Kicksology : The Hype Science Culture and Cool of Running Shoes

Kicksology is your all-access pass into the fascinating, colourful world of running shoes -- and what makes up a perfect pair of kicks.

Sports journalist and veteran shoe tester, Brian Metzler, takes runners and kicksologists deep inside the $10 billion dollar running shoe industry with a behind-the-curtain look at what makes iconic running shoe brands tick.

Kicksology follows a shoe from inspiration to store shelf to show how innovative ideas evolve into industry-wide trends and fads. Metzler tours shoe labs where scientists advance our understanding of shoes and running mechanics as well as the domestic and overseas shoe factories where the worlds favourite kicks are assembled.

A dedicated shoe nerd and running junkie, Metzler shares his love of great shoes in this fascinating look at the intersections of shoe culture and history, science and storytelling, intel from the innovators with on-the-ground insight from top runners.

Featured in the October 2019 Design newsletter.
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