During the system development Don’t Run – Beta have been able to run a number of workshops where participants have been put in to groups, normally of two and provided with shoe lasts and necessary materials. They are then given 4 hours and plenty of help to create an upper that fits on to the Don’t Run template. Through these steps they will learn how the construction of a Don’t Run shoe works and by becoming part of the process they’ll witness first hand how prototyping technology offers new possibilities for small scale on demand digital fabrication.

Two workshops took place in Eindhoven, Holland, during DDW 2013, in October, in collaboration with De-factorij.

Two workshops took place in Kortrijk, Belgium, at the BudaLab in the BudaFabriek in November 2013.