Julian Hakes designed The Mojito Shoe designed from the inside out. Definitely relevant in the wider scope of the topic, but not in relevance to the bathroom. Hakes should go towards the beginning of the Thesis/Sketch Essay to build up information on the topic.
Julian Hakes
Mojito Shoe – Julian Hakes’ Mojito shoe is a carbon fibre shoe with leather ‘inner’ for comfort and a rubber ‘outer’ for grip. I say ‘inner’ and ‘outer’ loosely as it’s hard to differentiate between inside and outside with this shoe. “Most shoes are designed from the outside in – they are designed to look good on the foot. As an architect I did the opposite and designed them from the inside out – I looked at how the foot moves, how it transfers the body’s load.” [1] Hake’s is a London-based architect who specialises in building bridges – the Mojito is a result of Hakes asking himself, “if the design of a shoe was an evolution of the early sandal and how can new materials and design techniques provide new solution?” [2] The Mojito shoe – despite being a shoe - questions designing from the outside in, and opens up opportunities for other disciplines, such as Spatial Design, to design from the inside out, designed from the how the body moves and translated into a better design solution.
[1] Dezeen » Blog Archive » Mojito shoe by Julian Hakes. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2011, from http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/mojito-shoe-by-julian-hakes/
[2] Dezeen » Blog Archive » Mojito shoe by Julian Hakes. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2011, from http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/mojito-shoe-by-julian-hakes/
