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Sensory Impact likes objects, people who design objects and people
who like people who design objects.
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11/11/2006
Unless you’ve been living under a rock this past year, you’re probably aware of the new breed of customizable sport shoes where brands like Adidas scan your feet in order to create custom shoes that not only are an exact fit but allow you to choose your favorite combination of colors.
UK based Prior 2 Lever goes one step further by introducing the concept to high street fashion. They’ve teamed up with Elefant to create a collection of custom ‘art shoes’. The product has not been launched commercially yet, but the company has already displayed them at an art gallery.
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5/5/2006
If you thought Nike’s new color customization shoe – Nike Id, was the thing of the future, then think again. Prior 2 Lever has unveiled the “Assassin”, the world’s first bespoke football boot that is customizable to take into account the unique physical requirements of an individual in order to reduce injury, increase comfort and improve performance. Currently aimed at atheletes, the shoe is only purchased through a ‘clinic’ where one would have to have their feet scanned before the shoe is customized.
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6/28/2005
One of things I look forward to while on the blog beat is for the next Royal College of Art showcase where graduates from their various programs show off their work and more than likely you’ll spot something really interesting like the four we hand picked from this year’s:
The title of the most important product this year belongs to William Crawford’s ‘Coolth’ which is a device that creates cooling from heat. It’s been designed as a refrigerator for developing countries allowing the hygenic storage of food in areas without electricity. The device harnesses the energy of a small fire and thus is able to provide cold storage in remote location. It takes minutes to deply and requires only water and air for construction.
Alex Driver, on the other hand, adds added functionality to the shoe box by turning it into a fitting aid complete with a size gauge and appointment in order to help parents make informed decisions about when to buy new shoes for their kids.
Eelko Moorer’s minimal high heels is to die for. Sure, they might not be practical but they are definately a looker.
And finally, Anab Jain’s Sketch-a-move that she developed with Louise Klinker, is a toy car that explores the relationship between small surface doodles and actual physical movements, so if you draw a circle on top of the toy car, it will move in a circle. Fun fun.
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6/26/2005
Looks like Yves Behar is having a good year. Business week and IDSA posted the winners of their annual Industrial Design Excellence Awards and Yves has a winning entry in four categories – Consumer Products, Design Explorations, Design Strategy, and Furniture, and while I do love his work, some of the more interesting entries we liked were from the students:
For example – The I/O Brush by Kimiko Ryokai and Stefan Marti, is a graphic tool that works like a live digital eyedropper, so you could use it pick up color, texture and movement of any physical object and immediately draw wih that attribute. While it looks like a simple wooden paintbrush, it is actually imbedded with a small video camera that contains lights and touch sensors that translates an object into “ink”.
Second is Stephen Hornbeek’s Sink Sponge (Picture A) which makes cleaning cups, glasses, and small containers easier. The product is suctioned to the bottom of the sink, so only a single hand is needed to get glasses sparkling clean instead of the current two hand interface.
Angie Kim on the other hand, improved on the shoe. Her shoe lets a person with physical limitation to put on and take off shoes without have to bend. The shoe opens and closes through an internal mechanism and needs no shoelaces. The natural position of the shoe is the unlocked latch inside the sole causing it to sit slightly arched on the toe and ball of the shoe. This natural, unlocked position increases the foot hole opening, allowing the user to easily slide in the foot. The act of stepping down applies pressure on the mechanism and instantly latches and locks, while visually straightening out the shoe. To remove the shoe, the other foot steps on the back heel lever, which nudges a wedge-like tip underneath the interlocking pieces of the mechanism, opening up the foot hole and allowing your foot to exit.
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6/4/2005
Elegant Footwear that uses french motif by designer Jiri Evenhuis of Amsterdam based Freedom of Creation. Made to measure, Polished Polyamide and Color on Request.
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5/21/2005
So in order to promote their new customizable shoe site, Nike approached, atleast according to them, “20 of the internet’s greatest purveyers of sneaker culture and issued them a challenge: design the hottest shoe on the information superhighway”, which is all very flattering, given that I’m one of the “internet’s greatest purveyer of sneaker culture”.
That’s right, Nike came knocking on my door, begging me to design their next big shoe until my ears bled. ALRIGHT!, I screamed, dragging out my crayons and digging up my sleeves.
Oh, that won’t be necessary, They said.
Wha_?
We just want you to choose some colors.
Oh
But I’m not really designing anything, am I?
No.
Oh
A few minutes later, I had my quote and unquote design ready called “Sense This”. Yes, it’s the fiery piece of genius pictured above, and all I need to do now is sucker you lot into voting every day in exchange for 100 50 pairs of Nikes.
Also, I get to sign away my right to mention any rival shoe companies on my blog, which is nothing a little bribery can’t help you get over.
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1/27/2005
Rebel Designer Marloes ten Bhomer likes to shake things up by breaking forms, whether it’s by introducing new materials or new methods of construction that are unfamiliar to shoe designs.
She also has her very own Shoe label named Hunt, but we don’t know whether her designs are only for her label.
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11/29/2004
Wei-Chieh Tu’s height-adjustable shoes for women can be raised through a 38? angle and locked to meet the shifting pedestrian needs of long-suffering feet. Wear 0?-38? as a flat shoe during your morning commute and switch back when necessary.
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10/13/2004
If there is any celebrity that deserves to launch their own line of fashion products, its the rare celebrity product designer, especially one that has a track record of over 900 products for other brands and has achieved cult status. Like Mr. Karim Rashid here, who just recently launched his own limited-edition customizable footwear called the Fessura.
The line includes shoes like the “Spider” (a semitransparent plastic wraps around the mold), “Zip” (featuring a zippered side pocket, on table), and “Mirror” (with reflective-textile surfaces).
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10/7/2004
Name: TBA
Designer: Julia Lundsten
Label:FINSK
Status: Preview
Not much information about this yet, but these have to be the funkiest high heels I’ve seen. The website only has a preview, so it’ll be a while you’ll be able to get one of these.
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8/24/2004
If you’re one of the many female designers that took up the profession just so you could make comfortable high heels and earn the praise of millions of women that suffer quietly – its too late and yes, you got beat by a man. A podiatrist to be exact. According to the Seattle Times, Howard Dananberg was challenged by a female client to build a comfortable high heel and a comfortable high heel he built.
But first he needed to wear a tie and do some research. – He learned that first, high heels mimic the dynamics of walking downhill. “When you stand in high heels, it’s like a ramp. All the weight goes to the ball of the foot,” he said.
Second, a woman’s pelvis is broader than that of a man’s which helps to put a sway in her gait and allows her to negotiate high heels. “In-shoe” pressure testing helped Dananberg analyze how the foot bore weight inside a shoe.
The result was a molded heel that was ” an anatomically welcoming footbed and space-age this and that” and even had shock absorbers – A shoe that gave its body a softer landing and didn’t wobble. (more)
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6/9/2004
There is just something about the color gold that can turn anything into a premium product. I’m not sure if this can go with anything but black but i’m putting this on my wishlist. First launched at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, these gold Adidas Aztec trainers would cost you around $250.
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5/22/2004
Name: 1
Designer: Adidas
“After three years of highly confidential in-house development, Adidas has unveiled the most advanced shoe ever. Called “1â€?, the shoe provides intelligent cushioning by automatically and continuously adjusting itself. It does so by sensing the cushioning level, using a sensor and a magnet. It then understands whether the cushioning level is too soft or too firm via a small computer. It adapts with a motor-driven cable system to provide the correct cushioning throughout the run.” source: adidas
The microprocessor is located under the arch of the foot. It will retail for $300 USD and 250 Euros.
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