Easy come, Easy go...

Have you ever stooped to put your trainers on, tie you laces and thought to yourself “why am I putting on my shoes in such an antiquated way” ?

No, me neither but the people at Nike think that’s exactly what’s going though peoples heads

Say Sod it to your shoelaces…

Say hello to the Nike GO FlyEase.

The first truly hands free shoe…

It's intuitive — easy on, easy off — and evidence of how design, innovation and engineering can meet to answer an ambitious North Star: the creation of a hands-free shoe. 

Behind the shoe's smooth motion is a bi-stable hinge that enables the shoe to be secure in fully open and fully closed states.

This duality allows another signature detail: the Nike GO FlyEase tensioner. The tensioner’s unique flexibility super-charges an action many might take for granted (kicking-off a shoe) and completely reimagines this movement as basis for accessible and empowering design.

While I admire their advantages for adaptive athletes and people with disabilities, do the rest of us really need shoes we just step in and out of?

*sigh*

Queen Marie

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