Wacky Pack أحذية تفاعلية by Ye Shen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 جائزة A' Design Award الفضية in تصميم الأحذية Competition Category.

فضةالأحذية· 2023

Wacky Pack أحذية تفاعلية

by Ye Shen

Client: Ye Shen

جائزة A' Design Award الفضية Winner in الأحذية Category

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The Design

About Wacky Pack أحذية تفاعلية

"واكي باك" هي مجموعة من الأحذية تستكشف طرقًا جديدة لإغلاق الأحذية. يستبدل كل زوج الأربطة التقليدية بنظام إغلاق بديل، مثل غطاء للحذاء أو أزرار كبس معدنية أو سحّاب كامل. تُغيّر أنظمة الإغلاق هذه طريقة ارتداء كل حذاء وتتيح إطلالات متعددة من زوج واحد. استُخدم في المجموعة جلد مدبوغ نباتيًا بسماكات متنوعة وقطع معدنية مصنوعة خصيصًا. قُطّعت قطع الباترون وخيطت وشُكّلت على القالب يدويًا. وقد أسهمت عمليات النمذجة المكثفة في تحسين التناسب وأساليب تركيب النعل وتصميم نظام الإغلاق.

The Recognition

About the جائزة A' Design Award الفضية

Wacky Pack أحذية تفاعلية هو فائز بجائزة A' Design Award الفضية، وهي تقدير رفيع المكانة بصورة استثنائية يُمنح للتصاميم الرفيعة المستوى والجميلة والمبهرة. والفائزون بالفضية هم أعمال لامعة بشدة وشديدة الإبداع تجسّد الخبرة والموهبة وحدة الذكاء المتميزة لدى مصمميها. ويُتوقع أن يكون Wacky Pack أحذية تفاعلية عملًا رائعًا يُعرض كنموذج، شديد الاحترافية وعميق الابتكار. وهذا التصميم الفائز بجائزة A' Design Award الفضية اختراع جدير بالذكر ومحل إعجاب، يعود بالنفع ويوسّع حدود الفن والعلم والتصميم والتكنولوجيا. وWacky Pack أحذية تفاعلية إبداع يغبطه الكثيرون، يثير الرغبات ويبعث مشاعر إيجابية ويشعل الدهشة والإعجاب.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Wacky Pack explores the concept and possibilities of footwear closure, or traditionally speaking, "how-to-tie-a-shoe". It explores unorthodox construction and fastening method, creating unique yet diverse interactions between the shoe and the user, providing a new level of improvisation and customization for your day-to-day look.
Tags: Interactive Footwear, Fashion Sneakers, Alternative Closure, Shoemaking, Leather Goods
Production Technology: Veg-tanned leather with various thickness and metal hardware were used across the pack. All non-leather soft materials were dyed to match the cream color. The hardware selection was custom-tailored to perform the unique closures.

Each design was explored and validated through intensive prototyping to finalize the proportion, soling methods, and most importantly, closure system design.

All pattern pieces were hand cut, cemented, sewn, then assembled with metal hardwares and hand lasted, finished with various soling techniques and materials, finally sanded and finished.
Research: Gen-Z and Millennials will soon be (if not already) the core consumer of fashion and luxury. With low brand loyalty and contemporary view of value, all they are after is fresh concepts that grab their attentions, concepts that become the pieces and its value.

Brands are all playing up to these desires. But with the Millennials’ quick shift of attention, very soon a pure concept won’t attract them anymore, and they would want something more, they would want to be a part of the concept.
Inspiration: What does it mean to tie a shoe? Why does it need to be tied?
If all a shoe need to do is to enclose your foot, how differently can a shoe perform this task?

Can the mundane action of "shoe-tying" turns into something more meaningful or entertaining? Can the closure dictate how a shoe works, or become a shoe itself? Can it alter the user's experience and behavior?
Project Duration: This Project was created in a 4-month period in Fall 2018, within a shoe-making course taught by Anne Marika Chasse at Rhode Island School of Design.
Operation Flow: Bao Bao: Shoe born inside a shoe cover. Wear it close, wear it open, wear it flipped.

O Snap: Turn O-snap on, snap pieces to each other. Snap None or snap all; snap some or snap one, it's up to you.

Sticky Fingers: Shoe zipped all the way around. Zip or unzip, front or back. Zip it close, hide inside; Zip it open, reveal yourself.