What to wear on your feet if you plan to outrun the end of the world.

Improvise. Scavenge. Protect. Adapt. If it sounds like the meditation mantra of the dad in The Road, then you’re not far off.

Nike’s latest collection, under the banner ISPA, is designed not so much with sporting achievement on track, field or court in mind, rather survival in the event of a global-scale worst-case scenario: polar ice caps melting, zombie virus outbreak, no-deal Brexit, that sort of thing. Should the incumbent resident of the White House ever faceplant the big red button that triggers the nuclear deterrent, these are the shoes to turn to – assuming you don’t want to be turned into a smoldering pile of ash. And if Mr Viggo Mortensen could have done with a pair of these during his trolley dash through the post-apocalyptic wasteland, they’ll certainly see you through your daily commute.

This new generation of sneakers take the technical advances laid down by Nike’s reborn ACG initiative and runs with them. The latest model to drop, the low-top React WR ISPA, joins the mid styles and Air Max 270s already on site. Constructed around the revolutionary cushioning system of the same name, these shoes feature translucent TPE water-resistant uppers, meaning inclement weather conditions will pose no threat to the dryness of your socks. Launching tomorrow, the new model is available in three colourways, each featuring the sci-fi plugged midsoles of the taller shoe.

In keeping with the resourceful theme, the shoe has been shot here exclusively for MR PORTER with the help of Affix co-founder Mr Stephen Mann, against a backdrop built by London-based furniture designer Mr Dean Edmonds, with photography by Ms Sirui Ma. Empolying Brute containers and perforated aluminium, Messrs Mann and Edmonds have created an improvised seating solution of the sort you might find on a late-21st-century construction site (or perhaps in Mr Marcelo Bielsa’s living room right now).

The ISPA line itself is presented as a platform for experimentation, with future releases set to tackle whatever climate change, bioterrorism or political crisis lurks around the corner.

So before you apply for New Zealand citizenship and blow your savings on a batch-cum-bunker with a tinned-meat-stuffed larder on the South Island, make sure you have the right footwear first.

Shop the Nike collection here