Basi Alas Kaki · 2021
Guang Boot Chelsea
by Kaiqi Wang
- A' Design Award Basi 2021 in Alas Kaki
- CLIENT: KaiiQi
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 29,442
- Verification code 06DFC3F131 · Verify this award
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About Guang Boot Chelsea
Guang dijahik tangan manggunoan kulik sapi jo kulik anak kambing. Ikatan bakilau dijahik pado sambungan-sambunganyo, mambaok raso futuristik. Hurup bakilau nan dapek diubah di balakang bafungsi sabagai ciri nan manarik mato sarato manambah tampak dalam galap. Tali balakang maluaan panjang jo leba bootstrap untuak mudah diguno. Tapak lua Vibram nan usang mambaok estetika nan gagah, daya cakaik nan unggul, jo kanyamanan nan labiah tinggi. Kunyik neon nan caro basamo siluet ujuang lancip nan ramping mambaok rancangan nan memberontak tapi fungsional.
About the A' Design Award Basi
Guang Boot Chelsea adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Guang Boot Chelsea dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Guang Boot Chelsea dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Guang is handmade with cowhide as main material and lambskin as lining to emphasize both durability and flexibility. Reflective bindings were stitched on the seams delivering a futuristic feel. Reflective customizable letters on the bootstraps functioning as an eye catching feature also improves visibility in the dark. The distressed Vibram outsole gives a brawny aesthetic, superior traction, and greater comfort, which are unique for high heel chelsea. Together deliver a slick and cohesive design.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 85 mm x 235 mm x 280 mm each.
- Tags
- Chelsea Boots, ankle boots, neon yellow, Vibram, reflective, 3M
- Production Technology
- Handmade from scratch. Including pattern making, material sourcing, and lasting. Constructed by machine sewing. Main material is cowhide. Lining is lambskin. Trims are reflective tape and elastic bands. Outsole is a Vibram brand outsole.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge is to develop the pattern. To achieve the design vision, most time has been dedicated to making prototypes and to find different solutions to execute the best way of putting all the layers of soles together.
- Research
- Research was mainly focused on Chelsea boots history, construction and materials.
- Inspiration
- Chelsea boots although classy, have historically garnered a darker, more conventional design. Guang is Chinese for 'light', it aimed to bring a novel bright, futuristic vantage point to the boot while maintaining its functional features of durability and ease of wear. Guang boasts clean geometric lines, featuring the contradictory of time consuming craftsmanship and boundary challenging philosophy. The bright neon yellow alongside the pointy-toe narrow silhouette delivers a sexy, rebellious yet aesthetically pleasing design.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2019 in San Francisco and finished in November 2019.
- Operation Flow
- The main material used on the body of the boot is a durable cow hide leather with a saturated fluorescent coating. The interior of the boots is made from lamb skin allowing for a soft feel on the foot as well as flexibility to stretch to fit each foot as time goes by. Reflective details improve visibility in the dark, when hit with flash or car light, it will light up. The painted over then deliberate distressed outsole has been sanded down to fit the shoe shape, it gives superior traction and greater comfort, which are unique for high-heel Chelsea boots.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Damion Le Cappelain 2019
Image #2: Photographer Damion Le Cappelain 2019
Image #3: Photographer Kaiqi Wang 2021
Image #4: Photographer Alejandro Tuzon 2021
Image #5: Photographer Alejandro Tuzon 2021
