Nomis' rise has been phenomenal.

The design of football boots has definately elvolved since the first cleated shoes and the launch of Nomis can only help further the evolution.

Nomis founder Simon Skirrow created his vision for his new brand after working with some brilliant shoe designers in the 1980s and 1990s, and being frustrated with the latest football boot innovations.

Over nine months Simon worked in secrecy to develop Control Technology until the secret broke that a revolutionary technology was being developed. Taking drastic action to keep his development under wraps, Simon moved to Australia. It was here that the first Nomis prototypes were designed and four years after starting the Nomis journey, the first Nomis boot samples were created.

The next decision was which leathers were most appropriate, and how the various leathers would best react to the Nomis technologies. Simon eventually decided to focus on the use of kangaroo and bovine leathers. This selection guaranteed that the leathers would have the degree of stretch, water absorption and abrasion resistance that he was looking for.

Above is the Serpent shoe, the very first Nomis prototype. It weighs 255 grams and is made almost entirely out of kangaroo leather.Like the final consumer shoes it has a unique slipper-like feel to it. These shoes have never been commercialised and sports the first Dry Control uppers, which were rigorously tested.

The results of the tests were so positive that Nomis decided to launch this technology at the same time as the Wet Control technology.

The designs that were eventually decided upon for the existing shoes took two weeks to complete, while the designs for the 2006 World Cup shoes took eight weeks, such was the complexity of the new features that the Nomis team wanted to achieve.

The team actually started with 40 designs, which were cut down to 15 and then eventually to five. The final five were there then taken to stage two artwork, which means all the flow lines are finalised and the midsole and outsole are drawn to scale as if ready for production. Each design was then critically assessed in terms of look and feeling, until Nomis settled on “the one”.

It is incredible to think how far Nomis has come in such a short space of time. The most exciting aspect, however, is that the Nomis journey has only really just begun.