An elevated bicycle highway for London, a "bike in a bag", and a glow-in-the-dark cycle path were among Dezeen editor Anna Winston's favourite cycling-related designs on Dezeen this year. More about Dezeen's top 10 cycling designs of 2014
Architecture studio Brut Deluxe has designed this year's Christmas lights in Madrid to work like a "flip book on an urban scale", taking spectators on a trip to the moon as they walk through the city (+ movie). More about Madrid installs moon-themed Christmas lights
Dezeen promotion: cotton was the material of choice for design studio Barkow Leibinger when forming an undulating canopy in the centre of Marrakech (+ interview + slideshow). More about Barkow Leibinger chose "strong and elastic" cotton for tensile installation in Marrakech
Interview: as Nike prepares to reissue Marc Newson's Zvezdochka footwear, the sportswear brand's president and CEO spoke to Dezeen about how the shoes "helped pave the way for other breakthroughs" in manufacturing, aesthetics and sustainability. More about Marc Newson helped trigger a "manufacturing revolution" at Nike, says CEO Mark Parker
News: Google has updated its prototype self-driving vehicle to make it road worthy, adding headlights and manual steering and braking to comply with road rules in California. More about Google's driverless car is now "fully functional"
News: sportswear brand Nike is reissuing its iconic Zvezdochka trainers designed by Marc Newson, ten years after the shoes were first launched (+ interview + slideshow). More about Nike reissues "revolutionary" Marc Newson trainers
News: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created a see-through case for the latest Firefox smartphone from telecommunications company KDDI. More about Tokujin Yoshioka designs transparent smartphone for KDDI
CES 2015: Swedish car brand Volvo is launching a prototype cycling helmet that offers two-way communication between the wearer and nearby drivers to help prevent accidents (+ movie). More about Volvo's connected helmet warns cyclists of car collisions
Design Miami 2014: New York artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz has added a slatted cabinet that opens in waves to his range of unfurlable furniture. More about Wave Cabinet by Sebastian Errazuriz opens "like a paper fan"
Not a fan of cold turkey? London product design firm Seymourpowell has developed a conceptual app to "design out Christmas food waste" for a future free from excessive leftovers. More about Seymourpowell's Waste-Free Christmas Dinner Maker is an app to tackle festive food waste
News: NASA's Space Mission Analysis Branch has unveiled a research project to send astronauts to Venus, envisioning "lighter-than-air" pods that could hover above the clouds to house explorers. More about NASA wants to explore Venus with inflatable air-born "habitats"
Japanese studio Nendo has created a collection of shirts with integrated accessories for men and a range fastened with cufflinks for women. More about Nendo twists traditional details to enliven simple white shirts
Hungarian architecture studio Hello Wood has created an 11-metre-high Christmas tree for a square in central Budapest from 15,000 kilograms of wooden logs (+ movie). More about Hello Wood builds Budapest Christmas tree from 5000 pieces of firewood
News: autonomous vehicles in urban areas could be up to thirty years away, according to Audi's Thomas Müller, the engineer leading the development of the brand's driverless sports car (+ interview). More about Driverless cars in cities still "20 to 30 years" away, says senior Audi engineer
Opinion: unbridled materialism, technology and design combine to challenge the meaning of personhood in William Gibson's latest sci-fi novel. The foundations for this future are already being laid in real life, says Justin McGuirk. More about "Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk"
Lebanese studio Najla El Zein Workspace has created a set of "pleasure tools" by pairing marble with materials including fake eyelashes and gold fingernails for tickling, stroking, scratching and more (+ slideshow). More about Sensorial Brushes by Najla El Zein Workspace are designed to stimulate the skin
Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have chosen a coconut fibre rug commonly used for doormats as the latest material to incorporate into a furniture collection. More about Campana brothers cover wooden furniture with doormats
French artist Didier Faustino has included a salacious hole in the centre of this ornately framed silver mirror. More about Didier Faustino surrounds Glory Hole mirror with Baroque embellishment
News: Italian design school Domus Academy has recruited leading creatives – including Patricia Urquiola, Joseph Grima, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Alice Rawsthorn – to form a panel that will help the school "revolutionise" its teaching (+ interview). More about Domus Academy design school launches salon-style teaching system
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Gothenburg-based Studio Esinam to give readers the chance to win one of five monochrome prints showing elevations of iconic structures from different cities. More about Competition: five Landmarks and Elevations posters to be won