Configure forefoot room, hold and fit around the runner rather than relying on one generic last.
N=1 / PERFORMANCE FOOTWEAR / IN DEVELOPMENT
STOP RUNNING
IN SHOES BUILT
FOR AVERAGES.
Your feet, your body, your running.
N=1 is developing a performance footwear system that configures the compromises conventional shoes force you to accept.
01 / THE PROBLEM
ONE SIZE CHART.
MILLIONS OF RUNNERS.
Running shoes are built around fixed combinations of fit, cushioning, stability and traction. If one part works for you, another often does not. N=1 is being built to change that.
Balance cushioning, responsiveness and stability around how you actually want the shoe to feel.
Road, mixed surface, everyday miles or faster work. Configure the useful compromises before the cosmetic ones.
NOT MORE MODELS. FEWER COMPROMISES.
02 / THE N=1 HYPOTHESIS
CONFIGURE THE
COMPROMISES.
Runners repeatedly trade toe room against lockdown, cushioning against stability, speed against comfort, and grip against weight. N=1 explores whether those trade-offs can be configured instead of simply accepted.
01UPPERFIT / BREATHABILITY / HOLD
02FOOTBEDINTERFACE / COMFORTDEVELOPMENT MODULE
03CUSHIONINGGROUND FEEL / PROTECTIONGEOMETRY + STACK
04STRUCTUREFLEX / STIFFNESS / PROPULSIONPLATE / INSERT IN DEVELOPMENT
05MIDSOLERIDE / TRANSITION / STABILITY
06TRACTIONROAD / MIXED / MAX GRIP
CUSTOM IS NOT
A COLOUR.
N=1 CONFIGURES
WHAT MATTERS.
Development hypothesis. Final variables will be determined by runner research, engineering, supplier validation and physical testing.03 / DEVELOPMENT CONFIGURATOR
EXPLORE THE
SYSTEM.
BUILD ID
N1-MFMM-LAB
N1-MFMM-LAB
UPPER MESHGEOMETRY FLOWSTACK 28 MMGRIP MID
LIVE BUILDN1-MFMM-LAB
5. COMPATIBILITYBUILD COMPATIBLE
LIVE PERFORMANCE METRICS
WEIGHT212 gSTACK28 mmDROP6 mmGRIPHIGHCUSHIONHIGHENERGYHIGHSTABILITYHIGH
04 / FOUNDING LAB
HELP BUILD
WHAT COMES NEXT.
N=1 is in discovery and development. We are researching what runners actually want, which compromises matter most, and which variables can be configured without sacrificing performance, durability or price.
The configurator above is a working hypothesis, not a final product menu. Founding Lab members help shape the product before engineering prototypes and production decisions are locked.