Seriously, putting this together, hard to convey just how much I love my job sometimes! Enjoy…
3D Printed Shoes by Continuum
[nggallery id=24]And just in case you are wondering, the image below IS a shoe – albeit ‘pushing the limits of what is recognizable as a shoe.”
A bird’s skull inspired the hollow heel of these 3d printed shoes by Dutch fashion designer Marieka Ratsma and American architect Kostika Spaho.
This striking 3D printed footwear comes from the very creative Janina Alleyne, a Footwear Designer based in Warwickshire, UK.
[nggallery id=25]Ping Fu, CEO of Geomagic posing in her customized 3D printed shoes created by 3D Systems’ Freedom of Creation.
And it is not ALL about fashion. Luc Fusaro, a French engineering and design student is creating a 3D printed running shoe to improve speed and reduce injury.
Luc is not the first to work in this area. Volker Junior has done a tremendous amount of work in this area and is now working with Fashion Digital Studio.
And Siavash Mahdavi produced this video in 2008, which also addresses this issue.