During Milan Fashion Week, ON x POST ARCHIVE FACTION unveiled The Cocoon, a large-scale installation by German artist Dominic Kiessling created for the launch of Current Form 4.0. Framed as a shifting sensory environment, the work turned the collection presentation into an encounter shaped by motion, adaptation, and change.
‘The Cocoon’: a living installation in motion
Built from lightweight reflective foil and kept aloft by air pressure, The Cocoon never settles into a fixed form. It ripples and reconfigures in real time, producing a space that feels at once engineered and organic. Visitors moved through a mirrored, softly unstable environment that drifted between calm and disorientation. The installation echoes the shared ethos of ON and POST ARCHIVE FACTION (PAF): constant testing, responsiveness, and evolution.
Current Form 4.0: exploring metamorphosis through running
The latest ON x PAF chapter, Current Form 4.0, examines how movement shapes perception and identity. Inspired by the metamorphosis of a moth, running becomes a passage from stillness into momentum, from potential into expression.
This idea runs through the campaign Chase Stillness, directed by Theodor Guelat and photographed by Zachary Handley, which frames motion as a way to align body and mind.
Performance Design Inspired by Nature
At the centre of the collection sits the Cloudboom Volt PAF, a performance shoe developed jointly by ON and POST ARCHIVE FACTION. Its layered construction recalls a moth emerging from a cocoon, translating biological imagery into technical design.
Powered by ON’s Helion™ midsole, the shoe balances cushioning with energy return, while mixed woven and mesh materials enhance airflow. It comes in two colourways: White / Gale and Ember / Pebble.
The line extends into apparel and accessories, including the Zero Jacket, Zero Singlet, Zero 2-in-1 Shorts, Running-T, Run Belt, Zero Cap, and Run Socks—each reshaped through PAF’s sharp, experimental lens.
Current Form 4.0 releases on June 25th, 2026 via ON, POST ARCHIVE FACTION, and select retailers, continuing the dialogue between performance design, experimentation, and movement-driven innovation.
Courtesy of ON
