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Wacky Pack کفش تعاملی by Ye Shen

Wacky Pack کفش تعاملی by Ye Shen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 جایزه نقره‌ای A' Design Award in طراحی کفش، پوتین و پاافزار Competition Category.


نقرهکفش· 2023

Wacky Pack کفش تعاملی

by Ye Shen

Client: Ye Shen

جایزه نقره‌ای A' Design Award Winner in کفش Category

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The Design

About Wacky Pack کفش تعاملی

وکی پک مجموعه‌ای از کفش‌هاست که راه‌های نوینی را برای بستن کفش کاوش می‌کند. در هر جفت، بندهای سنتی با یک سیستم بست جایگزین مانند روکش کفش، دکمه‌های فلزی فشاری یا زیپ سراسری جایگزین شده است. این بست‌ها نحوه پوشیدن هر کفش را تغییر می‌دهند و امکان ایجاد چندین ظاهر متفاوت از یک جفت کفش را فراهم می‌کنند. در سراسر این مجموعه از چرم دباغی گیاهی با ضخامت‌های گوناگون و یراق‌آلات فلزی سفارشی استفاده شده است. قطعات الگو با دست برش خورده، دوخته و با دست قالب‌گیری شده‌اند. نمونه‌سازی گسترده، تناسبات، روش‌های زیره‌سازی و طراحی بست‌ها را بهبود بخشیده است.

The Recognition

About the جایزه نقره‌ای A' Design Award

Wacky Pack کفش تعاملی برنده جایزه نقره‌ای A' Design Award است، شناختی فوق‌العاده معتبر که به طراحی‌های سطح بالای زیبا، والا و تأثیرگذار اعطا می‌شود. برندگان نقره آثاری بسیار درخشان و فوق‌العاده خلاق‌اند که تخصص، استعداد و تیزبینی برجسته طراحان خود را نشان می‌دهند. از Wacky Pack کفش تعاملی انتظار می‌رود اثری شگفت‌انگیز و نمونه باشد که به‌طور چشمگیری حرفه‌ای و عمیقاً نوآورانه است. این طراحی برنده جایزه نقره‌ای A' Design Award اختراعی بسیار قابل‌توجه و ستوده است که سود می‌رساند و مرزهای هنر، علم، طراحی و فناوری را پیش می‌برد. Wacky Pack کفش تعاملی آفرینشی است که به آن بسیار رشک برده می‌شود، خواسته‌ها را بیدار می‌کند، احساسات مثبت می‌آورد و حیرت و شگفتی برمی‌انگیزد.

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.

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