Interview with Darryl Matthews, vice president of shoe design at Nike and lead at ISPA.
Sportswear brand Nike has unveiled ISPA Link, a collection of modular trainers that can be easily disassembled, as part of the brand's move towards a circular design economy.
The line comes from Nike's ISPA (Improvise Scavenge Protect Adapt) design division, which works to create sustainable solutions to design problems.
It comprises two trainers, the ISPA Link and ISPA Link Axis, which are modular designs produced without glue. Glue is normally used during the cementation process to attach the shoes' parts together.
Instead, the ISPA Link trainers consist of three interlocking parts that are held – or linked – together by tension. Each shoe has a sole made up of pegs that slot into openings in the upper – the part that covers the foot.
