For Athlete Services (APEX) in the LACES building on the Adidas campus in Herzogenaurach, Formfeld created a feature wall measuring approximately 3.5 × 3.5 metres. APEX develops and customises equipment for top athletes, continuing a tradition that goes back to Adi Dassler and his made-to-measure studded boots for the German national football team at the 1954 World Cup.

The installation takes the form of a continuous wall relief composed of around 10,000 geometrically unique facets. Each facet is shaped as an inclined protrusion with a central, funnel-like opening backed in black. The size of these openings follows the grayscale values of an iconic portrait of Adi Dassler, which emerges across the surface as a complete image when viewed from a distance. The relief depths are also derived from the motif, though from an abstracted and softly blurred version of the image. The result is a topographic surface, developed through a bespoke parametric model and produced by CNC milling in a subtractive process.

The wall reveals itself differently depending on the viewing distance: from close up, the milling marks and individual facets become legible; from mid-range, the structure reads as a dense relief; and from farther away, the portrait of Adi Dassler comes into view.