Sports brand Nike has updated its classic Air Force 1 high-top shoes, using its innovative Flyknit material to reduce the weight of the shoe by half (+ slideshow). More about Nike uses Flyknit material to create lightest-ever Air Force 1 trainers
New York studio Snarkitecture has designed a Brooklyn store for menswear brand Kith, including a cereal bar and an installation made from 700 replica Nike Air Jordan II sneakers (+ slideshow). More about Snarkitecture suspends 700 Air Jordan replicas in Kith's Brooklyn store
Nike has celebrated Back to the Future day by presenting actor Michael J Fox with a pair of the self-lacing shoes he wore in the 1985 movie Back to the Future II. More about Michael J Fox tries Nike's first pair of Back to the Future self-lacing shoes
Shanghai design studio Coordination Asia has converted a Beijing art gallery into a gym and studio space for sports brand Nike (+ slideshow). More about Coordination Asia uses neon grids to transform a Beijing art gallery into a gym for Nike
Sports brand Nike has fused its Flyknit technology with a protective mesh to update the Hypervenom football boot and created a new version for street use (+ slideshow). More about Nike updates Hypervenom football boots with new materials
Three designers who defected from Nike to Adidas have issued a counter lawsuit against their former employer, denying claims they stole trade secrets and accusing the sports giant of violating their privacy. More about Former Nike designers hit back at legal claims with counter lawsuit
Sports brand Nike has collaborated with Japanese fashion studio Sacai to launch a capsule collection of women's performance sportswear that incorporates pleats and lace (+ slideshow). More about Nike x Sacai capsule collection aims to make sportswear more feminine
Design Indaba 2015: the advertising executive behind Nike's "Just do it" slogan has told Dezeen how he based one of the world's most recognisable taglines on the words of a convict facing a firing squad (+ interview). More about Nike's "Just do it" slogan is based on a murderer's last words, says Dan Wieden
News: sportswear brand Nike is hoping to release real versions of the self-lacing shoes from sci-fi movie Back to the Future II by the end of this year. More about Nike plans to launch Back to the Future shoes in 2015
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: 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: sports brand Nike is suing three of its former footwear designers for $10 million, alleging that they took trade secrets to arch-rival Adidas. More about Nike sues former designers over Adidas defection
Sports brand Nike has combined elements from its previous running and basketball footwear designs to create a "SneakerBoot" with a pleated sole and a neoprene cover. More about Nike combines parts from existing trainers to create "SneakerBoot" mash-up
Sports brand Nike has unveiled the Lebron 12, a basketball shoe with five hexagonal air bags built into the sole to provide "accelerated explosiveness" (+ slideshow). More about Nike revamps the basketball shoe for LeBron James
Sports brand Nike and creative consultancy Teague have designed a concept aircraft cabin interior to explore the effect of air travel on professional athletes (+ slideshow). More about Athlete's Plane by Teague and Nike would be a "training room in the sky"
French designer Ora-Ïto has developed a conceptual trainer with curved veneer sections to reference the work of Modernist furniture designers Charles and Ray Eames. More about Ora-Ïto's Nikeames shoe is an "homage to Charles and Ray"
Sports brand Nike has created a full-sized basketball court with motion-tracking and reactive LED visualisation technology built into the floor to help American star Kobe Bryant teach his moves to young players in Shanghai (+ slideshow). More about Nike creates first full-size LED basketball court in Shanghai for training with Kobe Bryant
Set designers Robert Storey Studio used the bright colours of Nike's womenswear range to inform the brash interior of this New York presentation space for the sports brand (+ slideshow). More about Robert Storey Studio uses lurid colours to illuminate Nike presentation space
The Dutch team will take to the field for the second World Cup 2014 semi-final match today in a Nike kit featuring a bespoke typeface by graphic design legend Wim Crouwel. More about Wim Crouwel designs typeface for Holland's FIFA World Cup 2014 kit
Nike has followed up its knitted running, soccer and basketball shoes with designs for American football boots made using the same Flyknit technology (+ slideshow). More about Nike combines Flyknit and 3D printing to design American football boots