From Wes Anderson-inspired pastel dream worlds to icy minimalist havens, the planet is sweet with ice-cream and gelato hot-spots (or cold-spots?). Here, we bring you the scoop on the most deliciously designed parlours and shops from London to Miami. We’ve died and cone to heaven...

Sweet Salvation, Dubai, UAE
Increasingly elaborate ice-cream concoctions are having their moment in the sun and we dare you not to reach for your phone to take a picture at the recently opened Sweet Salvation in Dubai. On the menu are large soft-serve cones, finished in extravagantly sprinkled toppings, with names like Cookies, Cookies, Cookies & Cream (wonder what’s in these?). With its Canadian heritage, it was natural that Navigate Design – a Toronto-based architect and design firm – were put in charge of the first store outside Canada. They have consciously made the corner parlour in City Walk 2, easy on the Insta-eye. Signature blue accents appear throughout, while a repurposed shipping container acts as the serving station. Grey-veined white marble counters and muted rhombus floor tiles provide the backdrops for that requre #nofilter. If ice cream carnivals in a cone aren’t quite your thing, they also do cold brew coffee.