HTTP:: Julian Hakes Mojito Shoe Takes Minimalist Design to New Heights
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Household designers are constantly working on ideas to further make shoes more visually appealing, adding to them anything from straps and spikes to feathers and rhinestones. In doing so, they’re looking at footwear from the outside in, whereas British architect Julian Hakes is doing it the other way around. Because of this, the Mojito, Hakes’ design, looks stunning, but without giving up on comfort, he says for the Daily Mail. Hakes is an architect and, because of this, when he first set out to design a pair of shoes, he looked at the way the foot moved when walking and which were the points on which the most pressure was applied. Of course, those are the heel and the ball of the foot, which has driven him to the conclusion that a foot plate for a shoe is not necessary. Consequently, he took that out â€" and the result is this piece of futuristic, minimalist, funky-looking material, the Mojito shoe. The Mojito is called like that because it resembles the twisted pie!
ce of lime served in a glass of the Mojito cocktail. It’s made of rubber, leather and carbon fiber to create the impression that the woman wearing it is actually walking on air. This particular-looking shoe â€" a high-heeled one, nonetheless â€" offers the most support for the heel and the ball...
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