Distressed concrete, rowlock bricks and worn plasterwork create an intentionally unfinished appearance at this cafe in New York City's East Village neighbourhood, designed by Brooklyn studio Commoncraft. More about Commoncraft draws on "beauty in imperfection" for New York cafe
Raw finishes and brutalist interventions feature in footwear brand Veja's first dedicated shop in Madrid, complete with an in-house shoe repair workshop and interiors designed by local firm Plantea Estudio. More about Plantea Estudio designs intentionally unfinished Veja store "to look like we didn't do anything"
Danish artist Thomas Poulsen, also known as FOS, has revamped the flagship store of accessories brand Boyy in Milan, keeping time-worn surfaces left over from the site's former fit-outs. More about Boyy flagship in Milan reveals layers of the store's history
Our latest lookbook showcases eight home interiors that make a visual statement by revealing their services, including wires, cables, ducts and plumbing. More about Eight home interiors that make a feature of exposed services
A holiday home in northern Italy that was decorated on a budget and a Hackney apartment with exposed concrete walls are among the residences in this lookbook, which showcases interiors that have been left purposely unfinished. More about Ten homes with deliberately unfinished interiors
Antique and mid-century furnishings are combined with sleek contemporary cabinetry in this intentionally unfinished apartment in Rome, designed by local architecture and interiors studio 02A. More about Styles and eras mingle inside "unfinished" diplomat's home in Rome by 02A
Japanese architects Shimpei Oda and Tetsuya Tanji made only subtle changes to this unfinished office unit in Nara, to turn it into a design studio. More about Shimpei Oda and Tetsuya Tanji keep things minimal in studio for graphic design office Panda
The final instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series features a proposal by Bartlett graduate Lianjie Wu for affordable homes that are left unfinished, for residents to complete themselves. More about Lianjie Wu designs affordable homes that are deliberately left unfinished
The palette of exposed, untreated materials used to construct this house in Killan, Ireland, results in a building with an intentionally unfinished appearance. More about TOB Architect builds "deliberately unharmonious" Killan Farmhouse
French architect Jean Nouvel has carried out a subtle update of an old palazzo in Rome to form a series of guest rooms with dilapidated surfaces. More about Jean Nouvel renovates 17th-century palazzo for Rooms of Rome guest suites
Australian studio Biasol paired worn concrete walls with pink marble and rich red accents for the interiors of this Italian restaurant in Melbourne, which takes visual cues from Ancient Rome. More about Pink marble and patchy concrete emulate ancient Rome in Melbourne’s Pentolina pasta bar
Faded frescos offer a backdrop to contemporary furnishings in Brolettouno Apartment, a holiday home in northern Italy that has been refurbished by local studio Archiplan. More about Archiplan celebrates painted frescos in subtle revamp of 15th-century Italian home
Wood-framed structures create a range of different spaces in Hono Izakaya, a restaurant in Quebec City that was recently refurbished by local designer Charlène Bourgeois. More about Japanese restaurant in Quebec City combines minimal details and unfinished surfaces
Located in a former barber shop, the stripped back Voice of Coffee in Kobe, Japan, features exposed wooden beams and unfinished breeze block walls. More about Yusuke Seki creates stripped-back coffee shop with raw concrete walls in Kobe
Architecture firm Woods Bagot has used "New York City grit" as an aesthetic reference for the interiors of its Downtown Manhattan offices. More about Woods Bagot's self-designed New York studio features black fixtures and exposed concrete
British furniture brand Vitsœ has opened a new headquarters and production facility in the English town of Royal Leamington Spa, featuring a saw-toothed roof and modular construction that means it can be easily updated. More about Vitsœ completes "intentionally unfinished" cross-laminated-timber headquarters
Peeling plaster, raw concrete and dangling wires give character to these home interiors, which look as though they've been abandoned halfway through decorating and have been popular on our Pinterest boards. More about 10 stripped-back home interiors that are deliberately unfinished
Homes without internal walls, kitchens or bathrooms are being billed as a solution to housing crises around the world, after NL Architects won the Mies van der Rohe Award for its refurbishment of the Kleiburg apartment block in Amsterdam. More about Unfinished homes touted as potential solution to the global housing crisis
An exhibition at the Archivo gallery in Mexico City is exploring "the most important" part of the design process – the development stage (+ slideshow). More about Design in Process exhibition showcases unfinished works by Mexican designers
Dribbles of gold fill the cracks in the floor of this Kyoto apartment, designed by architecture studio TANK to replicate the traditional Japanese pottery technique of kintsugi. More about Golden resin highlights cracks in the floor of TANK's Xchange Apartment