Starting Five: Product Highlights [June 22]
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chenconceptkicks, startingfive, starting 5, june, bottega veneta, dries van noten, jil sander, nike, nike ispa, scry, paris ss23, nike ispa link, circular design, modular footwear, link, nike presto clip, nike zvezdochka, nike flyknit, link axis, bottega veneta trail, one-piece mould, dries van noten lug loafer, boat shoe, jil sander elba lace up boot, elba lace up boot, combat boot, polyurethane air bubble, scry core shadow boot, zixiong wei, 3d print
Ending Soonest 002: Puma
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chennike, conceptkicks, ending soonest, Puma, hidden gems, puma collab, raf simons, mihara yasuhiro, alexander mcqueen, luxury, sprint lumber shoe, puma ny running shoe, leather, nubuck, zigzag stitching, cork, anatomical vein mid 2006, natural form, tendons, anatomical vein low, 2006, mcqueen, vibram furoshiki, my-6 disc, puma disc, puma black label, jil sander, jil sander puma, puma boot, raf simons jil sander, death stranding, hideo kojima, ny running shoe summer 2007, 2007, fashion sportswear, philippe starck, philippe starck puma, 2004, industrial design, minimalist shoe, less is more
Starting Five: Product Highlights [May 22]
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chenconceptkicks, startingfive, givenchy, oakley, braindead, oakley x braindead, Y-3, yohji yamamoto, suicoke, suicoke mok inject, mok inject, injection mould, EVA, oakley factory team, oakley flesh, adidas x humarace, humarace, nmd s1 ryat, boost, gangbox, g clog, g clog boot, matthew williams
Lost Tech: adidas_1
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chenconceptkicks, adidas, Y3, footwear, design, footwear design, lost tech, adidas_1, intelligent shoe, Y2K scare, computerised technology, adidas_1 basketball, adidas_1 bb, motorised, mechanical engineering, adidas engineer, adidas engineers, christian dibenedetto, mark oleson, science fiction, 2005, computerised shoe, microprocesser, hello tomorrow, spike jones, squeak e. clean, karen o, intelligence level 1.1, tim duncan, sensors, adidas micropacer, puma rs computer shoe, fred lebow
Trust the Process: Mecha
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chenconceptkicks, footwear, design, footwear design, mecha, trust the process, metal gear solid, death stranding, robotics, walking machine, bipedal, gundam, astro boy, Osama Tezuka, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, mighty atom, tetsujin28-go, gigantor, mobile suit gundam, yoshiyuki tomino, super robot, real robot, blade runner, ghost in the shell, boston dynamics, mechwear, xenogenesis, the terminator, james cameron, aliens, ellen ripley, caterpillar p-5000, avatar, amplified mobility platform, apu, the matrix, amp, power loader, exoskeleton, method-1, vitaly bulgarov, alita, battle angel alita, raiden, cyborg, neill blomkamp, blomkamp, elysium, chappie, max decosta, human universal load carrier, hulc, adam, leo haslam, prophetleg, prophet leg, tabi, bigdog, spot, atlas
Sole Systems 006: Biomimicry
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chenconceptkicks, sole systems, nike, asics, natural world, vibram, vibram fivefinger, fivefinger, human foot, goat, mosquito foot, nike goatek, goatek, gtek, velcro, biomimicry, hook and loop tape, nike air terra goatek, nike mayfly, mayfly, bill bowerman, onitsuka tiger, onitsuka tiger suction cup, sneature, biodegradable, chiengora, mycelium, public school, kombucha, scoby, bio-leather, balenciaga, toe boot shoe, stephan henrich, cryptide, camper karst, tabi, margiela, onitsuka, onitsuka marathon tabi, scaly-foot snail, steve gschmeissner
Starting Five: Product Highlights [April 22]
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chenconceptkicks, startingfive, givenchy, oakley, braindead, oakley x braindead, Y-3, yohji yamamoto, suicoke, suicoke mok inject, mok inject, injection mould, EVA, oakley factory team, oakley flesh, adidas x humarace, humarace, nmd s1 ryat, boost, gangbox, g clog, g clog boot, matthew williams
Ending Soonest 001: Low-Tech
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chennike, conceptkicks, ending soonest, low-tech, nike rejuven8, rejuven8, patagonia, helly hansen, nike city sock, city sock, salomon, salomon techamphibion, techamphibion, water shoe, patagonia rimu skywalk, rimu skywalk, honeycomb, helly hansen life versa, life versa, modular footwear
Trust The Process: Adidas Pharrell 2.0
Sole Systems 005: Prosthetics
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chenconceptkicks, sole systems, prosthetics, blade runner, cheetah leg, cheetah, herodotus, hegesistratus, hugh hurr, prosthetic foot, carbon fibre, acrylic resin, titanium, crepe neoprene, aluminium, prosthetic leg, herr, MIT Media Lab, Biomechatronic, EMG sensor, residual limb, cheetah blade, össur, paralympics, blake leeper, aimee mullins, dazed, deazed fashion able, nike, nike sole 2.0, asics, xiborg, accessible design, jaipur foot, circleg, desiree riny, diy prosthetic manual, autodesk, 3D scan, conceptual prosthetic, MoMA, alexander mcqueen, nick night, dazed september 1998, fashion-able, jae-hyun an, ballet, ballet prosthetic, marie taglioni
Follow Up: Death Stranding
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chenconceptkicks, footwear, design, puma, puma x metal gear solid, puma x kojima productions, hideo kojima, death str, death stranding, solid snake, snake, metal gear solid x puma, metal gear solid v, venom snake, sneaking boot, sneaking suit, foxhound, diamond dogs, aerogel
Starting Five: Product Highlights [March 22]
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chenconceptkicks, startingfive, balenciaga, 424, bottega veneta, demon, diemme, louis vuitton, louis vuitton puffer boot, stone island, stone island shadow project, errolson hugh, bottega veneta ripple, ripple, diemme civetta, civetta, cross strap slides, stone island shadow project cross strap slide, demon poyana, poyana, virgil abloh
Starting Five: Product Highlights [February 22]
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chenconceptkicks, startingfive, givenchy, balenciaga, maisonmargiela, reebok, tabi, asics, kassleditions, kassl editions, maison margiela, browns, adieu paris, adieuparis
Follow Up: Yohji Yamamoto x Adidas
LATEST, FEATURE, DESIGNJohn Chenconceptkicks, yohji yamamoto, adidas, Y3, earlyScab, Damon Butler, footwear, design, footwear design, adidas 3 stripe trekking boot, yohji yamamoto x adidas
Between The Lines 011: Industry Synergy With Mathieu Hagelaars