Replicant

Replicant is a trail running shoe prototype realized with the collaboration of La Sportiva that combines traditional and new industrial manufacturing techniques with the unique customization offered by the 3D printing technologies. With its bare and essential design dictated by the 3D scan of the shape of one’s foot Replicant offers the ultimate fit and aims to create a seamless union between a wearable and the human body in order to augment or modify to a certain extent the body itself. By giving the possibility to create one’s own ideal shoe by self printing and combining personalized replaceable components in a variety of materials and thicknesses this project puts part of the manufacturing process directly in the hands (or, in this case, in the feet) of the wearer.