Flyknit Collective
New York: Performance

The "Flyknit Collective" workshops, held at Bowery Stadium and led by architectural designer Jenny Sabin, will use the features of Nike Flyknit as inspiration for three innovative and engaging workshops during the summer. The second workshop was held at Bowery Stadium on July 14th and 15th.

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Neville Wakefield shares with the audience an overview of how the workshops in New York correlate with and amplify the design and innovation that are occurring at Flyknit Collective workshops across the globe.

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Ben Shaffer, Studio Director at Nike's Innovation Kitchen, introduced the history of the Flyknit shoe from concept, to prototype to reality.

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Jenny Sabin prompts the audience to think about how knit technology influences and affects different structures.

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Photographer and skate boarder Todd Jordan, takes the audience through a slideshow of his own work. He articulates the importance of motion and the capture of life often missed while in a state of constant movement.

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RISD professor Anne Emlein demonstrated how different knit stitches and materials can change the strength of a structure. Participants were invited to design their own knit patterns to attach to structure prototypes, keeping in mind the idea of motion captured during their outing.

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