Bronze Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design · 2023
W Kid Foot Health Guardian Shoes
- A' Design Award 2023 Bronze Winner in Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: Winner Medical Co.,Ltd.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 17,164
- Verification code FEF19D4F55 · Verify this award
About W Kid Foot Health Guardian Shoes
W Kid Foot Health Guardian is a pair of shoes designed for toddlers. The design is based on a study of how children's feet develop, and it combines ergonomics, biomechanics, sports medicine and skin care. The bionic foot shape leaves space for the toes to move and improves grip and balance. The modular sole supports the foot bones as children learn to walk, while side and heel frames of thermoplastic elastomer add stability. The upper is made of eucalyptus fiber, and the sock lining uses antibacterial wormwood fiber.
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- Unique Properties
- W kid children shoes are specially designed for toddlers. The design team makes a profound study on the development features of children's feet, and comprehensively considers ergonomics, biomechanics, sports medicine, skin management and other factors, aiming to improve toddlers athletic ability and perception, and promote foot development.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The size of shoes is 65 mm x 160 mm x 90 mm.
- Tags
- Toddler shoes, Ergonomics, Biomechanics, Bionic foot shape, Perception exercise
- Production Technology
- The third generation 3D Plus, flyknit technology
Sandwich structure technique
Injection molding
95 percent unsoluble antibacterial technology
Patented humidity detection technology
TPE environment friendly rubber sole
RPET insole
Eucalyptus fiber perforated woven upper vamp
Microporous wormwood fiber antibacterial sock lining - Design Challenge
- The difficulty of this design is to provide children with scientific and comfortable shoes, expand their thinking while improving the walking ability. In this connection, the design team integrates ergonomics, biomechanics, sports medicine, skin management and other factors to create the distinctive modular structured sole and bionic toe cap, which better meets walking needs of children and improve their toe grip, balance, vision and order perception.
- Project Duration
- The project was initiated in Shenzhen, China in June 2020 and listed in June 2022.
- Operation Flow
- The modular structured sole can hold up the corresponding foot bones when children learn to walk, which helps them to balance their gait, open the toes, enhance grip and plantar muscles and promote arch development. Meanwhile, the TPE protection frame at the side and heel can improve gait stability and prevent over pronation. The parallel bionic toe cap leaves sufficient space for toes to move and mitigates external impact.
- Research
- The development of the feet is a continuous process. Children develop their comprehensive sensory abilities at the age of 1.5 to 4, during which foot-natural environment contact is essential to enhance the sensitivity of foot tactile nerves and effectively exercise the muscles and ligaments of the soles. Medical research shows that most foot bones are calcified cartilage, which is elastic and east to deform. Therefore, a pair of children shoes with gait assistance function is necessary, it can help children learn to walk more easily and healthily, stimulate growth function and promote sound gait development.
- Inspiration
- The design team draws inspiration from toddlers foot development needs. Babies will rub their feet and relax their toes when they are satisfied during suckling, which indicates their healthy development. The distinctive bionic foot shape shoes leave sufficient space for toes to move, and improve toe grip and spacial perception. Moreover, the differentiated toe caps meet the needs during their order sensitive period and help to improve their cognitive ability.