At first glance it looks like these shoes are shoed with two strategically shaped Top Ramen bricks . Delicious , perhaps , but c’mon — too crunchy for underfoot ! The flexible soles were actually made with a 3D weaving automobile design by a graduate at London ’s Royal College of Art , by layering a single , uninterrupted thread in complemental patterns , one on top of the other .
Oluwaseyi Sosanyafound inspiration in two traditional textile - making contraptions — a sewing automobile and industrial knitwork machine — and combine elements from both to create this patent of invention - pending gimmick .
Winding the woollen in different arrangements around the grid of upright guide poles will make the material produce up — volumized!—rather than just out and flat .
Once cease , the human body was dip in silicone to keep its shape and add a act of bounce ; not exactly what you need to don while tromping through the clay or on a rainy sidereal day — they would be a bitch and a half to clean out the cleft — but quite coolheaded if they ’re actually well-off .
Sosanya ’s not the first to experiment with three-D weaving or3D - print footgear , but he tried out the lacing - ups to give a sense of a commercial-grade use for the tech . Ultimately , he has his sights set on developing a stuff that will be a boon for protective covering — everything from helmets to stab - proof constabulary vests that more easy and adapt to women ’s curvier figures , like a modern - day Ernst Boris Chain mail that devote like a sponge . [ Dezeen ]
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