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Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen. [View online]( [Dezeen Daily]( [Mutina]( [Norm Architects and Kinfolk select six sensory projects from The Touch]( [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]( [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]( [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 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 ]( [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]( [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]( [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]( [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]( [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 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 ]( [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]( [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]( [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 ]( [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]( [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]( [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 ›]( [Rieder]( [Architecture]( | [Interiors]( | [Design]( | [Technology]( | [Jobs]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( 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](