What if you completely reinvent an icon? You don't just tinker with a few changes, you dream, develop and present a completely new concept for what a groundbreaking shoe silhouette looks and feels underfoot.

The daring and straightforward Nike Air Max Dn represents a new generation of the cushioning revolution that Nike began more than three decades ago, and offers a new way to express yourself — and to experience what it feels like to walk on air.

Nike's innovation, design, engineering and research teams were focused on creating a shoe with an unparalleled look and feel. The result is the development of Dynamic Air.

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Dynamic Air, which appears for the first time in the Nike Air Max Dn, is designed in a new dual-chamber air unit with four tubes, which provides inimitable comfort, smooth gait and maximum bounce. The two-chamber air unit consists of two pressure chambers, each with two tubes.

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The two chambers are coordinated so that there is a higher pressure (15 psi) in the back two tubes and a lower pressure (5 psi) in the front two tubes.

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When you move, air flows freely between the tubes in each chamber. In this way, the air reacts to the pressure created during movement and provides an even feeling with every step, which is not only very pleasant but is also interactive.

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“We call this 'dynamic motion, '” says Reggie Hunter, product director for Nike Lifestyle Footwear.

“The independent arrangement of the chambers means that the air unit can react to the body's stress with every step. The feeling of movement from heel to toe is seamless as the unit of air interacts with your foot and moves with you in real time. The Nike Air Max Dn was the first time we were able to convey that feeling.”

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From the start, the shoe was a joint project between Nike designers, engineers, and scientists from Nike Air Manufacturing Innovation (Air MI) and Nike Sport Research Lab (NSRL) to develop a more efficient Air system for comfort and movement.

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But they knew that the feeling of Dynamic Air in the shoes couldn't be the shoe's only trademark. The look of the shoe had to be fresh, something Air Max aficionados haven't seen yet.

Nike's innovation teams drew on more than three decades of Air Max science and cutting-edge manufacturing methods to give the Dn an unprecedented feel. Using digital techniques such as finite element analysis, teams were able to test the Air Unit faster and more precisely before prototyping for real laboratory testing.

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When testing the durability of the air unit, for example, the team was able to digitally simulate shoe wear over a year in just a few hours. Thanks to these quick results, teams were able to get feedback from athletes even faster and then continue the process: try, refine, repeat.

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“On the contrary, these sophisticated testing methods give us more opportunities for unexpected results,” says Kathy Gomez, Nike VP, NXT Footwear.

“With Dn, for example, you would think that the softest hose should be in the heel in terms of PSI to enable a hard landing and a better transition.

In fact, we've found that the best transition is when the strongest tube is under the heel and the softest is under the midfoot.”

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Together, Nike teams worked out every detail of the shoe to provide comfort and style all day long. A TPU shaft that supports the arch provides structure and support in the midfoot area, and a TPU heel cap supports the Achilles heel.

Injected Phylon foam surrounds the Air Unit and provides comfort, while a street-ready rubber outsole wraps around the heel and provides traction and durability.

The outer material should also reflect the fantastically flowing feel of the rolling process. The material teams proposed a modern textile with a tactile, textured overlay with a silicone surface.

The air unit works with all other components of the shoe and was developed with the same level of innovation, science, and research that applies to Nike's top performance shoes.

The result: a bold new Air Max model that redefines the future of Nike Air with every step.

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“In the end, you can start a new conversation through interruptions,” says Hunter.

“Being disruptive also opens the door for curiosity. When a generation of people who love Air Max are shocked by Air Max Dn, we know we're doing something right.

But when we developed the Dn, we were less about reaching out to a specific target group and more about designing a shoe that people would want to pick up, interact with, learn about, and wear. And wear. And wear.”

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For Gomez, these new conversations take place about technology like Nike Air when a new shoe changes the entire environment. The Nike Air Max Dn opens the door wide for the next era of Air Max.

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“Dynamic Air sets our benchmark higher for how air feels,” says Gomez.

“We are constantly increasing our expectations of what we can offer athletes. We're using every tool and expertise at our disposal to create new experiences with Air while achieving even greater precision. Perhaps most importantly, we create something that significantly pushes the limits of what is possible in terms of comfort and movement. And that is just the beginning of Air's future.”

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In addition to the black Air Max Dn “All Night”, the “All Day” color scheme will probably also appear in Air Max Week. The upper has a red-purple color gradient. You can find more pictures of the Air Max Dn “All Day” below.

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The Nike Air Max Dn “All Night” and other color variants will be shown on March 26 as part of Air Max Day and Air Max Week 2024 at 43 and a half, AFEW Store and Asphaltgold appear.

Also keep our Sneaker release calendar Keep an eye out for more new Air Max releases.

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Photos via Nike