A network of columns and arches frame this toy shop and cafe inside a retail development in Beijing, referencing the mascot for the shopping centre – a dandelion seedling named Toby (+ movie). More about Dandelion-inspired columns create curved arches inside Beijing toy shop by Penda
Shanghai design studio Linehouse has overhauled a former takeaway restaurant to create a small fishmonger's on a busy street in the middle of the city's former French Concession (+ slideshow). More about Little Catch fishmonger in Shanghai is lined with a metal-frame "net"
A huge staircase interspersed with trees winds up to the entrance of this former Tokyo warehouse that Kengo Kuma and Associates has converted into a lifestyle store and cafe (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma uses a grand staircase to transform a Tokyo warehouse into a shop
An Eames House Bird stands guard on the porch of this tiny yellow building in Seoul, which has been adapted by Nordic Bros Design Community to house a fashion boutique (+ slideshow). More about Seoul fashion boutique features yellow walls and an Eames bird above the entrance
A tessellated wood material wraps around the lift shaft and flows over the service counter at the newly opened Maison Margiela store in Milan (+ slideshow). More about Wooden curtain drapes around a lift inside Maison Margiela's Milan store
Members of a private club pay to exchange elaborately wrapped presents in ceremonies held inside this dimly lit, wood-lined room in Paris (+ slideshow). More about Fumihiko Sano creates ritualistic spaces for a members-only gift wrapping service
Online furniture brand Hem has opened its first physical shop, occupying the ground floor of the company's headquarters on Berlin's Friedrichstrasse (+ slideshow). More about Hem opens first physical store in Berlin
Colourful chocolate bars are displayed in a transparent chest of drawers in this Tokyo shop designed by Japanese studio Nendo for a Belgian chocolatier (+ slideshow). More about Nendo presents chocolate bars like paint swatches in Tokyo shop
French designer Christophe Pillet has created the first store for a new fragrance brand on Paris' prestigious Rue Saint-Honoré, with a royal blue and marble interior and modular fittings (+ slideshow). More about Suspended tables display bespoke fragrances at experimental perfume shop Ex Nihilo
A slice of reclaimed pine, patterned by knots and cracks in the ageing wood, forms a counter top for Aesop's first South Korean flagship store by local studio Wise Architecture. More about Aesop's first shop in Seoul features recycled pine and blackened-steel fittings
Shoes appear to rest on huge rolls of white paper inside this Camper store in Stockholm – the third interior design concept that Japanese studio Nendo has developed for the Spanish shoe brand (+ slideshow). More about Nendo fills Camper's Stockholm store with paper-thin spirals
Brazilian architect Marko Brajovic has fixed thousands of bright red shoelaces to the undulating ceiling of this Camper footwear shop in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More about 30,000 red shoelaces hang from the ceiling of Melbourne's Camper store
John Pawson has applied his signature Minimalist style to the interior of British fashion designer Christopher Kane's first physical retail space (+ slideshow). More about John Pawson designs interior for Christopher Kane's first store
The glass facade of this Tokyo accessories store is imprinted with a chevron pattern based on a motif from the lining of an Hermès handbag (+ slideshow). More about Chevron-patterned glass fronts Tokyo handbag store by Hiroshi Nakamura
News: Foster + Partners has released photographs of its new Apple store in Hangzhou – one of five new shops that the company is opening in China ahead of Chinese New Year (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners completes Apple store in Hangzhou, China
A veil of smoke clouds the window of this jewellery shop in Athens, behind which Kois Associated Architects has installed display cases modelled on trees (+ slideshow). More about Kois Associated Architects furnishes Athens jewellery shop with metal "forest" and smoke
A black box made from panels of moulded steel creates a rippling enclosure for the upper storeys of this Givenchy flagship store in Korea by Italian architects Piuarch (+ slideshow). More about Givenchy store in Seoul has an undulating moulded-metal facade
Interior design studio Hidden Fortress created a boxed-in floating staircase at the centre of this homeware store in Berlin, painting the outside black to contrast with the pale wood interior (+ slideshow). More about Box-like staircase forms a centrepiece inside Bazar Noir concept store
Skincare brand Aesop's new Hamburg store by Belgian studio Vincent Van Duysen Architects features ladder-like shelving made from oak and blackened steel, and a large stone sink (+ slideshow). More about Vincent Van Duysen Architects fits Aesop's Hamburg store with a chunky stone sink
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has covered the interior of Camper's Milan store in a grid of pale ply that stretches from floor to ceiling (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma wraps the inside of Camper's Milan store in a timber grid