Post by Aditi Kedia

Prototyping is how Nike thinks. The Air Lab at Dropcity made that process public. During Milan Design Week 2026, five abandoned railway tunnels behind Milan Central Station became a working laboratory built around fifty years of Air technology. Nearly 100 never-before-seen prototypes, industrial machinery, hands-on workshops. The material history of one of the most recognisable design innovations in sportswear, laid out in a former freight depot. What separated it from a standard brand exhibition was the permanence. From this autumn, Nike's equipment joins Dropcity's public workshop facilities, accessible to any designer. The tunnels, under a 20-year civic agreement, are becoming one of the largest design production centres in Europe. Read more here- https://lnkd.in/dy5wFHiV