Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Fri, Sep 27, 2024 - Sun, Jan 19, 2025 11am - 5pm
Location
Newfields
4000 North Michigan Road
Details
Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks is a groundbreaking exhibition that celebrates a shared human history and culture through the beauty of footwear. Featuring nearly sixty shoe designs, the exhibition explores several historically important technological advances to illuminate how cutting-edge science and innovative design thinking are transforming shoe design today. Exhibition highlights include the self-lacing Nike MAG (first conceived for the movie Back to the Future Part II), digitally designed and 3D-printed shoes, sneakers made from mushroom leather and reclaimed ocean plastics, virtual footwear, and more.