Three black SOLS ADAPTIV 3D-printed footwear concepts on a blue background

Future Vision of 3D Printed Footwear

Client

SOLS

Product

3D Printed Footwear

Year

2016

Services

Industrial Design

In February 2015, NBA All-Star Weekend and Fashion Week took place in New York City. Knicks All-Star and tech investor, Carmelo Anthony, hosted a showcase on wearable technology as one of many satellite events. Leadoff Studio collaborated with SOLS to create the company’s vision for the future of footwear to showcase at the event.

ADAPTIV’s cushioning shifts as you walk to prevent injuries before they happen. Its 3D-printed exo-skeleton and cushions tighten or relax around your foot where it is needed. Its technology is a vision for how SOLS existing infrastructure for 3D-Printing orthotics can evolve, combining with advances in computer vision and soft robotics.

Leadoff Studio also worked with SOLS on their algorithmically driven 3D printed insoles.

Early SOLS ADAPTIV footwear sketches exploring the sole, upper, and internal structure
Technical sketches exploring the construction and geometry of the SOLS ADAPTIV shoe
Pair of black lattice SOLS ADAPTIV footwear prototypes on a dark blue background
SOLS ADAPTIV concept sketch showing the shoe structure and internal support system
Black lattice SOLS ADAPTIV prototype fitted around a translucent internal shoe structure
SOLS ADAPTIV footwear rendering with black lattice upper and teal internal structure
Carmelo Anthony examining multiple SOLS ADAPTIV 3D-printed footwear prototypes on a table
Annotated SOLS ADAPTIV footwear sketch showing the prototype mounted on a test platform

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Shape function into feeling

(646) 450-9378
info@leadoffstudio.com

Copyright @ 2026 Leadoff Studio

Shape function

into feeling

(646) 450-9378
info@leadoffstudio.com

Copyright @ 2026 Leadoff Studio