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Adidas 4D Run 1.0
Post by Charlie White on May 25, 2020
Adidas recently launched a new model called Adidas 4D Run 1.0. The company spent an entire week shining a light one a ground-breaking 4D model which has helped build the legacy of the innovating franchise. Given how popular running is, and how the best running shoes sell out quickly, it is a good idea to...
Retraction 3D Flip Flops
Post by Charlie White on Apr 30, 2020
By combining a passion for 3D printing and footwear, Refraction Footwear created customizable 3D Printed flip flops. With its sunny climate, Australia is a country where people love to wear flip flops. Unfortunately, they are not widely made in the country. Refraction Footwear wanted to create a 100% Australia-made pair of flip flops that would...
3D Printed Horseshoes
Post by Charlie White on Apr 25, 2020
At 3DShoes.com, we’ve had a lot of talk about 3D printed footwear. Today I wanted to mention a new kind of 3D printed shoes; horseshoes. Dutch scientists are creating custom therapeutic shoes through 3D printing. Modeling after personalized foot care in human medicine, Harold Brommer and his associates have carried out pilot testing on two...
Superfeet Joins The Fight
Post by Charlie White on Apr 19, 2020
Footwear company Superfeet has joined others by using 3D printing technology to help fight against the coronavirus outbreak. Superfeet and Flowbuilt manufacturing announced they would begin using their HP Multijet Fusion printers to help produce medical equipment and supplies. Superfeet said it had successfully mobilized its product development and operations department to produce 30,000 PPE...
Fleet Feet Drop Shop
Post by Charlie White on Apr 06, 2020
Fleet Feet has unveiled a new retail concept in Portland, Oregon, calling it the “Drop Shop.” It combines the brand’s 3D foot scanning technology and personalized outfitting experience with two-day home delivery. Fleet Feet Drop Shop carries try-on samples of the top 35 men’s and women’s shoe models from brands including Brooks, Hoke ONE ONE,...
Hotter Foot Scanner
Post by Charlie White on Mar 31, 2020
Shoe specialist Hotter is releasing 3D foot scanning machines across the UK to help with precision shoe fitting. Hotter has invested in the innovative, Hotter Footprint technology which not only measures feet but delivers shoe fitting recommendations. The scanners will be located across 32 Hotter stores and the brand plans to take them on a...
Medical Supplies For COVID-19
Post by Charlie White on Mar 28, 2020
During this challenging time, I figured this article would be fitting. The 3D printing industry is trying to help fight COVID-19. HP announced it’s working with those who bought its 3D printers to make medical face shields, hands-free door openers, and an adjuster for anyone who may wear face masks for hours. Another well-known 3D...
3D Pole-Vaulting Shoes For Women
Post by Charlie White on Mar 24, 2020
The first women’s pole-vaulting competition wasn’t at the international sporting event until 2000. More shocking than that, there is currently stick a lack of infrastructure for female pole-vaulters. No sporting brand produces shoes for women who participate in the sport. This motivated Elon University Honors Madison George to take matters into her own hands by...
Viviobarefoot's 3D Plans
Post by Charlie White on Mar 09, 2020
Shoe retailer Vivobarefoot announced plans to launch 3D printing services this year, enabling customers to get personalized and customized footwear. This approach to production fits into a range of new services and platforms for the business, which currently trades internationally. The project is being called “3DVive” and they are looking at scanning people’s feet and...
3D Cat Prosthetics
Post by Charlie White on Feb 27, 2020
Unintentionally, we seem to have an animal theme at 3DShoes.com this week. A cat names Dymka has become the world’s second recipient of 3D printed titanium prosthetic limbs. A passerby found him in the snow on the side of the road in Novokuznetsk, Siberia, and took her to a clinic. Thanks to some innovative thinking,...
3D Printed Donkey Shoes
Post by Charlie White on Feb 24, 2020
A miniature donkey named Saler recently received a pair of 3D printed shoes at Wychmere Farms in Ontario, NY. RIT biomedical engineering students, a general manager from Harbec, and members of a Penfield robotics team cane together to help Saler. The tendons in Saler’s front limbs did not develop at the same rate at his...
Adidas SL20 Shoes
Post by Charlie White on Feb 20, 2020
Adidas recently launched a new pair of shoes as part of their “Faster than” campaign. The SL20 shoes are crafter with a 3D printed “Lightstrike” midsole. The brand claims this new technology will help athletes with explosive movements and enduring speed. The SL20 is the second pair of shoes with a new midsole released after...
The Story Of The OESH Founder
Post by Charlie White on Feb 17, 2020
If you had asked the founder of OESH if she ever planned to walk away from her job at a medical school, she never would have imagined she’d end up where she is now. She had a well-paying full-time position and was the first woman to chair her department. After graduating from Harvard Medical School,...
