Movie: the base and sock lining of these lightweight football boots by Nike are made of castor beans, as explained in our next movie with the brand’s global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti ahead of this evening’s exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation at Selfridges. More »
London 2012
Movie: Nike GS
Luke Hayes photography in The Changing
Room at Dezeen Super Store
Prints of the London 2012 Aquatics Centre by photographer Luke Hayes are now on display in The Changing Room, a space at Dezeen Super Store that is regularly given over to different creatives to showcase their products or artwork. More »
Designed to Win at the Design Museum
An exhibition of design for sports is on show at the Design Museum in London to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. More »
Movie: London 2012 Olympic venue
fly-throughs by Crystal CG
Movie: digital graphics company Crystal CG has sent us its animated flights over the city that TV broadcasters are using to zoom between venues for the London 2012 Olympics. More »
Movie: Nike Basketball
Hyper Elite Uniform
Movie: basketball games have become so aggressive that sports brand Nike decided to include combat pads in its latest kit, explains the brand's global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti in the next Dezeen movie in anticipation of tomorrow’s exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation. More »
The Olympian Architects T-shirt by Peter Murray
at Dezeen Super Store
The controversial T-shirt worn by New London Architecture chair Peter Murray in protest of marketing rules that prevent the architects of Olympic venues from promoting their work is now available at Dezeen Super Store. More »
Movie: Nike Zoom
Superfly R4
Movie: Nike's global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti presents the Nike Zoom Superfly R4 sprinting shoe inspired by suspension bridges in this next movie filmed by Dezeen in anticipation of Thursday's exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation. More »
17 Days of Summer
by Jordon Cheung
Graduate designer Jordon Cheung provides an alternative to the official London 2012 Olympic memorabilia with these posters and prints illustrating equipment for the Games. More »
Movie: Nike Flyknit
Racer shoes
Movie: in this second movie from our series in anticipation of an exclusive event we’re hosting at the Nike+ House of Innovation on Thursday, Nike‘s global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti explains how they created the Nike Flyknit Racer running shoe with an upper that's knitted like a sock. More »
"Flames of fame for Olympic cauldron designer" - The Independent
Dezeen Wire: London 2012 Olympic cauldron designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed that he has been inundated with messages of support from people "moved by his spectacular creation". Speaking to the Independent, Heatherwick also says he ignored advice to avoid having moving parts in the cauldron, which features around 1,000 moving components. " "It's probably more complex than a Swiss watch," Heatherwick says - read the article in the Independent.
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Movie: Nike Pro TurboSpeed
speed-suit
Movie: as part of the build-up to an exclusive event we're hosting at the Nike+ House of Innovation next week, we've filmed a series of movies with Nike's global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti about the brand's latest products. First up is an ultra-light speed-suit developed to move faster than skin. More »
Nike+ House of Innovation
at Selfridges
Sports brand Nike has opened a temporary shop showcasing the future of sport at Selfridges in London and Dezeen readers can win one of 25 pairs of tickets to an exclusive event we're hosting there next Thursday, featuring Nike's global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti in conversation with Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the brand's latest innovations for the London 2012 games. More »
Dezeen Olympics: most pinned
Olympic designs
It's the last day of our Dezeen Olympics and surprisingly all of the most pinned stories about the events of London 2012 aren't directly related to the actual games, such as these Jaffa Cakes nibbled into British icons and landmarks that take the gold medal. More »
RIBA joins protest against
Olympic marketing rules
Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects has joined the campaign to promote the architects and engineers who designed buildings for the London 2012 Olympic games but have been unable to promote their work because of a marketing agreement with the event organisers. More »
Dezeen Olympics: most tweeted
Olympic designs
The London 2012 Olympics continue and so do the Dezeen Olympics, awarding medals to the design and architecture of the games. Today's competition is for the most tweeted stories about our coverage and we give the gold medal to Banksy's Olympic-inspired street art. More »






