Adidas unveils sports shoes made from recycled ocean waste
Sportswear brand Adidas has launched a prototype shoe with an upper made entirely from yarns and filaments produced using plastic salvaged from the ocean (+ slideshow). More
Sportswear brand Adidas has launched a prototype shoe with an upper made entirely from yarns and filaments produced using plastic salvaged from the ocean (+ slideshow). More
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
News: musician Kanye West has partnered with Adidas to produce Yeezy Season 1 – a collection of clothing and footwear that he described as the world's "first solutions-based" clothing line (+ slideshow). More
Fashion designer Raf Simons has unveiled his latest footwear collection for Adidas, with colours and materials taken from retro astronaut apparel (+ slideshow). More
News: Adidas has revealed its latest running shoe – combining a flexible knitted upper with a new version of its Boost "energy return" midsole that uses a material usually found in car dashboards (+ slideshow). More
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
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
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
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
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
Adidas' second collaboration for Spring Summer 2015 is with Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons, who has created a range of trainers and updated classic designs for the sports brand (+ slideshow). More
Fashion designer Rick Owens' footwear line for sports brand Adidas features boots that combine blade-like soles with calf-high leather uppers (+ slideshow). More
England captain Steven Gerrard and Uruguay's Luis Suarez were both wearing football boots from Adidas' collection featuring a new "disruptive" design in their world cup clash last night. More
Sports brand Adidas has unveiled its latest running shoes with springy blades sticking out of the soles (+ slideshow). More
Wearable Futures: London designer and researcher Shamees Aden is developing a concept for running shoes that would be 3D-printed from synthetic biological material and could repair themselves overnight. More
News: trainers with rubber loops on the soles to give extra spring have won the product design prize at a Swiss design awards (+ slideshow). More
The criss-crossing bands of these running shoes by Nike are inspired by a Chinese finger trap. More
Dezeen Wire: sportswear brand Adidas has withdrawn plans to produce a pair of trainers with shackle-like ankle cuffs following complaints that they represent a symbol of slavery - Guardian More
A footwear company in Thailand says it has developed a way to bio-engineer stingray skin to produce customised trainers - although the claim has been met with scepticism from scientists and outrage from animal rights campaigners. More
London Design Festival 2010: British designer Jasper Morrison unveiled his design for footwear brand Camper at his east London shop last week. More