Nike's Innovative Footwear For The Olympics
Post by Charlie White on Feb 06, 2020
Nike is working on creating footwear that directly caters to athletes who are participating in the Olympics. They are diving down into the detail of every event to see how they can best improve the designs. This resulted in a new line of shoes: the Nike Zoom Viperfly, the Air Zoom BB for basketball, the...
UnisBrands Recyclable 3D Printed Shoes
Post by Charlie White on Feb 02, 2020
Many people like buying shoes, wearing shoes, and even collecting shoes. Not very many people decide to create their own but Nick Unis, who we have mentioned before on 3DShoes.com, is doing just that. Before college Unis had an interest in sneakers where he and his brother would buy special edition Nikes and sell them...
Santoni 3D Shoe Uppers
Post by Charlie White on Jan 29, 2020
Santoni is displaying shoes at the international sportswear show in Munich, where the Italian company is introducing shoe upper developments. The company is focusing on its XT-Machine for sports shoe uppers. The whole shoe upper is produced by the XT knitting machine. It can provide the function of cushioning and shock absorption, and the openwork...
HP's 3D Insoles
Post by Charlie White on Jan 27, 2020
HP announced a further expansion of its 3D printed insoles business thanks to a partnership with New Balance and Superfeet. Select New Balance stores will be offering personalized 3D printed insoles using the solutions provided by HP and its partners. Back in 2017, HP began to offer insoles that could be tailored to the individual...
Clarks Shoes Footwear Brand
Post by Charlie White on Jan 22, 2020
Clarks footwear has been designing and producing footwear for nearly 200 years. The company has turned to British 3D printer manufacturer RPS to help shape future footwear and development. Clarks has been looking at ways they could streamline and cut the costs of producing and manufacturing their footwear. Back in 1998, Clarks invested in 3D...
Experiencing 3D Printed Shoes
Post by Charlie White on Jan 20, 2020
Some of you may wonder what a shoe with a 3D printed sole looks like. You’ll notice they’re a little heavier than usual but still feel pretty good, using the Adidas Alphaedge 4D as an example. Traditional soles of about any kind are created with injection molding. Carbon Digital Light Synthesis does away with the...
Adidas 4D Run 1.0
Post by Charlie White on Jan 09, 2020
Adidas’s 3D printed technology was one of the biggest innovations in the latter half of the 2010s. They’re starting off the 2020s with a new 4D Run 1.0 which combines top-tier technology with a vibrant “Signal Coral” launch colorway, they are the next step in the brand’s 3D printed efforts. Created with a speedy athletic...
Liquid Printed Natives
Post by Charlie White on Jan 06, 2020
Being made of materials such as leather or single-use plastics, shoes are a product that definitely needs a more sustainable solution. Some companies use plastic water bottles, or renewable materials such as trees, merino wool, and recycled cardboard. Canadian company Native Shoe is creating a shoe-making process from the ground up. Cofounder Thomas Claypool states...
Influential Sneakers Of The Decade
Post by Charlie White on Jan 01, 2020
The past 10 years have brought some of the most advanced and necessary footwear innovations in history. We’ve seen 3D printed sneakers, auto-lacing systems, and fully recyclable footwear which shoes a bigger, brighter, and more responsible future. Some of the most influential sneakers of the decade have been highlighted, and I want to mention the...
Adidas X Star Wars Collection
Post by Charlie White on Dec 29, 2019
The Adidas Star Wars running shoes have expanded its options which should draw in plenty of fanboys and girls. Some of the best running shoes you can get now feature an R2D2 style. The Alphaedge 4D running shoes have undergone a transformation as dramatic as Anakin Skywalker when he became Darth Vader. The Adidas Ultraboost...
3D Printed Orthoses And People With Flat Feet
Post by Charlie White on Dec 25, 2019
People with flat feet often turn to custom foot orthoses (FOs), which can be fabricated using 3D printing and scanning technologies. Researchers from Taiwan recently conducted a study to evaluate the use of 3D printed FOs by people with flat feet. They 3D printed 18 FO samples and subjected them to human motion analysis, with...
Voxeljet Greyscale 3D Printing
Post by Charlie White on Dec 22, 2019
Voxeljet has announced a new technology development for its High-Speed Sintering (HSS) process. Calling it “greyscale 3D printing,” the method allows for creating singular parts with variable material properties. Properties such as mechanical strength, elasticity, material density, material weight and even center of gravity. The properties can be individually influenced in different areas of the...
