Cloud-like ceilings and neon signage are just some of the playful features that design studio FormRoom employed to create this Instagram-friendly ice cream store in central London.
Located in central London's bustling Covent Garden district, Milk Train has been designed by Shoreditch-based design studio FormRoom to "cater primarily to [the brand's] diverse Instagram demographic".

It is the first retail space of the brand, which has become popular for its wacky ice cream offerings, and will act as a blueprint for the design of all upcoming Milk Train branches. Until now they have exclusively traded out of pop-up food venues.
"The product itself holds such a sense of playful surrealism, and [the client] wanted to carry over that magic to the store environment," the studio told Dezeen. "As this was their first permanent space, the design needed to be unique and interchangeable across all seasons; allowing the brand interior to evolve as swiftly as Instagram trends do."

Playing on its brand name, the aesthetic of a classic British steam train was the main inspiration for the store's interiors.
Upon entering, customers can choose from a menu that's printed on blackboards in white block lettering, intended to look like typical split-flap display boards that show train departure times at a station.

Seating booths numbered like train platforms have been completed in pale blue leather, a nod to the pastel hues seen throughout the feed of popular Inst...