In order from top to bottom: Initial handmade proto, secondary proto, and final product (credit to Jason Raleigh)
For the initial handmade proto, the goal was simple. To begin with a standard training shoe as a base, adding aggressive rubber wrapups, and a technical lacing system which also secures an internal bootie, completed with a backwards-facing PUMA formstripe- a nod to the fact that this is the result of a process reversed
Then, I sketched from this prototype to arrive at a slightly more refined, functional version
This is the second prototype
Special thanks to Thom Gridley, Bob Michalski and Chris Vella for supporting this process and allowing this project to happen.