Neri Oxman’s design lab, OXMAN, has been working for many years on Oº, a material integrally composed of polyhydroxyalkanoates (a type of thermoplastic polymer), used to manufacture shoes and clothes with digital tools. The fabric of organic origin has proven to be highly versatile, not only because it is produced with bacteria that feed from different raw materials, but also because it can be processed through multiple methods, from 3D printing to hot melt spinning and knitting. This technology eliminates the complexity inherent to conventional manufacturing processes, making it possible to create products made in their entirety from a single material, at a single location, and with a minimum human intervention. It is a practically zero residue process in which even decomposition is programmable. The latest collection of shoes launched by OXMAN includes designs based on the kinetics of human motion and on the type of activity to which they are destined. Each model has a textile layer sown to the outer layer of Oº, which are in charge of providing specific functional qualities.