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# Aero-Static Dome
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/aero-static-dome/
- Published: 2014-04-21T10:26:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-17T00:14:43.000Z
- Description: Nike constructs a grandiose, Flyknit-suspended parachute installation for the launch of the KOBE 9 shoe
- Author: Maks Fus Mickiewicz
- Tags: Seeds, Fashion, Art & Design, Technology, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25

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For the grand unveiling of Nike's KOBE 9 Elite Low HTM at the Internazionale del Mobile de Milan, the iconic brand created a grand floating structure and event space to emphasise the lightweight performance enabled by the basketball shoe.   
  
A collaboration with sustainability designer Arthur Huang of [Miniwiz](http://www.miniwiz.com/?ref=protein.xyz), the super-strength, interconnected [Flyknit](http://www.nike.com/gb/en%5Fgb/c/innovation/flyknit?ref=protein.xyz) mesh suspends a parachute which is anchored by nine futuristic capsules containing the shoes. The air balloon is lined with yarn, mimicking a huge knitted upper.   
  
Stationed in Milan's dramatic [Palazzo Clerici](http://www.turismo.milano.it/wps/portal/!ut/p/c0/04%5FSB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hzS0O%5FQGcLEwMLFzcjA08LAz8TH2cnAwMDI%5F3g1Dz9gmxHRQCFp8TT/?WCM%5FGLOBAL%5FCONTEXT=/en/situr/home/artecultura/architettura/loc384&ref=protein.xyz), the structure's design was inspired by the classical aerodynamics of Leonardo Da Vinci's triangular parachute and Alexandra Graham Bell's tetrahedral kite. Complementing this concept, a series of talks entitled 'On The Fly' invited designers to discuss the concept of weightlessness in design.   
  
Nike has embraced art-meets-tech installations in recent years, for example, demonstrating their innovation credentials from the launch of the [Nike Free](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/04/nike-the-art-science-of-supernatural-motion?ref=protein.xyz) to [Hyperfeel](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/10/feel-london?ref=protein.xyz).  

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