WILD BY DESIGN WORKSHOP
CHAMONIX, MONT-BLANC 2026
During UTMB race week, AKRAAMAHAM brought the Leaf by Leaf process to Chamonix for a workshop with Nike ACG.
Thirty athletes gathered beneath the mountains to create with the surrounding landscape - naturally connecting with ACG’s latest release, the Chamonix-inspired Chamo Camo collection.
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
10,000 Runners 50,000 Spectators 108 Nations
One of the world’s largest trail-running events, bringing elite athletes for a 170km race through the Alps, taking runners around Mont Blanc with roughly 10,000 metres of elevation gain—continuing through day, night and whatever weather the mountains bring.
The experience began with a guided forage through the local environment.
Participants collected leaves, flowers and overlooked natural objects - from the ground beneath them to the mountains surrounding them.
Wild mushrooms, shells and unfamiliar foliage became the starting points for experimentation.
Each participant arranged their findings directly onto a black Nike ACG garment.
Using AKRAAMAHAM’s botanical printing process, the athletes transformed the landscape they were accustomed to running across into artworks that reveal the beauty of foliage so often overlooked.
The workshop was not centred on mastering a printing technique, but on responding instinctively to the materials, the environment and each participant’s inner expression - something rarely given space within today’s fast-paced world.
Everyone left with a one-of-one garment shaped by their individual experience of Chamonix.
Made by hand. intentional composition, printed leaf by leaf.
Special workshop guest : Two-time Olympic silver medallist, two-time world champion and decathlon world-record holder Kevin Mayer.
The project marked AKRAAMAHAM’s first international workshop - taking a process shaped by everyday materials, personal experimentation and intentional composition into a new landscape and a global creative community.
First Independent event
