adidas Harden Vol. 5 Futurenatural 'Polka Dot - Team Navy'
Colorway: Team Navy/Cloud White/Vivid Red · Style code: GW2955 · Release date: April 20, 2021 · Price: $78 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Harden Vol. 5 'Support' (H68685) · adidas Harden Vol. 5 Futurenatural 'Relentless' (FZ1083) · adidas Harden Vol. 5 Futurenatural 'Tokyo' (GW5388) · Adidas Harden Vol. 5 J 'Support' (G57983) · adidas Harden Vol. 5 Futurenatural 'Magnolia' (FZ1071)
adidas spent years of foot scanning arriving at a single mold: an averaged, anatomically shaped last that a shoe could be formed around rather than assembled on. Futurenatural is the manufacturing method that came out of it. The mixed-material upper is pressed from every direction under high heat until it holds the mold's shape, and the outsole is joined to that forged shell, which removes most of the seams and internal structure a basketball shoe normally needs.
The Harden Vol. 5 was the first shoe to carry it, launching at the start of 2021 with Boost in the heel and Lightstrike in the forefoot underneath.
Colorways followed quickly through that year, and the polka-dot navy version arrived in spring. A scattered pattern works on a forged upper precisely because there are no panel breaks for it to run into.