GreenPlax Akpụkpọ Ụkwụ by Ccilu International Inc.

GreenPlax Akpụkpọ Ụkwụ by Ccilu International Inc. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Akpụkpọ Ụkwụ, Akpụkpọ Ụkwụ na Bụụtị Competition Category.

ỌlaọchaAkpụkpọ Ụkwụ· 2020

GreenPlax Akpụkpọ Ụkwụ

by Ccilu International Inc.

Client: Ccilu International Inc.

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Akpụkpọ Ụkwụ Category

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The Design

About GreenPlax Akpụkpọ Ụkwụ

N'ịgbalị ichebe usoro ihe ndụ niile na gburugburu ebe obibi, tinyere ịhapụrụ ụmụ ọgbọ na-abịa n'ọdịnihu ala nne anyị mara mma, Ccilu jiri afọ ise mepụta teknụzụ GreenPlax ma mepụta mkpokọta akpụkpọ ụkwụ mbụ e mere n'ụzọ bụ isi site na karama roba a chịkọtara n'oké osimiri. A na-eji karama roba emegharịrị ahụ mee akụkụ niile dị mkpa n'akpụkpọ ụkwụ ahụ, akụkụ elu ya, mpempe ime ya, na ala ya, na-atụgharị ihe mkpofu dị ize ndụ ka ọ bụrụ ihe akara ndụ, ọzọkwa, GreenPlax nwere ntọala nke nwere ihe karịrị 100 ntụpọ kwụ ọtọ ma sie ike iji wetara ahụ iru ala dị ka mgbe ụkwụ efu na-azọ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

GreenPlax Akpụkpọ Ụkwụ meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na GreenPlax Akpụkpọ Ụkwụ ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. GreenPlax Akpụkpọ Ụkwụ bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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)