Shoes : The Overlooked Tech.
Dec 28, 2015
Shoes:
The Overlooked Tech.
The first shoes where made of leaves or bark.
Colder climates lead to shoes made of leather stitched on the top.
Romans invented sandals.
Shoes with a heel and a buckle.
Industrial Revolution
Modern materials like plastics and rubber changed shoes forever.
From work to working out
Dressing up or Lounging around
Shoes are Big Business.
Nike
• 6.1 Billion in the first quarter of 2011• Adding 500 to 600 million to better online sales• Increasing R&D budget in 2012
Modern Tec in Shoes
Foam-Blown PolyurethaneThermoplastic sole
Tightly woven leather/canvasGel or air pocket for cushioning
Cushioned heel collar
Manmade and natural fabrics
eyeletsRubberAgletsinsoles
and
Kevlar
Yes Kevlar!!!
•Tightly woven fabric
•Naturally water shedding
•Durable long lasting
Shoes are more than function
They are a statement of who you are.
Shoes tell the world who we are. (Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle points this out
many times in his books.)
Art that we ware on our feet, and
more often place in our closet.
The two most expensive pairs of shoes
#2 Solitary Kicks’ Nike Air
Force one. These shoes have a
Nike logo cast in solid gold.
Adorned in 50 carats of diamonds.
Priced at
$50,000
#1 most expensive shoes
Original Ruby slippers From “The Wizard of Oz” Adorned in 4,600
rubies. Trimmed in 50
carats of diamonds.
Priced at
$3,000,000
Now the question is
Are new shoes causing more injuries then they
prevent?
The book “Born to Run”• McDougall
encourages us to get back to basics .
• He comes to the conclusion that we are born to run and that shoes only weaken our ankles, arches, and joints.
• The best method is to run bare footed or in the cheapest thinnest soled shoes.
This school of thought has led to the minimalist
movement.Shoes that are rubber and fabric with little else. Some are even foot shaped.
What will the Future hold?