![Olafur Eliasson's tears used to make human cheese](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/12/Cheeses-made-with-human-bacteria-recreate-the-smell-of-armpits-or-feet_dezeen_2.jpg)
Dezeen's review of the year: November 2013
Things got a little weird in November, as our focus turned to synthetic biology and we featured cheese made from bacteria taken from human noses and tears (pictured) plus new creatures that could save existing species.
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Synthetic biology
Other bizarre stories included bio-surfaces containing "hacked" bacteria that could clean your feet as you walk on them and floor tiles made of coloured snail poo.
![I Wanna Deliver A Dolphin... concept for humans giving birth to their food by Ai Hasegawa](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/11/I-Wanna-Deliver-A-Dolphin-by-Ai-Hasegawa_dezeen_1.jpg)
We also featured "Frankenstein-esque hybrid organs" that could be created from animal cells and even a concept for a woman giving birth to a dolphin so she could eat it.
![Zaha Hadid unveils design for Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/11/Qatar-2022-World-Cup-Zaha-Hadid_dezeen_1sq.jpg)
Zaha Hadid's Qatar stadium
Zaha Hadid unveiled the design for a stadium to host football games during the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. Critics and many of our readers compared the Al Wakrah stadium to a vagina, but the architect hit back at the claims and described the comments as "embarrassing" and "ridiculous".
![Naples subway station entrance by Amanda Levete and Anish Kapoor](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/11/dzn_Naples-Subway-Station-02.jpg)
We then compiled a selection of more yonic architecture projects that we'd previously featured.
![OMA completes De Rotterdam](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/11/De-Rotterdam-by-OMA-and-Rem-Koolhaas-sq.jpg)
OMA's De Rotterdam opens
OMA completed its vast De Rotterdam development and Rem Koolhaas told Dezeen that the building is "a dynamic presence in the city" in an exclusive movie interview.
![Shreddies underwear that stops farts smelling](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/11/Shreddies-underwear-that-stops-farts-smelling_dezeen_12.jpg)
Most popular
Most clicked in November was underwear designed to stop farts from smelling.
![Honey bees can be trained to detect cancer](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/11/Dezeen_Susana_Soares_Bees_Design_1SQ.jpg)
In second place, a proposal to train honey bees to detect cancer "in ten minutes".
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Next up was our interview with a leading CGI artist, who told us that images in most kitchen, bathroom and bedroom catalogues are computer-generated but "no-one has realised".
![Sinuous structure by NEXT architects wins Chinese bridge competition](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/11/Sinuous-structure-by-NEXT-architects-wins-Chinese-bridge-competition_dezeen_1sq.jpg)
A sinuous structure that won a Chinese bridge competition was fourth most popular.
![New images released showing Heatherwick's Garden Bridge across the Thames](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/11/Garden-Bridge-by-Thomas-Heatherwick_dezeen_1sq.jpg)
Then in fifth place were new images of the garden bridge to span the River Thames proposed by Thomas Heatherwick.
![Dezeen wins three awards in two weeks](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/11/Dezeen-wins-third-award-in-two-weeks_1.jpg)
Dezeen's month
We cleaned up during the November award season. Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs was named Business Web Editor of the Year by the British Society of Magazine Editors and also made the Hospital Club 100 list of the most influential people in the UK's media and creative industries. To top it off Dezeen scooped Digital Service of the Year at the IBP Awards, bringing our total haul to three awards in less than two weeks.
![World Design Guide relaunches with key events for 2014](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/11/World-Design-Guide-to-design-and-architecture-events-2.jpg)
We also relaunched our World Design Guide of the best architecture and design events around the globe with a new look and updated content for 2014.
See all our stories from November 2013 »