23 of the 49

A list of 23 of the 49. I've just titled them as a description and a one line function.

1. Hollywood search lights for lost children
2. Parent child finding
   
3. SOS signals
4. Hot and cold directional
5. Monkey claw for climbing
6. Webbed toe for better swimming
7. Partial sole shoe for hidden bare foot walking
8. Sole-less shoe for extreme hidden bare foot walking
9. Interchangeable high heals
10. Light up pavement for portable disco floor
    
11. Children connecting
12. Twisties for unlimited spinning
13. Vibrating reflexology for the ultimate foot fetish
14. Etch a sketch customisable shoes
15. Interchangeable sections of shoes
16. Secret spy cam
17. Vibrating shoes to show which direction to go
    
18. Light up arrows on shoes to show which way to go
19. 007 killer release heals
20. forced attraction shoes
21. Wheat grinding shoes
22. Wine making/ grape crushing shoes
23. Beautiful yet comfortable heals

I should hopeful get my Manolo Blahnik style sketches of all the shoes up by the end of the week.

the 49 shoes

After deliberating over my two ideas, I have decided to make an array of conceptual but working - to an extent- shoes apealing to peoples' wants, needs and desires. They are going to be quite practical but very avant garde or falmboyant maybe a more accruate description and yep there's going to be 49 of them. I've choosen 49 because a) it sounds like a nice title b) it is a manageble number of shoes to concive and produce. I was going to go for 99 but in this time frame and given my find sections' findings i'm thinking 49 is a good number.

Ideas and Play

On the 11th on November some big important people came to see us and discuss our work. This was the "Ideas Day". With their breadth and depth of knowledge they were exceedingly helpful. We post- it noted 20 of our best ideas and the important people drew/scribbled/etched comments on them. This was also the start of our Play section.

From this insightful event I decided to go down on of two routes: throwing things into trees or over power lines to create and add to the environment or a gallery of conceptual shoes with various functions to fulfill certain needs and desires. Below are images of the ideas.

Rational

We had to produce a rational and the thinking behind our subject area. Here's mineWalking bare foot in the sand excites me. It is sensational. And shoes, I adore shoes. The way they look, the way they make me feel and the messages they send to other people. This I find fascinating.

Bare feet is an exploration into the most spectacular and most forgotten part of the body:the feet. We use our feet everyday, they take the physical burden of our bodies and the pressures of our everyday lives.

So many people experience joy from their feet, whether it's walking bare foot on wet grass, running a marathon or exploring a new city. Being on your feet can be an exciting time. For others walking or using their feet is a nightmare. Sores, pains and cramp alone can render anyone immobile and reluctant to move. How can you recreate and improve pleasure whilst reducing pain? can our feet be used in innovative and unconventional ways?