Points to research: Understanding of the market (trends) (scope) Understanding of the products (currently on offer, brands waste & constructionTr) Sustainability Users (what is known about the users, sneaker heads, sneaker culture, ath-leisure) Technology & Manufacturing Marketing (adopting a new product) Methods of designing: Use of bio degradable materials in shoes Stamp or knit upper …
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Wednesday Week 3
Research lead me to see the growing popularity of the sneaker industry and how this has sparked the start of “ath-leisure”, where people have over time learned the importance of health and comfort of footwear. The users are demanding footwear that can be worn is all occasions and provide suitable support, this has lead to …
Monday Week 3
Meeting with Hannah Clement Hannah is a technical demonstrator in the textile department. She has experience in natural biodegradable materials and knows her way around the material lab and textile studio. She began by asking about my project and instantly suggested the use of wool for the upper, in their department wool is successful in …
Friday Week 2
Working on our design briefs and design criteria. Speaking with the tutor Emma, she pointed out the difference between designing a shoe using a knitted upper or stamp uppers. Knitted upper are good as their production has zero waste, the shape of the upper is predetermined and so the material is used to build that …
Thursday Week 2
Meeting with Sandy Heffernan Sandy works here in the creative collage of arts in the textile department and has experience with bio materials and sustainable products. When speaking with here she gave me some resources on a shoe company in Portugal called Zouri. They work with grinding up ocean plastics and using then in the …
Tuesday Week 2
Discussing with a class mate brought up a few videos and documentaries about shoe design and how they explore using a wide range of materials and test rigs when trying to find the new natural feel of running. Nike Lab: Innovation x innovators Tinker Hatfield: footwear designs ep. 2 A class mate referred me to …
Monday Week 2
Further researching characteristics and possibilities of using bio degradable materials. Introduction into low risk management and research methods. Research brought up the growth of athletic shoe sales and production over the last 10 years. More leathers are being replaced by nylon and other synthetic materials. popularity is growing for the ‘athletic shoe’ including running shoes …
Friday week 1
Uploading our first project proposal. When working on the project proposal we decide on the project outlines and use keywords and research questions to shape our projects. Upon discussion with classmates I looked into trying to combine my second and third topic proposal to try to make a bio degradable shoe that involves 3D processes …
Wednesday week 1
After discussion with the lectures my project should be one that involves a strong passion to keep me motivated for the year. This has leant me towards designing a shoe, with the possibility of combining technologies such as 3D printing and Bio fabrication. In doing so I could look to combine my second and third …
Monday week 1
Introduction into the project and some suggestions given on deciding on a direction. Currently I have two proposals; Tennit and Comfort Design. Tennit; making outdoor exploring safer I want to design an easily compact-able temporary shelter, that works as a safety precaution when exploring the outdoors; Hiking, camping, hunting, racing. Encouraging people to have one …
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