Quswa Wholecut 正装鞋 by Que Shebley is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 鞋靴设计 Competition Category.

铁鞋类· 2021

Quswa Wholecut 正装鞋

by Que Shebley

Client: Q by Qs

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 鞋类 Category

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The Design

About Quswa Wholecut 正装鞋

Quswa整切鞋型灵感源自历史上的白德尔战役，在优质意大利皮革上采用手工雕刻的阿拉伯文"Calligxraphitti"密码图案。设计师Que Shebley解释道："Quswa整切鞋型系列包含五款设计，每款延续原始密码图案，象征着战役的关键时刻。"每双鞋均采用手工绘制，运用分层古铜染色工艺呈现独特的层次感。鞋底采用斜切腰身设计、暗线工艺及金属前掌片，增添精致的贵族优雅气质。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Quswa Wholecut 正装鞋是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Quswa Wholecut 正装鞋将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Quswa Wholecut 正装鞋因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Hand carved arabic calligxraphitti encryption on high grade italian leather, than it is hand painted in layers with a patina technique. The sole is hand made with a beveled waist and closed channel with metal toe taps. Than hand painted to perfection.
Dimensions & Packaging: This shoe comes in 4 International metric standard shoe sizing including EU US JP UK
Tags: Qbyqs, shebleygroup, qshoes, qbrand, queshebley, Badrbattle, quswashoe
Production Technology: Hand cut by mastery cutters from tanned high grade italian calf leather, the pattern than is hand carved with the arabic calligxraphitti, than assembled and connected by hand to the sole. the leather sections are than hand painted into multi layers with the patina technique including adding the base color, than secondary and third depending on the pattern’s need and color absorbability to the leather. A unqiue hand bleaching technique is than used to create the aging like effect and brush stroke feel, giving it an amazing antique like finish.
Design Challenge: The challenges come from perfection the right mold of the shoe and design as well as the pattern and exact placement of the seams. Many prototypes are made to finalize the right cut, size and stitch line end of each pattern to end with the best design aesthetic to the foot. Other challenges include perfecting the patina painting on each Part separately while creating a consistency for each color and piece in the pattern, as well as layering perfectly each pattern layer without over whelming the leather so that it keeps its natural supple and new exterior. Also perfecting the placement of the calligxraphitti is challenging since certain leathers should be more visible than others for aesthetics and significance reasons.

It is as you are working almost the same as on human skin, you have to be very carefull as any mark will show and it doesn't heal.
Research: The process of our designs start with inspiration both for design and functionality, this particular model started with the history of the battle of Badr, and the story behind it and events. Diving deep not the details of the battle we toke significant event and encrypted them directly into the leather, where in a digital age history is lost , we want to preserve this history into art form that is also made to last for centuries, just as our ancestors using different forms of art and materials to preserve their history.

We than sourced the best tanneries and importers that supply high grade italian calf leathers.

Our master cutters carefully cut the patterns and prepare them to be sewn after the natural rest of the skin.

The patterns than are stenciled with the calligraphy pattern and a master artist carves in the pattern, once finished it goes to the patina artisan to start the hand patina process.
Inspiration: Inspired by the historical battle of Badr, the design encrypts hand carved arabic calligxraphitti including messages that highlight certain events during the battle.
Project Duration: Started in may 2020 in detroit usa, finished in August 2020 in spain.
Operation Flow: It is as you are wearing a piece of art while having the benefits of durability and comfort of the high quality production. It is comfterble for all day wear and built to last.
Patents: QS Que Shebley
Team Members: Que shebley
Image Credits: Shebley group llc
Que Shebley
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