00 / Arrival

79TN / Speculative collaboration study / 2026

Built to
outlive
the run.

Original leather performance sneaker emerging at monumental scale
V×N–001 / Material velocity prototype
35.6762° N
139.6503° E

UNOFFICIAL DESIGN STUDY

01 / MATERIAL RUPTURE

Before
speed,
matter.

GRAIN / 0.8MM
WAX / HAND WORKED
Extreme macro study of leather grain, woven fibres and technical foam

Vegetable-tanned horsehide enters an engineered system. Not wrapped around performance. Made structural within it.

02 / EXPLODED SYSTEM

SEVEN LAYERS.
ONE RESPONSE.

Exploded construction of an original leather performance sneaker
  1. 01Horsehide shell
  2. 02Woven hemp skin
  3. 03Articulated saddle
  4. 04Adaptive footbed
  5. 05Responsive carrier
  6. 06Carbon torsion plate
  7. 07Natural rubber trail

03 / KINETIC CHAMBER

CRAFT
AT
VELOCITY

Leather sneaker crossing a kinetic chamber
72% ENERGY
RETURN

Soft where the foot negotiates. Rigid where force travels. Quiet in appearance. Violent in response.

04 / COLOUR CHAMBER

CHOOSE
YOUR
SURFACE.

Bone / Oxide colour study

SELECTED / Bone / Oxide

The same sneaker after years of wear and repair

05 / PATINA ENGINE

TIME
IS A
MATERIAL.

Leather darkens. Edges soften. Repairs become biography. The object does not expire—it becomes more specific.

YEAR
05

SPECULATIVE EDITION / 1 OF 300

THE LONG RUN.

The Long Run sneaker product view
V×N–001S$ 860CONCEPT PRICENo payment is taken.