The future of footwear design and production
24 billion shoes are made every year. 1 in 5 go straight to landfill. Our industry is at an inflection point, ready to be remade for a new creative economy. Tech will not replace craft, it will empower it.
The future of footwear design and production
24 billion shoes are made every year. 1 in 5 go straight to landfill. Our industry is at an inflection point, ready to be remade for a new creative economy. Tech will not replace craft, it will empower it.
How it works
Rapid development
Generative design allows you to develop and launch new footwear lines in as little as 90 days without the costs or constraints of molds or traditional tooling.
On-demand manufacturing
We make only after a customer orders, drop shipping directly from the factory. By cutting inventory and distribution, brands can offer more sizes and styles without the costs of overproduction or waste.
Circularity as a service
Everything we design is made to be unmade, either within our own reverse supply chain or integrating into yours for a second life.
Rapid development
Generative design allows you to develop and launch new footwear lines in as little as 90 days without the costs or constraints of molds or traditional tooling.
On-demand manufacturing
We make only after a customer orders, drop shipping directly from the factory. By cutting inventory and distribution, brands can offer more sizes and styles without the costs of overproduction or waste.
Circularity as a service
Everything we design is made to be unmade, either within our own reverse supply chain or integrating into yours for a second life.
Limitless possibility_ infinite ideation_
24 billion shoes are made every year. One out of five are sent straight to the landfill. The industry massively overproduces, but by making on-demand, we can reverse this trend all while offering more sizes and styles without the costs of inventory or waste.
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Limitless possibility_ infinite ideation_
24 billion shoes are made every year. One out of five are sent straight to the landfill. The industry massively overproduces, but by making on-demand, we can reverse this trend all while offering more sizes and styles without the costs of inventory or waste.
systems
04
textures
02
Cost effective_ design flexibility_
3D printing allows for more than rapid prototyping - it enables shoes to be made on-demand, factory direct to customer. HILOS has built the first high-mix, low-volume supply chain for on-demand footwear, allowing for a wide selection of low volume runs to change and iterate with the market.
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Cost effective_ design flexibility_
3D printing allows for more than rapid prototyping - it enables shoes to be made on-demand, factory direct to customer. HILOS has built the first high-mix, low-volume supply chain for on-demand footwear, allowing for a wide selection of low volume runs to change and iterate with the market.
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Eco efficient_ Low impact_
We’re building a creative economy without waste. That means only making what we need with on-demand product, using zero-waste production techniques like powder bed printing, and engineering for disassembly and end-of-life. By making better product faster, and with less waste, we hope to finally align our industry with our planet.
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Eco efficient_ Low impact_
We’re building a creative economy without waste. That means only making what we need with on-demand product, using zero-waste production techniques like powder bed printing, and engineering for disassembly and end-of-life. By making better product faster, and with less waste, we hope to finally align our industry with our planet.
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The first environmental assessment of 3D printed shoes
A team of graduate students at Yale’s Center for Business and the Environment worked with HILOS and our supply chain partners - BASF, HP, and AMT - to examine each piece of our environmental impact.