Dinsmore Brings Young Boy Custom Orthotics
Post by Charlie White on Dec 18, 2019
A Young boy recently got to try out his first pair of new custom orthotics thanks to 3D printing experts at Dinsmore Inc. This year, the additive manufacturing service provider presented Imre Patterson, who was born with a femoral discrepancy which causes one leg to be shorter than the other. His family began working with...
Alphaedge 4D vs Traditional Sneakers
Post by Charlie White on Dec 13, 2019
As technology evolves new ways to implement 3D printing into manufacturing processes are being discovered. I have previously talked about the Alphaedge 4D shoes by Adidas, which features and entire sole that is 3D printed. Being priced so high, however, it makes you wonder if they are better than regular shoes. The upper of the...
Stella McCartney Vegan Shoes
Post by Charlie White on Dec 08, 2019
Previously Adidas collaborated with Stella McCartney. They made both the 3D printed vegan shoe and even a clothing collection. Recently they have released the rainbow Stan Smith sneaker, which is also vegan. You’ll be able to shop for them on Adidas and Stella McCartney online and they will be approximately $447. Stella McCartney is known...
Voxel8 3D Shoe Uppers
Post by Charlie White on Dec 05, 2019
Back in 2015, Voxel8 showed off a desktop 3D printer capable of printing electronic circuits into thermoplastic parts. Although they continued to make announcements, they went silent for a while after that. It wasn’t until this past October that Voxel8 announced having created a system for 3D printing shoe uppers. To help the company with...
Casca Opens Vancouver Store
Post by Charlie White on Dec 01, 2019
Casca opened its first retail space yesterday, November 30th, and it is a shoe store fueled by 3D orienting. The company started out in a Vancouver basement with cofounders Braden Parker and Kevin Reid. By using 3D printing to increase efficiency and reduce waste, the company is setting a new standard for an everyday shoe....
Huntsman Iroprint Materials
Post by Charlie White on Nov 28, 2019
Huntsman Corp. is showing its advances in additive manufacturing (3D printing) technology with the launch of Iroprint materials available in filaments, powder, and resin. Developed in collaboration with major unnamed footwear and sportswear manufacturers, the thermoplastic polyurethane material is easy to print with the added benefit of being soft and flexible. The 3D printing market...
HOVR Phantom SE
Post by Charlie White on Nov 24, 2019
The Under Armour HOVR Phantom SE promises to be the brand’s most versatile sneaker. The design of the shoe has a Techwear vibe to it. Cutouts in the midsole expose the cushioning, while sharp edges along the heel caps give the sneakers a sleek look. The HOVR cushion is soft and gives the impression of...
LANXESS LF Polymers
Post by Charlie White on Nov 17, 2019
LANXESS, a specialty chemicals company offers Low Free (LF) isocyanate urethane polymers that can be formulated into resins for 3D printing. The company is known for working with 3D printing companies for creating the resins. Based on Adiprene LF para-phenylene diisocyanate (pPDI) prepolymers. The LF technology creates polymer morphology that can be precisely controlled, resulting...
Casca's Avro Shoe
Post by Charlie White on Nov 14, 2019
The Vancouver-based startup, Casca, was created by Kevin Reid and Braden Parker who developed their idea in a basement. The cofounders consider Vancouver’s landscape a perfect testing ground for their products, and the brand name is an abbreviation of Cascadia. The Casca Avro shoe features an ultra-thick E.T. foam footbed and a proprietary support structure...
Adidas To Close "Speedfactories"
Post by Charlie White on Nov 11, 2019
Adidas will be discontinuing production at two of its Speedfactories in German and the US by April. It is quite a turnaround for them after opening the first Speedfactory in Germany only four years ago. The project was a step away from the usual method of manufacturing shoes. Adidas built the factories to help make...
Adidas Star Wars Sneaker
Post by Charlie White on Nov 07, 2019
We’re about a month away from the end of the Star Wars saga coming to theaters, and products related to the franchise are hitting the shelves. With the Alphaedge 4D sneaker being launched and having the latest technology, Adidas introducing the Star Wars X Adidas Alphaedge 4D sneaker. The Alphaedge 4D joins the dark side,...
Digital Foam For 3D Development
Post by Charlie White on Nov 03, 2019
EOS North America and Additive Minds announced the launch of their Digital Foam program. The Digital Foam hub is coordinated by EOS and pulls together CAD software, flexible polymer materials, 3D printing technology, and the engineering team at Additive Minds. As more materials like TPU and PEBA become more available things like football helmets, bike...
Camper 3D Shoe Designs
Post by Charlie White on Oct 30, 2019
Footwear brand Camper is recognized for stylish yet casual and comfy shoes. They have recently found that they can benefit from 3D printing technologies and have installed a number of 3D printers from BCN3D Technologies. The design team works on a fairly tight schedule, with each concept and shoe design needing to be completed within...
