Kala Kāmaʻa · 2023
Wacky Pack Kāmaʻa Launa Pū
by Ye Shen
- A' Design Award Kala 2023 in Kāmaʻa
- CLIENT: Ye Shen
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 517,196
- Verification code FE23F805A4 · Verify this award
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About Wacky Pack Kāmaʻa Launa Pū
He hōʻiliʻili kāmaʻa ʻo Wacky Pack e ʻimi ana i nā ala hou e hoʻopaʻa ai i ke kāmaʻa. Ma kēlā me kēia paʻa, ua pani ʻia nā līpine kuʻuna me kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻopaʻa ʻokoʻa, e like me ka uhi kāmaʻa, nā pihi metala paʻa, a i ʻole ka zipa piha. Hoʻololi nā mea hoʻopaʻa i ke ʻano o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kēlā me kēia kāmaʻa a hiki ke loaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona like ʻole mai ka paʻa hoʻokahi. Hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻili i hoʻomoʻa ʻia me nā lāʻau kanu (veg-tanned) o nā mānoanoa like ʻole a me nā lako metala i hana kūikawā ʻia ma ka hōʻiliʻili holoʻokoʻa. Ua ʻoki lima ʻia nā ʻāpana kumu hana, ua humuhumu ʻia, a ua hoʻopaʻa lima ʻia ma ka laka kāmaʻa. Ma o ka hana ʻana i nā kumu hoʻāʻo he nui, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka lawa like o nā māhele, nā ʻano hana o ke kapuaʻi lalo, a me ka hoʻolālā o nā mea hoʻopaʻa.
About the A' Design Award Kala
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Wacky Pack Kāmaʻa Launa Pū i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Wacky Pack Kāmaʻa Launa Pū he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Wacky Pack Kāmaʻa Launa Pū e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.
Press Kit
- 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.
