American design studio SOFTlab attached 20,000 translucent flowers to a flexible plastic mesh to create this installation for the Brazilian jelly-shoe brand Melissa's New York flagship store (+ movie). More about SOFTlab installs colourful funneled canopy in Melissa shoe shop
News: following online retailer Fab's acquisition of Scandinavian design brand One Nordic, the two companies have announced the creation of a new furniture brand called Hem that will sell products by Form Us With Love. More about Fab and One Nordic announce new design brand Hem
Huge wooden barrels traditionally used in the making of soy sauce are suspended over the heads of customers at this shop designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates for a sauce manufacturer in Nihonbashi, Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma suspends wooden barrels over Japanese soy-sauce shop
Fernando Amat, the designer of the first-ever Camper store, has designed a new boutique for the footwear brand in Palma de Mallorca, featuring boxy display units with mirrored edges (+ slideshow). More about Fernando Amat designs Camper store in Palma de Mallorca
Fresh loaves and sugary treats are presented alongside wooden surfaces, ceramic tiles and plants at this renovated bakery in Kiryu, Japan, by architecture studio SNARK (+ slideshow). More about Style Bakery by SNARK features tiled walls and oak shelving
Handcrafted woven bamboo screens are suspended in sections to cover the ceiling and walls of this Isabel Marant boutique in Bangkok by Parisian studio Ciguë. More about Ciguë designs woven bamboo screens for Isabel Marant's Bangkok store
Grey wool felt covers the walls of this Aesop store in Shepherd's Bush, London, by French architects Tolila+Gilliland (+ slideshow). More about Tolila+Gilliland converts jewellery shop into felt-lined Aesop store
News: the New York flagship store for fashion house Valentino designed by David Chipperfield Architects will open on Fifth Avenue this summer. More about David Chipperfield designs Valentino's New York flagship store
A small wooden cabin with louvred brass windows occupies the centre of this Isabel Marant fashion boutique in Shanghai, designed by Ciguë to reference the traditional houses that once populated the site (+ slideshow). More about Ciguë builds a wooden cabin in the middle of Isabel Marant's Shanghai boutique
Japanese architect Yoichi Yamamoto has suspended colourful strips of wood from the ceiling of an Issey Miyake boutique in Tokyo, which from certain angles look like five solid chairs (+ slideshow). More about Hanging sticks create illusions of chairs at Issey Miyake boutique in Tokyo
An organisation representing over 75 British craft specialists and makers has opened its first permanent retail space in a striking light-filled arts and crafts building in Mayfair. More about The New Craftsmen opens first permanent space in London’s Mayfair
Japanese design and architecture firm Torafu Architects has collaborated with Australian skincare brand Aesop to design the interior of its Osaka shop, with cedarwood blocks used to create multiple display areas at varying heights (+ slideshow). More about Torafu Architects uses Japanese cedar columns for fifth Aesop shop interior
Architect David Adjaye has referenced elements from Roksanda Ilincic's geometric fashion designs for the interior of her flagship store in London's Mayfair (+ slideshow). More about David Adjaye completes Roksanda Ilincic's first London boutique
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has inserted a sweeping concrete wall into the new Milan store of fashion brand Duvetica. More about Tadao Ando divides Duvetica store with curved concrete wall
White scaffolding supported raised plywood floor sections and form clothing rails at this pop-up boutique in Berlin by Polish studio Kontent (+ slideshow). More about Scaffolding forms temporary clothing rails at Berlin pop-up shop by Kontent
A cage-like grid of brass poles surrounds the upper section of this double-height patisserie in Shenzhen, China, by Shanghai studio LineHouse. More about Brass grid structure cages patisserie in Shenzhen by Linehouse
News: department store Selfridges has appointed British architect David Chipperfield to redesign the east side of its flagship store on London's Oxford Street. More about David Chipperfield to overhaul London's Selfridges department store
The folded facade of this retail complex in Fuzhou, China, by architecture firm Spark, is made from colour-changing aluminium panels and integrates giant advertising screens (+ slideshow). More about Spark incorporates giant screens into faceted shopping centre facade
A circular doorway provides access to a passage lined with shoes at this futuristic sneaker store in Melbourne by local designers March Studio (+ slideshow). More about Sneaker store in Melbourne by March Studio features tunnel-like interior
Interconnected brass poles loop over hooks on the walls and ceiling of this Beirut boutique by Lebanese architects Ghaith & Jad to form a suspended clothes rail (+ movie). More about Ghaith & Jad build brass rod installation inside Beirut boutique