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Model 001: Bitmap
Same shoe. Higher resolution.
$189
Color: Bitmap
Anthracite to Cloud Dancer
A water repellent knit that beads and sheds light rain, with a built-in breathable membrane that keeps water out and lets vapor escape. Every stitch is a pixel in one continuous grid, knit in a gradient from black at the heel to white at the toe, Anthracite to Cloud Dancer. Underneath, it's the Model 001 you know: copper-lined, tie-once laces.
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Sizing & Fit
Atoms shoes are regular fit and true to size.
Size Guide — Men's Shoes
| US | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 10 | 10.5 | 11 | 11.5 | 12 | 12.5 | 13 | 13.5 | 14 | 14.5 | 15 |
| UK | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 10 | 10.5 | 11 | 11.5 | 12 | 12.5 | 13 | 13.5 | 14 | 14.5 |
| EU | 35.5 | 36 | 36.5 | 37.5 | 38 | 38.5 | 39 | 40 | 40.5 | 41 | 42 | 42.5 | 43 | 44 | 44.5 | 45 | 45.5 | 46 | 47 | 47.5 | 48 | 48.5 | 49 | 49.5 |
| JP | 21.5 | 21.9 | 22.4 | 22.8 | 23.2 | 23.6 | 24.1 | 24.5 | 24.9 | 25.3 | 25.8 | 26.2 | 26.6 | 27 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 28.3 | 28.7 | 29.1 | 29.6 | 30 | 30.4 | 30.9 | 31.3 |
| BR | 34 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 50 | 51 |
Shipping & Returns
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US shipping: Delivered in 4–7 business days. Need them sooner? Choose expedited at checkout.
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Returns: 30 days from delivery. We'll ask one question: how can we improve?
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Exchanges: Wrong size? Exchange it. No printer or box needed.
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Gifting: No packing slip in the box. Gift cards available.
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Limited edition and final sale: Some limited edition colors are made to order and ship within 5 weeks. These can't be returned
Materials & Care
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Upper: engineered knit with a continuous pixel-grid pattern. Yarn HMDG0023, 30% recycled polyester, 70% nylon mono, treated to be water repellent.
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Membrane: breathable membrane between the upper and the lining. Blocks water droplets, lets vapor escape.
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Color: gradient from black at the heel to white at the toe, Anthracite to Cloud Dancer.
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Lining and insole: copper-infused (Copper span V2), Anthracite. Antimicrobial threads throughout.
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Eyelets and laces: TPU eyelets and 8mm elastic laces, both Anthracite.
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Outsole: translucent, with a patterned rubber tread for traction.
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Care: machine washable on a cold gentle cycle. Air dry after.
Water repellent yarns make raindrops bead and roll off the knit. A breathable membrane under the upper blocks what gets through. Not waterproof, so it's built for the walk, not the puddle.
One continuous grid of stitches wraps the whole foot. It's knit in a gradient from black at the heel to white at the toe, Anthracite to Cloud Dancer.
Copper is built into the lining and the insole. Odor doesn't get a foothold, even after a long day without socks.
Tie them once. After that, the 8mm elastic laces let you slip in and out. A heel pull tab makes it easier.
Key features
The details behind the grid.
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Sheds light rain. A repellent finish on the knit makes raindrops bead and roll right off the surface, and a built-in breathable membrane keeps water from getting in.
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Stays breathable. The membrane blocks water droplets but lets vapor escape, so the upper stays fully ventilated.
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Stretches less, repels more. This upper has less stretch than regular Model 001, which makes the water repellent finish more effective.
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Stays fresh for weeks. Antimicrobial copper in both the lining and the insole keeps odor down, even without socks.
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Slips on and off. Tie the 8mm elastic laces once; a heel pull tab does the rest.
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Holds your heel in place. A structured heel support keeps the foot planted through long days.
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Soft underfoot. An internal cushioning system and foam midsole absorb impact, step after step.
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Grips when it's wet. The patterned rubber outsole is built for traction on slick sidewalks.
Details
Scales to Stitches
Fish scales sit in offset rows that shed water. We translated that grid into knit, in a gradient from black at the heel to white at the toe.
Nylon Mono Yarn
Yarn HMDG0023 is 70% nylon mono and 30% recycled polyester, knit into the upper and treated to repel water.
Traction Outsole
The patterned rubber tread matters most on a sidewalk the rain has already reached.
It started with a fish.
Scales are nature's grid: small cells in offset rows that let water run straight off. We turned that into something technical. Each scale became a pixel, each pixel a stitch, knitted from Anthracite at the heel to Cloud Dancer at the toe. Up close, it reads like binary code falling from the sky. Like the scales behind it, the knit is water repellent. And it comes from New York, a city built on a grid.
Same shoe. Higher resolution.
Nature’s grid.
Scales sit in offset rows and overlap like shingles, so water runs straight off. The knit steps the same way, and it’s water repellent.
A bitmap is a grid.
Rows of cells, each one on or off. The name is one too: six letters, six bytes, forty-eight bits.
The knit is already a bitmap.
The grid isn’t printed on. It’s how the upper is knitted: one continuous pixel grid, stitch by stitch, Anthracite at the heel to Cloud Dancer at the toe.
One cell, four things.
Zoom into the shoe and any single cell is four things at once: a fish scale, a pixel, a knit stitch, a city block. Everything on this shoe is built from that one cell.
Built on a grid.
Atoms is from New York, and New York is a grid. Here the city’s blocks, tilted 29° like Manhattan’s, fill in to form the shoe. The ring marks our office, 205 Hudson Street.
Dark on top, pale below.
Many fish are shaded this way, so they disappear into deep water from above and into the bright surface from below. The upper does it heel to toe.
Technical, precise, quiet.
- The gridStructure first.
- The bitIts own code.
- The scaleNature’s logic.
