Guang Chelsea ቡትስ by Kaiqi Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award የብረት ሽልማት in የጫማ ዲዛይን Competition Category.

ብረትጫማ· 2021

Guang Chelsea ቡትስ

by Kaiqi Wang

Client: KaiiQi

A' Design Award የብረት ሽልማት Winner in ጫማ Category

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The Design

About Guang Chelsea ቡትስ

ጓንግ በእጅ የተሰራ ከላም ሱፍ እና የበግ ቆዳ ጋር ነው። የወደፊቱን ስሜት የሚያሳዩ አንጸባራቂ ማሰሪያዎች በስፌቶቹ ላይ ተለጥፈዋል። የሚያንፀባርቁ ሊበጁ የሚችሉ ፊደሎች በጀርባው ላይ እንደ ዓይንን የሚስብ ባህሪ ሆነው ሲሰሩ በጨለማ ውስጥ ታይነትንም ያሻሽላል። የኋለኛው ማሰሪያ በቀላሉ ለመልበስ የቡት ማሰሪያውን ርዝመት እና ስፋት ያሰፋል።የተጨነቀው የቪብራም መውጪያ ቆንጆ ውበት፣የላቀ መጎተት እና የበለጠ ምቾት ይሰጣል። ከጫፍ-ጣት ጠባብ ምስል ጎን ያለው ደማቅ ኒዮን ቢጫ ዓመፀኛ ሆኖም ተግባራዊ ንድፍ ያቀርባል።

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award የብረት ሽልማት

Guang Chelsea ቡትስ የA' Design Award የብረት ሽልማት አሸናፊ ነው፤ ይህም በጥሩ ሁኔታ ከተነደፉ ፈጠራዎች የሚጠበቁትን ሙያዊና ኢንዱስትሪያዊ መስፈርቶች ለሚያሟሉ ጥሩ ዲዛይኖች የሚሰጥ ከፍተኛ ክብር ያለው እውቅና ነው። የብረት አሸናፊዎች የፈጣሪዎቻቸውን ታላቅ ችሎታ፣ ከፍተኛ ልዩ ሙያ፣ የባለሙያ ግንዛቤ እና የፈጠራ አቅም ያሳያሉ። Guang Chelsea ቡትስ ከፍ ያለ ግምት የሚሰጠው፣ የሚደነቅና የሚወደድ፣ ተግባራዊና ፈጠራ የተሞላበት ሥራ እንደሚሆን ይጠበቃል። ይህ የA' Design Award የብረት ሽልማትን ያሸነፈ ዲዛይን የኢንዱስትሪ ምርጥ ልምዶችን ያዋህዳል፤ ከእውቀትና ከተሰጥኦ ጋር የተሳሰሩ ብቁ ቴክኒካዊ ባህሪያትም አሉት። Guang Chelsea ቡትስ በጥልቅነቱ የተከበረ ሲሆን ዓለምን የተሻለ ቦታ ለማድረግ የሚረዱ የሕይወት ጥራት ማሻሻያዎችን ለማቅረብ የተነደፈ ነው።

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Guang is handmade with cowhide as main material and lambskin as lining to emphasize both durability and flexibility. Reflective bindings were stitched on the seams delivering a futuristic feel. Reflective customizable letters on the bootstraps functioning as an eye catching feature also improves visibility in the dark. The distressed Vibram outsole gives a brawny aesthetic, superior traction, and greater comfort, which are unique for high heel chelsea. Together deliver a slick and cohesive design.
Dimensions & Packaging: 85 mm x 235 mm x 280 mm each.
Tags: Chelsea Boots, ankle boots, neon yellow, Vibram, reflective, 3M
Production Technology: Handmade from scratch. Including pattern making, material sourcing, and lasting. Constructed by machine sewing. Main material is cowhide. Lining is lambskin. Trims are reflective tape and elastic bands. Outsole is a Vibram brand outsole.
Design Challenge: The challenge is to develop the pattern. To achieve the design vision, most time has been dedicated to making prototypes and to find different solutions to execute the best way of putting all the layers of soles together.
Research: Research was mainly focused on Chelsea boots history, construction and materials.
Inspiration: Chelsea boots although classy, have historically garnered a darker, more conventional design. Guang is Chinese for 'light', it aimed to bring a novel bright, futuristic vantage point to the boot while maintaining its functional features of durability and ease of wear. Guang boasts clean geometric lines, featuring the contradictory of time consuming craftsmanship and boundary challenging philosophy. The bright neon yellow alongside the pointy-toe narrow silhouette delivers a sexy, rebellious yet aesthetically pleasing design.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2019 in San Francisco and finished in November 2019.
Operation Flow: The main material used on the body of the boot is a durable cow hide leather with a saturated fluorescent coating. The interior of the boots is made from lamb skin allowing for a soft feel on the foot as well as flexibility to stretch to fit each foot as time goes by. Reflective details improve visibility in the dark, when hit with flash or car light, it will light up. The painted over then deliberate distressed outsole has been sanded down to fit the shoe shape, it gives superior traction and greater comfort, which are unique for high-heel Chelsea boots.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Damion Le Cappelain 2019
Image #2: Photographer Damion Le Cappelain 2019
Image #3: Photographer Kaiqi Wang 2021
Image #4: Photographer Alejandro Tuzon 2021
Image #5: Photographer Alejandro Tuzon 2021