Another interesting piece of design I found was at the National Design Museum last year called the Melonia shoe which was the result of a Swedish design collaboration by two students, Naim Josefi and Souzan Youssouf. The shoes were made using a 3D printer which specially crafts the shoes to specific measurements. Due to the nature of production no material is wasted, meaning it's economically and environmentally friendly. I love the futuristic nature of this piece of design and I'm keenly interested in future developments of 3D technology.
On a side note, we all know how fashion is a fast-paced industry, highly influenced by culture, new media and technology. And whilst a lot of things become cast aside with time I feel we should invest more in fashion that carries a message, a purpose, that takes into consideration it's influence on the world around us and our impact on the environment. I might be drifting off on a tangent but whilst people talk less about global warming these days it doesn't mean it's gone away, and instead of making things that are simply aesthetically desirable more attention should be drawn towards things like design sustainability and environmentally friendly production techniques. I'm not doing fashion simply because I like clothes, I want people to notice, not me, necessarily, but all the that I believe in.
"For me, what I do is an artistic expression of that which is channelled through me. Fashion is just the medium" - Alexander McQueen.
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