adidas BB.01 is first 3D-printed basketball shoe built to improve stability and flexibility on court
While the world is fixated on who’s making it to the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup. adidas thinks it’s done enough for the love…
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New Balance’s 3-in-1 modular shoe transforms from waterproof boot to camp slipper, so you pack less
Many of us would remember the New Balance Niobium Concept 1. Launched back in 2020, the modular silhouette really reformed outdoor footwear with its multi-functional…
These MacOS-inspired flip flops are weird, playful, and sadly don’t come with Apple “Find My”
The mind of David Delahunty is something no LLM can capture. With the speed most marketing teams would be envious of, David churns out idea…
This Futuristic 3D-Printed Shoe Started as a Clay Sculpture
Yanko Design’s Design Mindset podcast continues to carve out a thoughtful space for conversations around creativity, innovation, and the ideas shaping the future of design….
Keen’s Zero-Glue Shoe Uses A Cord-Cage To Hold Itself Together, And Can Be Repaired By Swapping Parts
The footwear industry runs on glue. Something like 30 billion pairs of shoes get manufactured globally each year, and nearly all of them rely on…
Nike’s iconic Air Max 95 is now a 1,213-piece LEGO set complete with hidden storage
There’s some magic about the LEGO-Nike that makes it so special. Just in time for the holiday season and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of…
LEGO and Crocs Finally Made the $89 Collab Nobody Knew They Needed
No matter how you feel about Crocs, you cannot deny the brand has a remarkable talent for finding partners that make you stop and say,…
Tati Ferrucio’s Onda Clog Is the Most Geologically Correct Shoe Ever Made
The Yeezy Foam Runner opened a strange and genuinely productive door in footwear design, proving that a monolithic, organically sculpted clog could capture serious cultural…
This Concept Shoe Looks Like a Sports Car Melted Onto Your Foot
Car brands dabble in lifestyle merchandise all the time, and most of it follows a predictable formula: slap a logo on a jacket, maybe a…
Swiss Brand ‘On’ Just Built a $280 Running Shoe Using Robots in 3 Minutes
Most running shoes are Frankenstein jobs. Twenty, thirty pieces of fabric cut, stitched, layered, and glued together by human hands on a factory line. It’s…
These LEGO Brick Crocs Cost $150 and Look Exactly as Weird as You’d Expect
The LEGO Brick Clogs are not subtle. They are not refined. They are giant red rectangles that you strap to your feet, complete with four…
Saucony and Lay’s collaborate for food-inspired sneakers with regional flavors in China
Around 2020 – give or take a year or two – when I was just getting into writing about sneakers, I read about Dunkin’ collaborating…