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
A pine sculptor's table, industrial workmen's coats and a lone figure suspended from the ceiling have been installed at London boutique Hostem by designers Faye and Erica Toogood (+ slideshow). More about Faye Toogood turns Hostem boutique into "bohemian" artist atelier
Steel beams create a gridded framework supporting shelves, rails and display cabinets inside this fashion and accessories boutique in London by Bat Studio. More about Bat Studio creates reconfigurable steel framework for Frenchologie boutique
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has used mirrored surfaces to create a dizzying environment for this pop-up store in Tokyo, designed for fashion brand 3.1 Phillip Lim (+ slideshow). More about Schemata Architects adds needle-like pendants and mirrors to Phillip Lim pop-up shop
British design brand Another Country has opened a showroom in London's Marylebone district dedicated to displaying its collection of handcrafted furniture and products. More about Another Country's first showroom opens in London
News: German studio J Mayer H has won a competition to design a shopping centre near Berlin's Alexanderplatz where shoppers will be able to indulge in skydiving or surfing. More about J Mayer H designs Berlin shopping centre offering indoor skydiving and surfing
Japanese architect Nobuo Araki has transformed an indoor swimming pool in Tokyo into a fashion store, turning the empty pool and its steel ladder into key features of the boutique's design (+ slideshow). More about Tokyo boutique by Nobuo Araki sits inside an old swimming pool
Swiss studio Atelier Oï used oak lattice screens to recreate Pringle of Scotland's signature argyle pattern inside the knitwear brand's flagship Asian store, which has just opened in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow). More about Latticed oak screens reference traditional argyle at Pringle of Scotland's Chengdu store
An immersive experience by Campaign and The Future Laboratory that takes visitors on a journey to find a scent that matches their personality opens this week at London department store Selfridges (+ slideshow).
More about Selfridges' Fragrance Lab attempts to distill your character into a scent
Mirrored displays and walls have been designed to create a surreal visual effect at this pop-up design shop that Dutch interiors studio i29 has created inside an 18th-century building in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). More about Pop-up design shop by i29 creates a hall of mirrors in an 18th-century building