech giant's new outpost in the Belgian capital designed by Foster & Partners. More about First Apple Store under Jonathan Ive unveiled in Brussels
This mini-market in the Italian mountain village of Collalbo is topped with an oversized roof that makes it look like a petrol station (+ slideshow). More about Messner Architects completes a top-heavy mini-market in an Italian alpine village
London-based ZCD Architects has designed the interior of the first retail store for fashion designer Hussein Chalayan in Mayfair, who celebrates 21 years in business this year (+ slideshow). More about Hussein Chalayan's first shop opens in London's Mayfair
New York chocolatier Mast Brothers has overhauled its store in Brooklyn to create a stripped-back space that allows visitors to view the chocolate-making process (+ slideshow). More about Mast Brothers designs its own Minimalist chocolate shop in Brooklyn
London architect Simon Astridge has renovated the disused basement of a kitchen showroom in Putney, adding textured materials and a spiral-shaped wine vault with a glass trapdoor (+ movie). More about Simon Astridge creates "wine cave" beneath south London kitchen showroom
Pomo summer: branding and architecture firm Anagrama has built a giant bead maze that echoes Postmodernist colours and shapes in Mexico children's clothing store Kindo (+ slideshow). More about Anagrama creates oversized bead maze for Kindo children's boutique
Ceramic tiles arranged in a grid pattern line the interior of this children's shoe store in Barcelona by local studio Nábito (+ slideshow). More about Nábito completes Little Shoes store influenced by children's notebooks
American fashion designer Alexander Wang has worked with Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen to create a greyscale interior for his latest store, inside a former post office in London's Mayfair (+ slideshow). More about Alexander Wang opens first European flagship store in London
Canadian studio UUfie created a pixellated appearance for the facade of this Shanghai boutique by adding rows of translucent glass cubes that light up at night like a big screen (+ slideshow). More about UUfie updates facade of Shanghai boutique with pixellated grid of glowing glass
Melbourne-based Tandem Design Studio has designed the interior for a shop that sells both footwear and health products, featuring a complex wooden shelving system that "combines geometries" (+ slideshow). More about Tandem installs elaborate wooden shelving inside Hugg health and footwear store
Amsterdam-based Occult Studio has designed the flagship store for eyewear brand Ace & Tate – installing wooden panels with peg holes that allow displays and mirrors to be easily moved around (+ slideshow). More about Wooden pegboard lines the walls within Ace & Tate's Amsterdam eyewear store
Slanted panels maximise display space against the crumbling concrete walls of this Shanghai streetwear shop, while reflective panels create a disorienting experience akin to a hall of mirrors (+ slideshow). More about Linehouse installs diagonal partitions and mirrored panels in a Shanghai boutique
Thousands of plates, cups, saucers and bowls are stacked to form a display platform in this Japanese ceramics shop by Yusuke Seki (+ slideshow). More about Yusuke Seki uses 25,000 pieces of crockery to raise the floor of a ceramics shop
The first flagship store for customisable furniture brand TOG in São Paulo is designed by French designer Philippe Starck and local studio Triptyque as a social space for creatives, like a "21st-century Andy Warhol Factory" (+ slideshow). More about Triptyque and Philippe Starck design TOG's first showroom to be as customisable as its furniture