3D Printed Wearables Collection
Post by Charlie White on Oct 27, 2019
Ganit Goldstein has collaborated with Stratasys in the past on 3D printed clothing and footwear collections. For Goldstein’s latest work, she teamed up with 3D printing company Prusa Research. They created a wearable collection of FDM 3D printed shoes and four outfits that were 3D printed directly on fabric. This 3D printed wearable collection is...
A Step Away From Whiskey
Post by Charlie White on Oct 24, 2019
Imagine having your next pair of shoes come from a liquor company. Bulleit Frontier Whiskey has unveiled the latest collab of its Frontier Works project, a 3D printed sneaker designed by Kyle Steed and manufactured by Tangible Creative. These shoes will be available on Sneaker Politics for $250 starting October 25th. The brand will celebrate...
Alexander McQueen Fashion Shoes
Post by Charlie White on Oct 20, 2019
October 2009, Alexander McQueen presented a historic runway moment at Plato’s Atlantis SS 2010. Alexander McQueen fashion presentations were the first to use paint shooting robots for a dress in a Spring 1999 show. Then they introduced a game of human chess in Spring 2005. After that came the Kate Moss holograms in Fall 2006....
Liquid Silicone Rubber
Post by Charlie White on Oct 16, 2019
The chemical company Dow has joined up with Nexus Elastomer System and German RepRap to provide the ability to 3D print silicone rubber parts in color, utilizing Dow’s 3D printable SILASTIC 3D 3335 Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) material. They also get access to RepRap’s LAM 2D printer and a color dosing system that is developed...
Shoes Filled With Holy Water
Post by Charlie White on Oct 13, 2019
A pair of Nike Air Max 97s usually sells for around $160. Recently, a Brooklyn company has raised that price to $1425 by filling the soles with holy water and naming them “Jesus Shoes.” Brooklyn-base company MSCHF took a traditional pair of the classic shoes and filled the shock-absorbent bottom with holy water from the...
Wanhua Chemical And Peak
Post by Charlie White on Oct 10, 2019
The world-leading trade fair for plastics and rubber will take place at Düsseldorf Exhibition Center from October 16th to 23rd. Wanhua Chemical will launch its 3D printed shoe-material solution. Based on the solution, Peak will unveil the newly-designed 3D printed sneakers. Both companies are expected to present the solutions three features in full coverage, customization,...
Vans Shoe Designs
Post by Charlie White on Oct 07, 2019
A Hallsville High School sophomore, Landon King, has designed a tiger themed shoes that may with a cash prize from Vans Shoes. The competition by Vans Shoes runs through October 13th and allows online users to vote for their favorite shoe design. Landon designed his shoe by inking it out with map pencils on a...
Evonik And Cubicure Technology
Post by Charlie White on Oct 02, 2019
German company Evonik has a partnership with Cubicure to make materials for its Hot Lithography technology. Cubicure Hot Lithography processes materials with a higher impact strength, toughness and heat deflection than those typically used in “cold SLA processes. The two companies have been developing custom formulations for the method to meet the needs of industrial manufacturing....
Shaun Ross x United Nude Heels
Post by Charlie White on Sep 29, 2019
Footwear brand United Nude, directed by architect Rem D Koolhaas, and Model Shaun Ross designed a heeled boot with “no particular individual in mind,” Ross is known for gender-fluid fashion, and the plan is to create a shoe that breaks the stereotype that heels are just for women. The Shaun Ross x United Nude high...
Covestro And Axis Liu Shoe Concepts
Post by Charlie White on Sep 26, 2019
Covestro will be unveiling material concepts for running and basketball shoes with Axis Liu, at the K 2019 trade fair in October in Dusseldorf. The shoes are ideal for athletically active people for a healthy lifestyle and improved performance. The shoes include water-based polyurethane (PU) textile coatings and adhesives, PU foams, textile fibers and films...
FuelCell Echo Triple Sneaker
Post by Charlie White on Sep 23, 2019
New Balance is adding to its TripleCell 3D printing platform with the addition of the FuelCell Echo Triple sneaker. The 3D printed shoe will launch on September 27th with a retail value of $175 and features a 3D printed forefoot using Formlabs technology. It is a new take on the FuelCell Echo and follows the...
Ica & Kostika Shoe Designs
Post by Charlie White on Sep 18, 2019
Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) of consumer products has more progress to be made, but at the same time has come a long way. Currently, it helps provide highly customized and exclusive products rather than one that is mass-produced. 3D printed shoes are futuristic, natural, and complex forms such as the generative shoe collection that was...
