Archive Visit

On January 4th 2026 we had the immense privilege to be invited into the Adidas Archive in Herzogenaurach, Germany. How did this all start? Well, let us take you back to May 2024, when we made this post about a pair of Adidas sneakers we'd never seen before: Our instagram story from May 2024. They had the same sole as the original Y3 mould that later became part of Adidas's mainline (left, a pair of Mei), but featured an extended tongue and side lacing seen usually on a pair o

In early February 2026 we finally made it to the PUMA Archive, nestled deep in the historical centre of Herzogenaurach, Germany (better known as the birthplace of the Dassler brothers, aka PUMA and Adidas). For years we’ve been chatting to @j.rohwerk and @studio__encore about doing this trip together; Joerg and Florence are former @pumamotorsport designers behind some of the most iconic shapes of the brand (the Future Cat and Impulse Cat amongst countless others!), so we k