GreenPlax Oinetakoak by Ccilu International Inc.

GreenPlax Oinetakoak by Ccilu International Inc. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award in Oinetako, Zapata eta Boten Diseinua Competition Category.

ZilarOinetakoa· 2020

GreenPlax Oinetakoak

by Ccilu International Inc.

Client: Ccilu International Inc.

Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Oinetakoa Category

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The Design

About GreenPlax Oinetakoak

Ekosistema eta ingurumena babesteko asmoz, baita etorkizuneko belaunaldientzat ama lur ederra uzteko ere, Cciluek 5 urte eman zituen GreenPlax teknologia garatzen eta ozeanoetatik ateratako plastikozko botilez eginiko lehen oinetako bilduma sortu zuen. Birziklatutako plastikozko botilak oinetakoen osagai nagusi guztietan erabiltzen dira: galtzetan, barneko zoletan eta kanpoko zoletan, hondakin arriskutsuak material ekologiko bihurtuz; gainera, GreenPlax-a 100 puntu independente eta erresilientez osatutako oinarriaz eraikita dago, oinutsik ibiltzearen moduko erosotasuna eskaintzeko.

The Recognition

About the Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award

GreenPlax Oinetakoak Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, goi-mailako, zoragarriak eta liluragarriak diren diseinuei ematen zaien ezohiko aitorpen prestijiotsua. Zilar-mailako irabazleak lan oso distiratsuak eta sormen biziko lanak dira, beren diseinatzaileen aditutasun, talentu eta zorroztasun nabarmenak erakusten dituztenak. GreenPlax Oinetakoak erakusleiho-lan zoragarria, nabarmenki profesionala eta sakonki berritzailea izatea espero da. Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau asmakizun oso nabarmena eta miretsia da, onura ekartzen duena eta artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak zabaltzen dituena. GreenPlax Oinetakoak jende askok inbidia duen sorkuntza da, desirak pizten dituena, sentimendu positiboak ekartzen dituena eta harridura eta txunditzea pizten dituena.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Trying to protect the ecosystem and the environment, as well as to leave a beautiful mother earth for future generations, Ccilu spent 5 years developing GreenPlax technology. With GreenPlax technology Ccilu created the first-ever footwear collection made primarily out of plastic bottles retrieved from the oceans. The recycled plastic bottles are used for every major component in the shoes, including the uppers, insoles and outsoles.
Dimensions & Packaging: For Man's US 9: 11 mm x 29.5 mm x 10 mm for one foot. The main outsole material is "RPET" which is constituted by recycled plastic bottles from the ocean.
Tags: sustainability, recycle, reuse, re-purpose, Global warming, climate change, Eco-friendly, Ccilu, GreenPlax, Barefoot comfort
Production Technology: On average 1 pair of the GreenPlax footwear consumes 15 recycled plastic bottles. With SKIVE-ON technology, each pair of GreenPlax Renee footwear is bottomed-up with 100+ completely independent and highly resilient GreenPlax dots. The belief that both technology and lifestyle shall be sustainable has resulted in GreenPlax. A major milestone of the evolution of footwear industry.
The award-winning SKIVE-ON outsoles present the best experiences of super lightweight, barefoot comfort, flexibility, high resilience and great grip.
Design Challenge: We overcame the difficulty of material combination between RPET and EVA to make this impossible challenge become possible to invent the first RPET outsole in the world. Entirely made from recycled plastic bottles instead of requiring petrochemical raw materials to save natural resources and reduces the burden on the environment.
Research: As research, globally 1 million plastic bottles are thrown away every minute and only 4% of them are recycled. When dumped in landfills the leached toxins cause a variety of health issues including cancer. In their final destination, they kill the ocean and lives. GreenPlax is the first-ever sneaker with every major component (upper, insole, and outsole) primarily made from recycled plastic bottles, contrastively the other footwears are merely able to use them to make some uppers fabrics.
Inspiration: The (IPCC) Report concluded, "It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century". The largest human influence has been the emission of greenhouse gases. Particularly more than one million plastic bottles are thrown away every minute globally and less than 4% of these are properly recycled. Others end up in landfills, lots are in the ocean eventually. Something has to be done to keep the ocean clean for future generations.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2014 in Taiwan and finished in August 2019 in Taiwan.
Operation Flow: Scientific application to this practical problem:
1. Sort and clean recycled plastic bottles retrieved from the ocean.
2. Shred the recycled plastic bottles into smaller pieces.
3. Breakdown the pieces into perfectly shaped pellets.
4. Melt down the pellets and turn them into fibers. Fibers make the threads. Threads make fabric. And the fabric makes the upper part of the shoe and the lining covering Ortholite insole.
5. Mix remaining pellets with EVA and turn them into a high-performance outsole.
Patents: For patents: "Patented. Patent Holder-Ccilu international. Year-2019. Jurisdiction-US."
Team Members: Wilson Hsu
Steve Hsu
Perry Lang
Joseph Chang
Image Credits: Main visual : Photographer-Alvin Liu(Product manager) / Illustrator-Joseph Chang(Creative director) / Creator-Wilson Hsu(CEO)
Optional Image #No1~4 : Photographer-Alvin Liu(Product manager) / Illustrator-Joseph Chang(Creative director) / Creator-Wilson Hsu(CEO)