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Past DIRT articles 👇
Frank Rudy, Loss Aversion and the Air Sole That Almost Never Happened
Frank Rudy and the Air Sole That Almost Never Happened.
Ferragamo's Rainbow Platforms, Functional fixedness and Luigi Colani.
The Iconic Ferragamo Sandal Born from Scarcity and Surrealism, designed for Judy Garland and reborn 80 years later.
Jordan’s banned Sneakers. How Breaking the Design Rules Built a Billion Dollar Sneaker Brand.
Jordan’s banned Sneakers. How Breaking the Design Rules Built a Billion Dollar Sneaker Brand.
The Red Boots That Walked Ziggy Into History, Signalling theory and The Marginalian.
The Red Boots That Walked Ziggy Into History
The Boots That Conquered Everest, Blindboy Bodcast and Buying less rubbish
The boots that conquered Everest!
The story of Apollos moon boots and the darkest material on Earth
The story of Apollos moon boots, and the darkest material on earth.
The story of Reebok's 1997 Instapump Fury
The Story of Reeboks 1997 Instapump fury. 30 years ahead of its time.
The Armadillo shoes: The 12-Inch Fantasy That Changed Fashion Forever
MCQueens The Armadillo Shoe: The 12-Inch Fantasy That Changed Fashion Forever.
Dorothy's Ruby Slippers, Peter Principle and 0 waste, on demand shoes
The story behind Dorothy’s Wizard of Oz Ruby Slippers
The story of the Moon Boots, Baader–Meinhof, and the Myth of Space Style
The story of the Moon Boots