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« on: Aug 13th, 2018, 9:39pm » |
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In 1987, Nike Air was not a new proposition. Runners were already familiar with the benefits of the cushioning Asics Gel Lyte 5 Mujer technology, which first appeared in the Nike Tailwind in 1978. But seeing is believing.
Nike Air hit a Adidas ZX Flux Womens high when it became more than a feeling. Nike designer Tinker Hatfield set out to make the breakthrough technology visible so runners could better understand its cushioning benefits. He created the Nike Air Max with Visible Air, which gave birth to a franchise that forever altered the course of sneakers.
The story of visible air didn’t begin with Hatfield’s design. Rather, it started when David Forland, Nike’s Director of Cushioning Innovation, joined the team in 1985. In many respects, Forland is the world’s foremost expert in visible air. He’s been focused on pushing the technology into unexplored new territories for the past 30 years.
He’s also the first to admit that the road to Air Max had its share of obstacles. In the Asics Gel Lyte 3 Womens ‘80s, Forland constructed encapsulated Air-Sole prototypes by hand. He stumbled upon a critical moment Nike Internationalist Dame in visible air history when he rotated the bag, placing the seams on the top and bottom instead of on the Nike Air Max Thea Femme perimeter.
During the pursuit of increased air volume, Forland had another aha moment. Eliminating the foam between the outsole and the Air-Sole unit might create space for increased Air-Sole volume. With that idea came the Nike Air Max 180, the first shoe to feature a 180-degree visible Air-Sole — which was no easy task for Forland.
At that point, the Air Max 1, Air Max 180 and Air Max 90 all featured Air-Sole units in the forefoot that were encapsulated in foam. As the quest for a fully foamless running sneaker continued, the team made a monumental discovery: a new Air-Sole construction method called blow molding.
First Nike Air Max Thea Dame used on the Nike Air Max 93, this technique allowed for the creation of Air-Soles in 3-D shapes that Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 34 Womens didn’t depend on air pressure. Now, Air-Soles could be crafted to fit the curvature of the shoe’s forefoot. Taking Nike Air Presto Womens full advantage of the innovation, the Nike Air Max 95, which consisted of two separate blow-molded Air-Sole units, was the first manifestation of visible air in the forefoot.
In 1997, Nike designers and developers cracked the code on how to create a full-length Air-Sole, making a monumental leap forward toward the goal of a fully foamless Air Max. The first step was to construct an interconnected heel and forefoot unit. The next task was to figure out how to hold the molten film long enough to close a full-length 3-D mold around it. Many prototypes and one bullet train later, the Air Max 97 came into existence.
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