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View online     Foster + Partners reveals Shenzhen skyscraper for China Merchants Bank British architecture studio Foster + Partners is designing a 350-metre-tall skyscraper in Shenzhen as the headquarters for the China Merchants Bank. Read more ›   Nirvana sues Marc Jacobs for using iconic smiley face logo Representatives of rock band Nirvana are suing Marc Jacobs for using its copyrighted smiley face logo in the fashion designer's latest collection and campaign. Read more ›   "More science fiction" needed to save planet earth, say designers at Dezeen talk Designers need to think of bigger, more ambitious solutions to the world's problems, according to speakers at Dezeen's talk about design in the anthropocene era during Dutch Design Week. Read more ›   SO? builds prototype floating house for post-earthquake Istanbul Architecture studio SO? has created a prototype floating house on Istanbul's Golden Horn, which could be used as emergency housing following an earthquake in the Turkish capital. Read more ›   Joel Simon's Evolving Floor Plans project optimises building layouts An algorithm devised by researcher Joel Simon could be used to make floor plans more efficient. Read more ›   The Conduit members club subtly mixes Scandinavian and African aesthetics Traditional African crafts and the typically restrained Scandinavian colour palette informed the interiors of this members' club in west London, which has been created by Cavendish Studios and Russell Sage Studios. Read more ›   GPS-connected wristband allows swimmers who run into difficulties to alert rescue services French designer Philippe Starck has developed a GPS-tracking wristband that allows people who enjoy water sports to alert the coastal rescue to their location in an emergency. Read more ›   CAAT Studio's home for a stone-seller in Iran is a celebration of travertine Tehran-based practice CAAT Studio has completed a house for a local stone seller in the city of Mahallat, Iran, with a facade made from local travertine. Read more ›   Milanese palazzos inform Valextra's Miami store by Aranda\Lasch Orange-hued marble and pebble-dashed stone provide the setting for displays of leather handbags, clutches and purses in this boutique in Miami, which was designed by American studio Aranda\Lasch. Read more ›   Serbian artists turn Van Gogh's Starry Night into canalside light installation Serbian artists Ivana Jelić and Pavle Petrović have reimagined Van Gogh's famous painting The Starry Night as an LED installation over the canals of Amsterdam, to highlight the issue of light pollution in urban areas. Read more ›   K-studio's Perianth Hotel infuses neo-modernism into Athens Architecture firm K-Studio has designed a neo-modernist interior for this boutique hotel in its hometown of Athens, using local artworks and furnishings. Read more ›   Swimming pool tops Hither Hills holiday home in Long Island by Bates Masi Architects Terraced volumes wrapped in stone and wood form a weekend dwelling by Bates Masi Architects on the eastern tip of New York's Long Island. Read more ›   Morris + Company designs housing for London's homeless in old tube station Architecture studio Morris + Company proposes transforming a London Underground station into a co-working space and hostel for homeless people. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise