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
Timberland CONSTRUCT:10061
DESIGN, LATESTJohn ChenCONCEPTKICKS, conceptkicks, construct, construct:10061, timberland, the shed, The Shed, prototyping lab, dr factory machine, laser cutter, 3-D printer, timberland ace, advanced concepts and energy, boot, cosmic latter, cosmic latte, daniel bailey, mr. bailey, tectra, technical transparency, jaimus tailor, aisha kuijk, onion boot, vibram, Vibram, vibram sole, john chen, timberland world hiker, world hiker, tadd smith, dyneema, dyneema leather, chris dixon, tercel webbing, weave upper, hardware, fastening, clog, isamu noguchi, accordion, ev bravado, téla d'amore, who decides war, super timberland boot, jay diaz, nate estabrook, ben gorham, galosh, EVA, workshop, josh alas
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: Comme des Garçons
DESIGN, LATESTJohn Chenconceptkicks, CONCEPTKICKS, rei kawakubo, comme, cdg, comme des garcons, converse, chuck 70, play, comme des garcons play, homme plus, tricot, junya, junya watanabe, dover street market, dsm, kawakubo, sping 1997, body meets dress, dress meets body, wabi-sabi, mu, ma, punk, avant-garde, derby, oxfords, chelsea boots, mary janes, zoom haven, nike, dr.martens, novesta, direct injection, nike blazer, nike air vapormax, pvc, nike dunk high clear, shoe cover, nike acg air mowabb, nike shox tl, nike air force 1 mid, nike air max 95, neo future, melissa, craft geometric high tops, nike air foamposite, salomon, pvc melflex, dissonance, rx 3.0, sr90, sr901e, monochromatic, tinker hatfield, 07 mid dinosaur pack, Multi Dimensional Graffiti, Nike Machomai boots, Nike Premier, Jugo Boot, Mexican Guarachero boots, Chevalier Derby
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
Trust The Process: YEEZY and Balenciaga
DESIGN, LATESTJohn Chenconceptkicks, trust the process, yeezy and balenciaga, yeezy, balenciaga, demna, kanye, kanye west, luxury sneaker, triple s, David Tourniaire-Beauciel, Demna Gvasalia, yeezy boost, yeezy boost 700, wave runner, yeezy season, yeezy season 5, steven smith, godfather of dad shoes, air yeezy, air yeezy 2, kanye west x louis vuitton, air max, tinker hatfield, nike flyknit, adidas boost, ultra boost, yeezy 750, yeezy 350, yeezy 350 v2, turtle dove, vetements, Cristóbal Balenciaga, balenciaga lego shoe, fortnite, crocs, x-pander, tyrex, gravity sketch, yeezy 450, injection moulding, direct inject, eva foam
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
Trust The Process: Visvim
DESIGN, LATESTJohn Chenboots, conceptkicks, CONCEPTKICKS, Visvim, Hiroki Nakamura, FBT, Fun Boy Three, Harajuku, Americana, Native American, Moccasin, Material, American Mid-west, dissertation, visvim dissertation, 2001, Sámi, craftsmanship, elk leather, reindeer leather, EVA midsole, future vintage, hiroki, nakamura, Goodyear welt, Foley-folk, patina, kangaroo leather, GORE-TEX, Hammond-Folk, Christo Sandal, Christo, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Undercover, Undercover SS03, Undercover Scab, Shaman-Folk, Jun Takahashi, Fragment Design, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Vibram, Skagway, Albert Goldman, Lindy's Law