은 신발 · 2023
Wacky Pack 인터랙티브 신발
by Ye Shen
- A' Design Award 은상 2023 in 신발
- CLIENT: Ye Shen
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 517,196
- Verification code FE23F805A4 · Verify this award
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About Wacky Pack 인터랙티브 신발
와키 팩(Wacky Pack)은 신발을 여미는 새로운 방식을 탐구하는 슈즈 컬렉션이다. 각 제품은 전통적인 끈 대신 슈 커버, 메탈 스냅, 전체 지퍼와 같은 대체 여밈 시스템을 적용했다. 이러한 여밈 방식은 신발을 착용하는 방법을 바꾸며, 한 켤레로 여러 가지 스타일을 연출할 수 있게 한다. 컬렉션 전반에는 다양한 두께의 식물성 태닝 가죽과 맞춤 제작한 메탈 부자재가 사용되었다. 패턴 조각은 손으로 재단하고 봉제했으며, 라스팅 역시 수작업으로 이루어졌다. 폭넓은 프로토타이핑 과정을 통해 비례, 밑창 부착 방식, 여밈 디자인을 정교하게 다듬었다.
About the A' Design Award 은상
Wacky Pack 인터랙티브 신발, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 은상 수상작으로, 최상급이며 아름답고 인상적인 디자인에 수여되는 비범하게 권위 있는 인정입니다. 은상 수상작은 대단히 뛰어나고 매우 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 탁월한 전문 지식, 재능, 통찰력을 보여 줍니다. Wacky Pack 인터랙티브 신발, 이 작품은 훌륭한 대표작으로서 매우 전문적이고 깊이 있게 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 은상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 데 이바지하는 주목할 만하고 찬사를 받는 발명품입니다. Wacky Pack 인터랙티브 신발, 이 작품은 모두가 부러워하는 창작물로서 욕망을 일깨우고 긍정적인 감정을 불러오며 경탄과 경이로움을 불러일으킵니다.
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.
