The future of running shoes takes shape inside a 45,000-square-foot lab in Kobe, Japan. Here, 200 Asics employees research, create, and test new materials in a full-scale biomechanics lab with a ...

Demand for vegan shoes—manufactured without the use of animal-based fibers or materials—is on the rise. The market for synthetic leather, in particular, is expected to grow to $78.5 billion by 2025.

A material used in running shoes and memory foam pillows has inspired the design of a 3D-printed product that could help protect buildings from collision damage and other high impact forces, ...

Native Shoes has made footwear out of plants and recycled materials. The company’s latest innovation is a 3D-printed method that uses more recycled material, which could eventually mean only making a ...

Plastic shoes have been around for years, and 35 companies now turn them out. But plastic has mostly been used for cheap shoes because it does not breathe like leather and usually makes feet hot and ...