Introducing the Air Max Dn8: Nike’s Next Chapter in Dynamic Air

What to know

• By leveraging the same level of innovation that goes into elite performance silhouettes, Nike footwear designers built the Air Max Dn8 to provide all-day comfort and style inspired by fluidity and motion.
• For the first time, the Air Max Dn8 extends Nike’s Dynamic Air technology to the full length of the foot, offering a new expression of how it feels to walk on Air.
• The silhouette’s two Air units and eight tubes create a sustained, pressurized flow from the heel to the forefoot — delivering unreal cushioning, flow, sensation and motion.
• The Air Max Dn8 is now available globally at nike.com and select retailers.Nike is debuting the Air Max Dn8 campaign as the silhouette becomes available globally, bringing the new style to life through the lens of eight world-class innovators and eight global athletes who explore eight unique interpretations of unreal motion and creative experimentation, powered by the Air Max Dn8.Among the pairings of expert creators and competitors are English photographer Gabriel Moses and footballer Kobbie Mainoo; French photographer Ilya Chemetoff and American hurdler Masai Russell; French photographer Marius Gonzalez and Japanese skateboarder Yuto Horigome; Berlin creative studio NEWFORMAT and Spanish footballer Salma Paralluelo; Miami creative collective EDGLRD and Spanish footballer Nico Williams; German photographer Daniel Sannwald and American hooper Ja Morant; German photographer Elizaveta Porodina and Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal; and London creative studio A New Plane and Hong Kong fencer Edgar Cheung Ka-Long.

  Each image from the campaign harnesses the power of these unique partnerships to create new explorations of Air, nodding to Nike’s longstanding culture of innovation.

  Visit nike.com/airmax for more information about the leading eight Air Max Dn8 colorways, and view images from the campaign in the gallery below. Additional campaign imagery is available here.

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  January 30, 2025 — Nike is inviting athletes, sneaker fans and those who challenge culture to explore its latest Air Max experiment, the Air Max Dn8, marking the latest chapter in the footwear cushioning revolution Nike began more than three decades ago.

  For the first time, the Air Max Dn8 extends Nike’s Dynamic Air technology to the full length of the foot, offering a new expression of how it feels to walk on Air.

  Akin to its predecessor, the Air Max Dn, the new silhouette leverages dual-pressured air units to respond to pressure with every step, delivering unreal cushioning, flow, sensation and motion.

  The Air Max Dn8 advances that innovation over two Air units and eight tubes that create a sustained, pressurized flow from the heel to the forefoot, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with Air.

  “For the Dn8, we wanted to be lower to the ground. We wanted to feel more Air. We wanted to improve transition,” says Jonathan Kosenick, Lead Designer, Men’s Sportswear. “All of those goals led us to design the shoe with eight Air chambers directly in contact with the ground, which allows the chambers to more effectively compress and be way more flexible, delivering a much bouncier, springier sensation that channels a Nike performance footwear approach into a shoe you want to wear every day.”

  The Air Max Dn8’s rear Air unit is comprised of two pressurized chambers, each with two tubes. The two chambers are specifically tuned with higher pressure in the back two tubes (15 psi) and lower pressure in the front two tubes (5 psi). With every step, air freely flows between the tubes in each chamber. The forefoot Air unit mirrors its rear counterpart, with air moving between two lower-pressure tubes in the back (5 psi) and two higher-pressure tubes in the front (15 psi).

  Together, the dual Air units enable unreal responsiveness and all-day comfort that’s possible only with Dynamic Air, leveraging the same level of innovation that goes into elite performance silhouettes to create optimal cushioning and heel-to-toe propulsion to accentuate every movement of the day.

  A soft, breathable upper complements the Dynamic Air technology, and elevated materials deliver a premium feel and standout durability — all with a bold style inspired by fluidity and motion.

  “When designing the Dn8, we kept thinking about what makes some of our favorite classic Air Max models so great: that you can put them on and go, and no matter what happens over the course of the day, that shoe is not only going to succeed, it’s going to exceed expectations,” says Kosenick. “We wanted to build a shoe that had the same sort of, ‘go anywhere, do anything’ character — an impulsivity, a versatility that will perform under any circumstance by harnessing the capabilities of Dynamic Air.”

  The Air Max Dn8 will be available in a Hyper Pink colorway on SNKRS and at select retail partners February 6. A red colorway will be available globally March 6, with additional men’s, women’s and kids’ colorways launching in the following weeks. Visit SNKRS to learn more about the design.