A man-made leaf that could help humans colonise space, blown-glass sex toys and seven architect-designed bus shelters (pictured) feature in Dezeen Mail issue 213. Click through for the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Opinion: the AstroTurf lawn installed on the roof of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art symbolises the next step in our acceptance and desire for artificial nature, says Alexandra Lange. More about "There's still one more park taboo to be broken"
News: these new images by Foster + Partners reveal a pair of skyscrapers proposed by the firm for San Francisco's rapidly developing Transbay area. More about Foster + Partners unveils skyscraper duo for San Francisco's Transbay area
Fashion studio The Unseen has created a gemstone-encrusted headdress that changes colour in response to varying energy levels in the brain. More about Chameleonic gemstones map brain activity across headdress by The Unseen
British firm DSDHA has created a new studio and gallery for ceramic artist Edmund de Waal within the shell of a converted munitions warehouse in south London (+ slideshow). More about DSDHA creates light-filled warehouse studio and gallery for Edmund de Waal
Berlin studio Läufer + Keichel has designed a lightweight chair for German manufacturer Schneiderschram based on the wooden crates used to transport fruit (+ slideshow). More about Satsuma chair by Läufer + Keichel modelled on wooden fruit crates
A gabled brick facade with a three-metre-high door fronts this former mews house in east London, renovated by architect Cassion Castle as a private studio for a photographer (+ slideshow). More about Photography studio by Cassion Castle takes over an east London mews house
News: Danish firm BIG has unveiled a vision for the future of Denmark's Givskud Zoo where animals and humans "co-exist", and all the architecture is hidden within the topography (+ slideshow). More about BIG's Givskud Zoo makeover to offer "freest possible environment" for animals
A veil of water stretches 40 metres between the trees of a wood in central France to form this installation by French architect Louis Sicard (+ slideshow). More about Bridal Veil installation by Louis Sicard creates a curtain of water through the forest
Horsehair tails and a candle holder are among the accessories integrated into this range of blown-glass "high-fashion sex toys" by editor Michael Reynolds and artist Jeff Zimmerman. More about Blown-glass sex toys form Adult Tool Kit by Michael Reynolds and Jeff Zimmerman
Movie: Japanese architect Toyo Ito says his showroom for textile brand Kinnasand was designed to complement the company's "very delicate transparent and semi-transparent fabrics" in this video interview filmed in Milan. More about Toyo Ito wanted delicate textiles to "float in the air" in his Milan showroom for Kinnasand
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with British publisher Phaidon to give away five iBook editions of a new Dieter Rams monograph. More about Competition: five digital Dieter Rams monographs to be won
This slatted wooden structure by French designer Arnaud Huart provides a beacon and landmark for visitors to the mountainous landscape of central France (+ slideshow). More about Signal Ethique pavilion by Arnaud Huart sits atop a French mountain
News: sinkholes have been discovered in the residential neighbourhoods surrounding the construction site of one of the world's tallest skyscrapers – the 555-metre Lotte World Tower near Seoul by Kohn Pedersen Fox. More about Sinkholes found near construction site of KPF-designed skyscraper in Seoul
This bicycle by a team of Californian designers features a frame with two symmetrical connection points, allowing cyclists to customise accessories attached to the front and back (+ slideshow). More about EVO Urban Utility Bike lets cyclists swap clip-on accessories
Over 300 mirrored flaps are lifted up and down by the breeze to animate the facade of this seaside structure in La Grande Motte, France, by NAS Architecture (+ slideshow). More about NAS Architecture's seaside Breath Box is covered in mirrors that flap in the wind
Japanese architect Hiroyuki Tanaka has inserted a series of white boxes to house rooms within the concrete skeleton of this Tokyo house (+ slideshow). More about Plain white boxes contain rooms inside Hiroyuki Tanaka's House in Yutenji
A small town on the Danish island of Bornholm has become another destination for harbour swimming facilities, thanks to a series of new walkways and structures by Swedish firm White Arkitekter (+ slideshow). More about Floating structure by White Arkitekter brings harbour swimming to a Danish island
A thin metal staircase provides access to the renovated attic space of this house in Belgium by Kortrijk design studio Five AM (+ slideshow). More about Delicate staircase leads to Isle of Water attic extension by Five AM
Israeli designers Omer Polak and Michal Evyatar have blown coloured dough into set of edible balloons filled with different odours (+ movie). More about Omer Polak and Michal Evyatar blow dough into balloons to create colourful snacks