Nike and Zellerfeld Bring Back 3D-Printed Air Max 1000 for Air Max Day

Nike's duo of 3D-printed sneakers, the Air Max 1000 and Air Max 95000, have only been released a handful of times since the former launched in 2024, and for Air Max Day 2026, Nike brought back one sold-out variant of the Air Max 1000 for the very first time. The shoe is the Zellerfeld x Nike Air Max 1000 "Black/Volt" (SKU: HV0234-001), priced at $179, available through a raffle run by Zellerfeld, with entries opening March 23, 2026 and winners notified on Air Max Day, March 26, 2026. WWD separately reported pricing at $185; verify the final figure on Zellerfeld's official listing. Pairs will be delivered in three to four weeks from the raffle win date.

The all-black slip-on is 3D printed as a single piece featuring multiple textures and branding elements, with a bright green Air Max unit popped into the heel. Made from Zellerfeld's TPU ZellerFoam material, the soft and flexible silhouette borrows many of the same lines from the seminal Air Max sneaker from 1987, the Air Max 1. Zellerfeld's own product language describes wavy patterns and textured tooling throughout the upper that mimic the original Air Max 1 mudguard, and the laceless slip-on construction is the entire point: no lace cage, no tongue, no assembly seams. It's one continuous object, printed whole.

Originally introduced as a futuristic reimagining of the classic 1987 Air Max 1, the Air Max 1000 marks the very first time Nike Air technology has been successfully utilized inside a fully 3D-printed shoe. That's the claim Hypebeast makes, and it's a hard one to argue with. Nike held a limited release for an all-red Air Max 1000 in fall 2024, with wider launches bringing additional colorways the following year, and further developments in tech led to the Air Max 95000's introduction last fall, which uses an additive process called "Project Nectar" allowing for the application of greater detail.

Another breakthrough came early this year with the Air Max 1000 unlocking dual-color printing. Michael Krause, Chief Platform Officer at Zellerfeld, was unambiguous about where this is going: "This dual-color approach, a first in commercial 3D footwear, will allow creators and brands to bring shoes to life in two vibrant colors. What could be more exciting than one vibrant color? Right, two combined. We can't wait for the dual-color Air Max 1000 to hit the market later this year." Prototype imagery already exists showing the Air Max 1000 in two distinct zones: purple covering the sole and part of the upper, meeting a black section along a wavy seam line, with a black Air Max unit in the heel.

The Air Max Day 2026 lineup also included the Patta x Nike Air Max 1 and the Ducks of a Feather x Nike Air Max 95, making the Zellerfeld-produced Air Max 1000 one of the more technically ambitious releases in a stacked field. The Black/Volt colorway sits at the intersection of restraint and flex: all-black structure with that volt heel unit hitting like punctuation. At roughly $179 retail for a fully printed, seamless shoe with embedded Air technology, the price point lands well below what you'd expect to pay for something this novel on the secondary market. The Multicolor edition coming later this year will be the real test of whether this technology scales into something the culture truly locks onto.