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 about Movie: Nike GS Football Boot
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen has covered pieces of furniture in a fine web of steel rings before destroying them with fire to make functioning objects that resemble fuzzy fading memories of the originals (+movie). More about Engineering Temporality by Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen
An exhibition of design for sports is on show at the Design Museum in London to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. More about Designed to Win at the Design Museum
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 about Movie: Nike Basketball Hyper Elite Uniform
Swiss studio Bernhard Burkard assures us this deck chair with no back legs is perfectly safe. More about Curt deck chair by Bernhard Burkard
Dezeen Wire: researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris have designed software that can look at a photo and identify the city in which it was taken by recognising building typologies. More about Software that can tell what city it's looking at
Stars are printed in the sand by a tractor as it drags a giant roller back and forth across the beach, then left to fade at the mercy of footsteps and the tide in this installation by Swedish artist Gunilla Klingberg. More about A Sign in Space by Gunilla Klingberg
London Design Festival: London designer Tom Dixon will launch a range of iridescent stoneware pendant lights at next month's London Design Festival. More about Lustre pendant lamps by Tom Dixon
Industrial design graduate Ido Mohar has made a series of lamps that stand to attention when switched on and take a graceful bow when switched off. More about Delight lamps by Ido Mohar
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 about The Olympian Architects T-shirt by Peter Murray at Dezeen Super Store
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 about Movie: Nike Zoom Superfly R4
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 about 17 Days of Summer by Jordon Cheung
London studio Logical Art has created a series of papery necklaces with delicate cut-out patterns (+ movie). More about Air Tattoos by Logical Art
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 about Movie: Nike Flyknit Racer shoes
Dezeen Wire: car brand Nissan has unveiled its design for a new fleet of black cabs for London. More about NV200 London Taxi by Nissan
Crystal light bulbs made of cut glass by London designer Lee Broom are now available as part of London design month at Dezeen Super Store. More about Crystal Bulb by Lee Broom at Dezeen Super Store
This sprinkler by Dutch artist Edwin Deen sprays jets of coloured water to turn a room into a rainbow (+ slideshow + movie). More about Liquid Rainbow by Edwin Deen
Visitors are invited to make their mark on the cafe walls of London's Design Museum by ticking boxes on this stripy wallpaper by Dutch designer Richard Hutten. More about Layers wallpaper by Richard Hutten at the Design Museum
Portugese studio LIKEarchitects and fashion designer Ricardo Dourado have used beach loungers, garden furniture and toys to get the people of Guimarães in Portugal paddling in the city's fountains (+ slideshow). More about Fountain Hacks by LIKEarchitects and Ricardo Dourado
The Changing Room is a space at Dezeen Super Store that will be regularly given over to different designers to showcase their products or artwork, and we are currently featuring Dalston designer Naomi Paul's latest crochet pendant lamps. More about Glück XL by Naomi Paul in The Changing Room at Dezeen Super Store