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View online     Norm Architects and Kinfolk select six sensory projects from The Touch Norm Architects and lifestyle magazine Kinfolk have authored The Touch, a book that explores sensory interiors and architecture. Here are six of their favourite projects from the title. Read more ›   1MDB scandal superyacht proposed as alternative Malaysian pavilion for Dubai Expo No-To-Scale has imagined installing a superyacht connected to the 1MDB embezzling scandal as a provocative alternative Malaysian pavilion for the Dubai Expo 2020. Read more ›   Introducing Dezeen Recruit, a new recruitment service for the architecture and design industry Dezeen has launched Dezeen Recruit, a recruitment service that matches candidates to job vacancies in architecture, interiors and design. Read more ›   Gucci begins Spring Summer 2020 show with models in straitjackets Gucci has featured models in straitjacket-like clothing on moving walkways in its latest show in Milan, with one model protesting the "insensitive" decision by the fashion house. Read more ›   UK government moves to end "vague and misleading" bioplastic terminology The UK government has called for experts to help it develop standards for bioplastics and biodegradable plastics, amid rising concern over greenwashing. Read more ›   "Our dependency on growth, like on concrete, must be abolished" The pursuit of infinite economic growth is driving climate breakdown and producing ecologically toxic architecture, argues Phineas Harper, one of the chief curators of the Oslo Architecture Triennale. Read more ›   Six of the best Chinese design studios and brands at Design China Beijing Dezeen's Benedict Hobson picks out six Chinese design studios and brands that made an impression at the Design China Beijing trade show earlier this month. Read more ›   Conran and Partners overhauls office lobby to feature hotel-style leisure areas Architecture practice Conran and Partners has renovated the ground floor lobby of a central London office to create a shared space that "blurs the edges between work and play". Read more ›   Bring two friends to Dezeen Day and save an extra 20 per cent Five weeks to go until Dezeen Day! Read on for details about a special ticket offer for friends and colleagues wanting to attend our architecture and design conference on 30 October. Read more ›   Simone Post combines hypnotic patterns with bubbles in African-style fabric Dutch textile designer Simone Post has adapted a traditional wax printing technique to create a colourful fabric that combines 3D geometries with bubble patterns. Read more ›   Kooo Architects inserts glass walls into frame of concrete hotel Kooo Architects has converted a seven-storey building in the centre of Guangzhou, China into a guesthouse with lantern-like frosted glass walls. Read more ›   Snøhetta designs Temple University's Charles Library with "unusual geometry" Curved wooden entrances are carved into this university library that Snøhetta has completed for Temple University in Philadelphia. Read more ›   Sonic Mountain by Doug Aitken is formed from 365 wind chimes This installation at California's Donum Estate by American artist Doug Aitken arranges a series of hanging wind chimes. Read more ›   Central Park Tower becomes world's tallest residential skyscraper The Central Park Tower designed by architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill has topped out at 1,550 feet in Manhattan, making it the tallest residential building ever. Read more ›   "What a self-centred bridge" In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether The Twist art gallery by BIG is silly or sophisticated. Read more ›   Creativity in fashion "doesn't mean creating more stuff", says Extinction Rebellion's Sara Arnold Extinction Rebellion staged a funeral march to close London Fashion Week. Dezeen spoke to organiser and activist Sara Arnold about the need to redefine creativity in the climate crisis, rather than making "more stuff". Read more ›   Sheet/RockLA renovates cluster of historic cabins in California mountain town Birch plywood and linoleum are among the cost-effective materials used by design-build firm Sheet/RockLA to update a collection of rustic cabins on a forested site in the San Bernardino Mountains. Read more ›   Flokk designs its most sustainable chair to date from recycled materials Dezeen promotion: Furniture manufacturer Flokk, owner of the Swedish brand RH, has released its most sustainable task chair to date – the RH New Logic, which has been made from recycled aluminium, plastic and steel. 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